end of summer
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yamamanamaWinter lasts 89 days and 1 hour.
Spring lasts 92 days and 20 hours.
Summer lasts 93 days and 15 hours.
Autumn lasts 89 days and 19 hours.
At least, that's how things are in the northern hemisphere. I'm pretty sure I don't have any readers in the southern hemisphere. If you are in the southern hemisphere, just switch winter and summer and spring and autumn. Also, ignore the title. Think of this as "Swan Swan Hummingbird."
There's a new swan who's just a juvenile. Jean believes that swans aren't made right; the legs are too heavy and the bodies are too light. They also grow up really slowly; we've had swans who have spent seasons with us.
There's a swan with lead poisoning. I'm not sure if their main source of lead poisoning is now illegal in Massachusetts but if it is, that would mean that lead poisoning cases will drop over time. This one doesn't look great. It lost 200 grams (I think) and it was underweight to begin with. That's not good.
There's a hummingbird with a broken coracoid who's beating his wings but can't seem to get out of his box, which is a Happy Birthday box with flower print with a sharpie drawing of a hummingbird on it. His ruby throat feathers fell off because food got stuck in them.
On the bright side, the bird who had conjunctivitis has either been released or is scheduled to be released.
The raccoons are going to leave us Sunday. Nonetheless, they're planning something. They're gathering pebbles for some reason, and a few of them have discovered they can climb up the wall and squeeze through, getting themselves between the inner door and the outer door. I think they plan to pelt the next intern who goes in there with pebbles and then run out to the woods DESPITE the fact they're going to be released Sunday.
Once, a fox escaped and rampaged about the medical corridor.
The coyotes are going to leave tomorrow, along with summer. It's a time of great social upheaval in the coyote world. Normally, you send juveniles into coyote territory, the adults attack them until they leave. In early autumn, the juveniles are all going out into the world and establishing territory.
Some squirrels are leaving.
So is Catherine, who learned English from Metallica songs. Someone said it's better than Barney. For the record, I associate Barney with the drunk, not with the purple dinosaur.
Nina says she can't help but sound like a baby when she attempts Spanish. It's just the way she learned.
Since Catherine was leaving us, we had Panera Gurpgork.
***
Back in 2010, a raccoon dropped down the ceiling and landed on a student's desk at Plymouth North.
***
Someone who isn't much of an artist said I had no sense of beauty. The internet wasn't working so I couldn't show Jessica the poses, but she found my attempts at the poses hilarious. One's possible but unpleasant. One might be literally impossible. I don't know. Whatever, I'm not even going to try to describe what he's doing.
Burning Question: Why don't we get a giant science molecule to waddle out here, then you guys can do a cute little bit together?
Spring lasts 92 days and 20 hours.
Summer lasts 93 days and 15 hours.
Autumn lasts 89 days and 19 hours.
At least, that's how things are in the northern hemisphere. I'm pretty sure I don't have any readers in the southern hemisphere. If you are in the southern hemisphere, just switch winter and summer and spring and autumn. Also, ignore the title. Think of this as "Swan Swan Hummingbird."
There's a new swan who's just a juvenile. Jean believes that swans aren't made right; the legs are too heavy and the bodies are too light. They also grow up really slowly; we've had swans who have spent seasons with us.
There's a swan with lead poisoning. I'm not sure if their main source of lead poisoning is now illegal in Massachusetts but if it is, that would mean that lead poisoning cases will drop over time. This one doesn't look great. It lost 200 grams (I think) and it was underweight to begin with. That's not good.
There's a hummingbird with a broken coracoid who's beating his wings but can't seem to get out of his box, which is a Happy Birthday box with flower print with a sharpie drawing of a hummingbird on it. His ruby throat feathers fell off because food got stuck in them.
On the bright side, the bird who had conjunctivitis has either been released or is scheduled to be released.
The raccoons are going to leave us Sunday. Nonetheless, they're planning something. They're gathering pebbles for some reason, and a few of them have discovered they can climb up the wall and squeeze through, getting themselves between the inner door and the outer door. I think they plan to pelt the next intern who goes in there with pebbles and then run out to the woods DESPITE the fact they're going to be released Sunday.
Once, a fox escaped and rampaged about the medical corridor.
The coyotes are going to leave tomorrow, along with summer. It's a time of great social upheaval in the coyote world. Normally, you send juveniles into coyote territory, the adults attack them until they leave. In early autumn, the juveniles are all going out into the world and establishing territory.
Some squirrels are leaving.
So is Catherine, who learned English from Metallica songs. Someone said it's better than Barney. For the record, I associate Barney with the drunk, not with the purple dinosaur.
Nina says she can't help but sound like a baby when she attempts Spanish. It's just the way she learned.
Since Catherine was leaving us, we had Panera Gurpgork.
***
Back in 2010, a raccoon dropped down the ceiling and landed on a student's desk at Plymouth North.
***
Someone who isn't much of an artist said I had no sense of beauty. The internet wasn't working so I couldn't show Jessica the poses, but she found my attempts at the poses hilarious. One's possible but unpleasant. One might be literally impossible. I don't know. Whatever, I'm not even going to try to describe what he's doing.
Burning Question: Why don't we get a giant science molecule to waddle out here, then you guys can do a cute little bit together?
