You know...I happen to think that she's writing a story around it and will be submitting to a mag...and if she let me post it here, it would be considered PUBLISHED...so I'll have to wait on the fawn story.

We want all writers to get as many bucks as they can for the words....right? RIGHT!

You're right...I didn't think of that. When will your friend's story be published? (The hunk says hey!!).

Francine...I'll have to look up a pygmy owl..I never knew there were so many until I began looking for ours. They're so beautiful and so graceful and silent to be so big. I'd love to see your photos.

I hope more folks who love animals post on this forum...this is so cool

I don't have a clue when she'll have it published. I don't think she's completed it yet. She shared the pic and the synopsis with me..and it was adorable!

That owl with the red eyes looks like the son of chucky...EW. What happened to his/her wings? Didn't they get shortchanged? Oh wait...that's not his/her wings in the front, is it? Oh good grief...from what do I know owls? Oh even more good grief...I'm Jewish already. MEREDITH! Listen to me! I'm Jewish!

JJ...you're not right!!!! LOL. Yeah, the owl of chucky was a bit wwwooooaaaaahhhhhhhhh. It's cuz I used a flash, but it was so dark if I hadn't I coudln't have seen it.

But, you're right...it does look like stubby wings...I had that exact thought...LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL...but, it's something to do with them losing baby feathers and getting adult feathers...or something like that...I don't know...I'm clueless when it comes to owls, too.

I'm thinking we could make a huge cutout of the owl of chucky and put it in our corn garden and pecan tree to discourage the squirrels...think it would work?

It would work for me, girl. LOL! You have a PECAN tree? I have just become your new best friend. Does it yield?

My home in McHenry, IL. was surrounded by a wooded area and the trees, some of them, were over 100 years old.
One morning while going out to walk Shadow, my Doberman, I saw what looked to be a baseball size ball of cotton in my driveway, and the dog freaked. I had to make him sit and stay while I checked it out, you see the cotton ball was moving... It turned out to be a baby owl, and the cutest thing I ever saw. I couldn't spot the mother or see a nest so I put it in a box and called the bird sanctuary. A woman and man came and looked and looked for the nest to no avail so took the little fluffy white baby with them to the sanctuary where it would lve out its life... They are such gently birds, and so beautiful too.

Chatty...what a cute story! And how lucky for the owl that you came along when you did. Owls have become my new favorite bird.

Anne...glad you like the photos...we look for them every evening but they've been elsewhere...maybe tomorrow morning.

JJ...our pecan tree was planted last year but it's growing like a weed...probably won't produce for years...BUT here's what happened last year. Larry's mom has two pecan trees that kicked butt last year with pecans. He and I were on our hands and knees most of a day picking up as many as we could. They are the really old timie, good tasting pecans. We took them to be shelled at a place in Mobile and when I went back the next day no one could find our pecans. The man who'd taken our pecans was drunk (he was the owner). Larry was on a train and I had to call him to tell him that our pecans were MIA. He asked to speak to someone who wasn't drunk and commenced to chew tail. Our pecans were evidently given to someone else (hope they enjoyed them) and we were given a generic substitute...next time the trees yield we won't take them to that place again. I'll save you some pecans, JJ.

I would love to purchase some as well Dee, for my pecan pies...YUM!!

Oh no! They gave your pecans away? Girl...want me to send Bubba and Earl to have a chat with um? The scum-sucking lowlifes! Not the pecans! Dang...

I tell ya, there ain't nothing better...I make my own trail mix and those pecans cost a kidney! Holy smokes!

JJ TO OUR RESCUE...WOOOO HOOOO!!!! YEAH!!! I'll definitely give you a hollar when we pick pecans again...you can send the boys down.

Pecans ARE really expensive and we freeze ours...I use them a lot at Christmas in my baking.

Chatty...the next time the trees produce, I'll send you a bag...no cost to you honey child.