748th Friday Blog Roundup
Our town has a peacock problem. Peacocks keep escaping. They are all different peacocks and different peacock owners reporting the birds on the loose. There is now a peacock hotline so people can let the peacock catchers know whenever they see one walking down the street.
Our town listserv is usually filled with petty arguments, but the last few weeks have been a running conversation about the birds. People either (1) mention where they just saw a peacock, (2) muse on why the peacocks keep getting free, and (3) lament that they have not seen a peacock.
I’m in the third camp. I haven’t seen an escaped peacock… yet. That’s my growth mindset reminding me that there will always be peacocks and always be a chance that this could be my lucky day if I keep trying to see one.
Was I aware that this many people owned peacocks prior to this point? No. Am I delighted to know that I am surrounded by so many clever peacocks? Yes, yes, I am.
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Stop procrastinating. Go make your backups. Don’t have regrets.
Seriously. Stop what you’re doing for a moment. It will take you fifteen minutes, tops. But you will have peace of mind for days and days. It’s the gift to yourself that keeps on giving.
As always, add any new thoughts to the Friday Backup post and peruse new comments in order to find out about methods, plug-ins, and devices that help you quickly back up your data and accounts.
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And now the blogs…
But first, second helpings of the posts that appeared in the open comment thread last week. In order to read the description before clicking over, please return to the open thread:
- None… sniff.
Okay, now my choices this week.
In Quest of a Binky Moongee compares two graduations; her feelings during one four years ago when she wondered if she would reach parenthood, and her feelings now, knowing that her children are here and a graduation is in her future. She writes, “Being able to celebrate my kids at their middle school, high school, and even college graduation is not a far-fetched dream anymore.” I smiled reading this.
FinallyMyLinesNow has a post about attending Day of Pediatric Remembrance, a loss event at the hospital. She went to remember her three daughters. She writes, “They recognized both the pain of our loss and the joy of A & T in a meaningful way … It also felt wonderful to honor Alexis, Zoe, and Quinn. The last 14 weeks have been so focused on A & T that I was glad to spend some time on our other girls.” It’s a moving post about remembering and grieving as a group.
Lastly, it is Father’s Day this weekend in the US. Life Without Baby writes about childless men on Father’s Day. She begins with an interesting question: “Mother’s Day is pretty much the worst day of the year for those of us who didn’t get to be moms. But what about Father’s Day and the men in our lives? Do they feel the loss of fatherhood in the same way we feel it for motherhood?” Join the conversation over on her blog.
The roundup to the Roundup: Peacocks on the loose! Your weekly backup nudge. And lots of great posts to read. So what did you find this week? Please use a permalink to the blog post (written between June 7th and June 14th) and not the blog’s main url. Not understanding why I’m asking you what you found this week? Read the original open thread post here.
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I just had to comment to say my parents’ farm inherited a runaway peacock several years ago. My mom called my dad one morning to tell him a peacock was blocking her exit and he laughed telling her it was just a wild turkey. Then, my grandmother reported seeing a peacock and my dad thought they were both losing it. Until he saw the peacock himself. Initially, they thought it was a female because it was rather drab in appearance. Later, they realized it was a juvenile male. he still resides at the farm, although we think he is lonely. He likes the laying hens and ducks, but they aren’t sure about him. He also loves my grandmother because she feeds him. She is the only one who can get close to him, he is a very skittish bird. My kids love spotting him when we visit, but they usually scare him and he runs away. He has never been trapped on the farm, he is allowed to roam as he pleases. To this day, we do not know where he comes from. His name is Patrick.
I love this! For a while I thought maybe peacocks was a euphemism! And then I was surprised that for the second time in few days, peacocks have come up as a subject matter. The first time was in a book, with the line, “the vet was coming to look at the peacocks …” which is now one of my favorite lines ever! If you see any, you have to write it into a future book.
No seconds helpings this week – travelling and blog reading don’t really go together, though I get to pop in and read the occasional post.
Aiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeee! I was dive bombed by a peacock once. (They prowl loose around our zoo and this one liked hot dogs, methinks.) Not. A. Fan.
Another PSA, never try to pet a flamingo. They bite.
Why do so many people have peacocks? They’re not known for being especially friendly (I mean, they’re not generally aggressive, but they also aren’t like dogs who are happy to see you).
We’ve had quite the wildlife week at our house, including a wild turkey and her 6 babies trundling around our yard, 1-2 groundhogs eating all the fallen mulberries in the yard, and, unfortunately, a large (4 ft) snake wandering about. The snake was scared by my husband’s presence, and climbed up one of our pine trees. That was a major tactical error, as we will not be having snakes dropping out of trees. My husband killed it with a hoe. That’s enough wildlife for me!
Whaaat? Escaped peacock sightings? That is SO COOL. I would be in the lamenting camp as well. I did see the mama skunk and 6 (6!) babies the other night, and that was a fun (if terrifying) sighting, but it would totally be overridden by a PEACOCK sighting!
I loved Life Without Baby’s post about being happy and childfree in 10,000 easy steps. The string metaphor really made sense to me.
http://lifewithoutbaby.com/2019/06/17/how-to-be-childless-happy-10000-easy-steps-2-2/