tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post1698037625104518414..comments2024-02-05T00:16:13.698-05:00Comments on Banjo52: Ohio’s State Parks. Salt Fork State Park. Richard Wilbur.Banjo52http://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-87579957718775424592010-09-19T22:52:25.454-04:002010-09-19T22:52:25.454-04:00Came back and read the poem. Twice.Came back and read the poem. Twice.jeanhttp://jeanspaintings.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-31463550061254147972010-09-19T20:11:24.136-04:002010-09-19T20:11:24.136-04:00After visiting Yellowstone, I know now Xanterra.
...After visiting Yellowstone, I know now Xanterra. <br />A necessary evil.<br />I have avoided them for years by camping in the woods that don't ask for my money. Common sense and decency cannot be bought.<br /><br />In the poem, the vulture is listed as the best for many reasons. Even our sympathy is solicited. <br /><br />I love nature, but survival techniques still hurt us who think too much. Barbaro's description is poetry and right on. OUCH.Brenda's Arizonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880225110712592548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-71226721537477755832010-09-19T14:05:27.417-04:002010-09-19T14:05:27.417-04:00I love the banjo rating idea. And will have to tr...I love the banjo rating idea. And will have to try the sun stain remover (I've got plenty to experiment with).<br /><br />Banjo, the photos are lovely. By the way, I just saw four deer mosey on by; they saw me watching them, but just kept about their business (munching choice bits of leaves and such).Jean Spitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13520415864511680025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-26641367619172877462010-09-19T13:36:52.379-04:002010-09-19T13:36:52.379-04:00I'm just saying the sun is more than light, mu...I'm just saying the sun is more than light, much more.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-36243825741935976422010-09-18T22:27:47.424-04:002010-09-18T22:27:47.424-04:00Paula, 5 Banjos would be quite an ego trip--for bo...Paula, 5 Banjos would be quite an ego trip--for both ratee and rater. I like it. <br /><br />Were you trying to lose me at spaghetti? Oh, I get it, my shirt and the head of the turkey buzzard, it's all one . . . ? I'll try to spill soon. Wait, I'm the one who doesn't have to try.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-48075789759237731482010-09-18T21:06:06.794-04:002010-09-18T21:06:06.794-04:00I think you could start assigning ratings like, &q...I think you could start assigning ratings like, "I give it 5 Banjos," or "It's a bit of a ukulele, but there's 4 good ones here." <br /><br />PS Yes, bald eagles are carrion eaters but not as good as turkey vultures whose bald heads help prevent them from picking up icky critters and disease. The sun bakes and sanitizes them. Also, if you get a spaghetti stain, wash your clothing and then hang it out in full sun to dry. The stain will disappear, it's a true miracle of nature.PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059415005282675289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-13512278950409161002010-09-18T14:44:22.948-04:002010-09-18T14:44:22.948-04:00PA, and speaking of ukuleles . . . in the song yo...PA, and speaking of ukuleles . . . in the song you've attached. <br /><br />I got to where I was OK with turkey dogs (and baloney), but I've backslid and need the real thing lately--maybe twice a year, plus the ball park a couple of times. But that's my absolutely only vice . . .Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-76421389229167641302010-09-18T12:30:08.702-04:002010-09-18T12:30:08.702-04:00While your staying in relative splendor you'll...While your staying in relative splendor you'll find me pitching a tent and cooking turkey dogs (unrelated to vultures) on a stick.<br /><br />the littlest birds sing the prettiest songs (a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gME8DfCmGSA" rel="nofollow">favorite song</a>)<br /><br />the prettiest birds can't fly a block (peacocks)<br /><br />the ugliest birds can and do (with grace)Pasadena Adjacenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09031325790590238246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-26954027444347741282010-09-17T22:08:22.665-04:002010-09-17T22:08:22.665-04:00AH, I'm getting there on pelicans--stand-up co...AH, I'm getting there on pelicans--stand-up comics, to be sure. And yes, that flight . . . <br /><br />Barbaro, so it's like a human having a shaved head? The buzzards don't have to spend so much on shampoo? <br /><br />I think I've heard that about eagles, hawks and the like. There's at least a touch of democracy in the pecking order as is?<br /><br />Every once in awhile it occurs to me to wonder about the evolutionary purpose of this or that detail in an animal--like buzzard heads. And male birds that are loud or brightly-colored, attracting both females and predators, apparently.Banjo52https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342397136888422440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-40494203623503034432010-09-17T19:54:21.621-04:002010-09-17T19:54:21.621-04:00I witnessed in the Serengeti WHY vultures have tho...I witnessed in the Serengeti WHY vultures have those creepy bald heads and necks--so they can plunge their hungry beaks shoulder-deep onto a dead animal!<br /><br />Their lesson seems to be that nothing gets big or grand independently or "honestly"--all big raptors, even the illustrious eagle, will resort to carrion (another animal's rightful quarry) at times.Barbarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04038516078498541056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883979841111173610.post-27423242112874545262010-09-17T18:38:06.879-04:002010-09-17T18:38:06.879-04:00I feel that way about the pelican. I happen to lov...I feel that way about the pelican. I happen to love them waddling on the ground or sitting on a pier; I think their faces are friendly and wise. They like to tell jokes. But some folks find them homely -- until they see them fly, beautifully fly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com