GREAT NEWS! FANTASTIC NEWS! According to the humans, my dear friend and (former) phlock member Percy de'Mingo has recently been spotted winging his way back to Emerald Springs! He was lost with the D of dnrseekers was geocaching in some place called Colorado. Geocachers have responded to the call, and he is now northeastern Iowa--not too far from some other place called Illinois. Spring is coming--maybe the cachers will be out soon and Percy will make it home.
In some not so good news...D has been sidelined by something called caregiving duties. I'm not completely sure what this means, other than she is is not able to go waymarking or geocaching as much as the phlock would like. She started a blog of her own at www.confesesionsofabasketcase.blogspot.com. Maybe that will explain it better.
More to come as the weather improves and the phlock is back to phrolicking!
Philbert
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Humans and Flight
Hi friends...Philbert here in the land of the frozen tundra. Last we talked, I was heading "southwest" to Florida, which was so confusing. There is more confusion. Did you know humans don't really fly? If a bird flies, we flap our wings and propel ourselves through the air. Sometimes we catch a wind current and soar. But humans? They go to a place called an "airport". The airport is an interesting place. There are places to shop, get food, pick up some light reading materials, and even get shoes shined. There are items of "local interest"...like in Indianapolis, there was a race car. They stand in lines...I even had to be x-rayed after standing in a line. Then they get in a big tube, sit down, and then this "airplane" thing goes into the air. A couple hours later, the process is reversed, the big tube goes back down to the ground, and off we go.
Once we got back on the ground, it was so nice and warm! I was able to fan out my feathers and relax a bit. I saw my cousin a Harry the Heron from a distance, but wasn't able to catch up to him. Maybe another time.
Our biggest adventure was going to the Land of the Mouse. We started in a place that had a lot to do with movies. There was talk of a mouse, but this didn't seem to be the biggest deal. My humans found old friends...they had some funny names. They weren't human either. They saw Kermit, Miss Piggy Gonzo and Fozzy Bear. That Miss Piggy character was hanging out in a fountain...but she sure made the humans laugh! Uncle Philbert took time to pose by the fountain.
Yup--that's Miss Piggy in the background. They were so excited by her! They even had to go watch a movie that she was in.
Because my humans really don't know how to fly, they took a train to go to this place where a mouse is in charge. A mouse! A four legged mammal! I don't get it. But there were lots and lots of people there interested in that dang thing. I may even have to grow ears. That's the only thing it has that I don't, as far as I can tell. Although there was one critter with disturbingly big ears...but Baby Philbert became a good friend.
There was a lot of talk about "Disney"...and Baby Philbert posed in front of Mr. Disney and the mouse...lots of people were calling him Mickey.
Once we got back on the ground, it was so nice and warm! I was able to fan out my feathers and relax a bit. I saw my cousin a Harry the Heron from a distance, but wasn't able to catch up to him. Maybe another time.
Our biggest adventure was going to the Land of the Mouse. We started in a place that had a lot to do with movies. There was talk of a mouse, but this didn't seem to be the biggest deal. My humans found old friends...they had some funny names. They weren't human either. They saw Kermit, Miss Piggy Gonzo and Fozzy Bear. That Miss Piggy character was hanging out in a fountain...but she sure made the humans laugh! Uncle Philbert took time to pose by the fountain.
Because my humans really don't know how to fly, they took a train to go to this place where a mouse is in charge. A mouse! A four legged mammal! I don't get it. But there were lots and lots of people there interested in that dang thing. I may even have to grow ears. That's the only thing it has that I don't, as far as I can tell. Although there was one critter with disturbingly big ears...but Baby Philbert became a good friend.
There was a lot of talk about "Disney"...and Baby Philbert posed in front of Mr. Disney and the mouse...lots of people were calling him Mickey.
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