A SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT THIS EVENING'S POSTS...

Unless we get back from London early, there probably won't be any!!!

See you tomorrow...

Love

Jon and Corinna

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday’s News Today

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Welcome to Yesterday's News Today, the bloglet where I talk a load of old toot that nobody reads, post up the latest cryptozoology news story links from the CFZ’s daily cryptozoology news bloggo and leave a bad taste in your mouths with a completely rubbish pun based upon one of the afore-mentioned news stories. So without further ado, not least because nobody is reading this introduction anyway, here is the news:

Scientists discover track of soaring prehistoric creature
Giant Squid spooks divers in San Diego waters

The diver was so shocked he dropped his wallet, which had 6 ‘squid’ in it. (Yeah, all right, I know nobody would actually dive with their wallet as it would probably mank up the cards and paper money, but it’s the best I can do with today’s stories).

JON AND CORINNA DOWNES HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING

...for two reasons. Reason 1, cos it is my eldest stepdaughter's graduation today, (see left) and reason 2, because two years ago to the day, a young lady called Corinna James was stupid enough to marry me.

A few days before we got married I wrote this on my blog:

1. You let me keep amphibians in the kitchen
2. You wanted a broadsword for your bithday present
3. You rule over the ever-changing circus that is my life like a benevolent empress
4. When there are 23 people staying the night you don't bat an eyelid (I do, but you don't)
5. You understand chickens
6. You indulgently put up with my silliness
7. You (only two nights ago) drop the dinner plans and rush out with me after big cats
8. You think that hunting for a giant earwig is a jolly good idea
9. You have even more extreme tastes in music than mine (and you once saw Henry Cow)
10. You have a mind that can think of chickens dressed as plankton
11. You are a far better novelist than me
12. You like my friends
13. My friends like you
14. You understand my madness
15. After two and a half years you still never fail to surprise me (and I expect it will be the
same after 20)
16. You have given me a family
17. You were magnificent at my father's funeral
18. You uncomplainingly do what needs to be done, even when there is a crisis
19. You love me
20. I love you
21. We are getting married on saturday...

And apart from the dates, nothing has changed.


The last two years have been pretty horrible ones. We have been nearly killed, we have both had various illnesses, we have lost family members under horrific circumstances, we have had friends die slowly and unpleasantly, we have been ripped off by people we trusted, we have been screwed over appallingly by the powers that be, and we have both nearly worried and worked ourselves into an early grave. We have faced financial ruin, and grief and disaster.


But honey...


Still I know that marrying you was the best thing that I ever did, and thank you for marrying me....

CFZ PEOPLE: Kithra

I've been asked by Liz (Kithra) to inform you all that she's currently experiencing computer issues and will therefore be unlikely to be online until further notice. She will be back when her computer is fixed, but it may be a few weeks hence.

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DALE DRINNON WRITES: Strange bird..

At any rate, that gives me an opening for a local birding update. I had posted a while back about a flourescent-green goldfinch witnessed by my partner at the time (I was looking the other way) and it seems that it must have been an otherwise ordinary female goldfinch but of unusually intense coloration. I mention that because lately we are getting reports of a bird much like a robin but colored robin's-breast-red all over. This seeme to be a related bird perhaps a veree but also of more intense than usual coloration.

Heuvelmans noted on his checklist that there are an increasing number of reported big cats seen in unusual colorations (such as green leopards) and he suggests that the rate of mutants might be going up. I think the same thing applies here. We have also been through sightings of a white-headed crow and an unusually dark mockingbird in Indianapolis that I had mentioned in the past year. BTW the last mockingbird I saw (yesterday) was of the ordinary coloration.

Best Wishes, Dale D.

BALD BLACKBIRD

JAN EDWARDS WRITES: Jon, a friend sent this to me today. Any ideas what caused it?


The original message read:

Jan, have you ever seen a bald blackbird . . . ? You have now. She looks perfectly healthy apart from the near perfect head shave. Any ideas? Obviously feeding a family so she's not sterile