Thursday, January 20, 2011

Fair Weather Fowl

I saw a sliver of blue sky yesterday about noon.  It disappeared pretty quickly.  But what a lovely little break from the clouds and fog of the rest of the week.  We are promised some sunshine, though with very cold temperatures, tomorrow.  Hurrah for blue!

I like winter.  Just for the record.  Call me crazy.  (Nuts, wacko, insane.)  The only thing I don't like about winter is when it persists well into April.  So I do have my winter-lovin' limits, too.

Today is Penguin Awareness Day.   I always think of Antarctica when I think of penguins.  I think of March of the Penguins (the movie I had to leave in the middle because my kids were running around the theater like it was Chuck E Cheeses, then later saw at a drive-in theater south of Gibson City where no one cared if the kids were noisy)  Not all penguins live in winter-type weather, though.  The Galapagos Penguin, for example, is happy on the equator. Cute little guy, isn't he?

Here is another penguin that doesn't need winter weather:



He just needs his pal Chumley




I'm assuming Tennessee and Chumley don't live in Antarctica.  I mean, where would they shop for ties and hats if they did?



10 comments:

  1. I will call you wacko, if you will call me quirky.

    Ah, the penguins! (Having some trouble in Antarctica these days, alas.)

    I saw no blue sky sliver, but I saw a small gorgeous flock of starlings.

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  2. You've got yourself a deal Quirky

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  3. Oh, no! Now I've got "Tennessee Tuxedo and his friends" playing in my head.

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  4. I want Chumley's porkpie hat. And what is a porkpie?

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  6. A pork-pie is a meat pie of the sort common in British cuisine. A pork-pie hat is named for its resemblance to a pork pie.

    I'm just a fountain of knowledge, aren't I?

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  7. I'm pretty sure no one will lick a pork pie off anyone's face...

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  8. Do I want to know what that last comment from Kim means? Probably not ...

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  9. NO, Susan, you DO NOT want to know what her comment means.

    When in actuality (that is a word, isn't it?) I know you well enough that you WILL FIND OUT what that comment means.

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  10. I loved Tennessee Tuxedo when I was a kid...well, I still love that show. :) Who was the professor with the magic blackboard? I always loved that portion of the show.

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