#sycamore gap

Open Thread - Thurs 02 Nov 2023 - Good Things!

Good Things:

A Wild, Disabled, but Fully Competent, Fox!
Even disabled wild animals sometimes do well. I have saved this clip from the BBC for a while. Basically, I put it into my bookmarks and then forgot it Wink . So now, I'm posting it to start this Thursday's Open Thread. A two legged fox appeared in a couple's garden in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, and was filmed! It appears to be very healthy; it was eating fine, hopping and running. Go fox!


A Picture of the Fox: From an article at the Daily Mail.

Open Thread - Thurs 05 Oct 2023 - Unexpected Sorrow

Unexpected Sorrow:

Two deaths last week really, really got to me. Earthling1's son died tragically and then there was this... The entity who died was famous, had lived a LONG time in service to a nation, was iconic for location and meaning and was even pictured in a famous movie (Robin Hood). I knew about this marvelous being from the time I was fairly small, part of my schooling and upbringing. And no, it wasn't a politician. Sorry, DiFi, even though I was raised in the Bay Area and am old enough to have watched you take over when Milk and Moscone were assassinated (I was just a kid, but whatever), you NEVER got my approval - not as mayor, or anything else. I could see through the schtick even then.


The tree in the Sycamore Gap: from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/260505159680195096/