It finally got cold here. 33 yesterday morning and my friend postponed our ride until today. I did ride 11 miles yesterday and my feet were cold. I also figured I could use real gloves, not the fingerless, vented ones which usually do. It got into the 60's today and we rode.

Saw this guy across a pasture.



We did our ride and on the way back it was feeding time at the nest.



The nest is on the right. The dead tree left center in the back is where the first bird was sitting.



Daddy's home!



Dinner time; Mamma, Papa and baby

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1. Played by Guy Williams on TV and Antonio Banderas in the movie.Who was he?

2.The sis was played by Catherine Bach on TV and Jessica Simpson in the movie.What movie?

3.Secretary played by Dolly Parton in the movie and Rachael Dennison on TV. What movie?

4. Had a go-between man played by David Doyle on TV and Bill Murray in the movie. What movie? Who's the man?

5. This part was played by Martin Sheen on TV and Harrison Ford, Kevin Kline, Billy Bob Thorton and Jack Nicholson in movies.What was the part?

6.This part was played by Kelsey Grammer in a Christmas made for TV movie and Michael Caine in the movie.What movie and part?

7. Crime fighter cartoon on TV in the 60's 70' and 80's. Toby McGuire played him in the 2000's. Who is he?

8. Played by Maureen McCormick on TV and Christine Taylor in the movies. Who was she?

What a tragedy. She lost her life to drugs. Such talent.

THREE DOG NIGHT

Who has been the kindest to you in your life?

HIBISCUS

Some of us have been involved with so many hip people and movements and events, we would need to write a book. Instead - we have this Group!

No doubt the hippest involvement of my life occurred late 60's - early 70's with San Francisco's The Cockettes, a group of male and female gay/straight/bi role-playing actors who put on campy musical shows at the Palace Theater in North Beach.

THE COCKETTES
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I was a very-married theater student at UC Davis looking for fun and excitement in The City. I hooked up with the Cockettes at their Midnight shows, where Divine was an opening act, and the audience was as much fun as what happened on the stage!

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My daughter was flaunting her drug use in my face by getting high in her car outside of our house. She had become brazen and aggressive. I called the police and had her arrested. When we went to pick her up from lock up she was sarcastic and agitated. Withdrawal I presume. She attacked my husband. We called the police and she ran away. She showed up at our house an hour later mean and agitated. We called the police. She went to her room and packed some things under the watch of a policeman.

My husband and I packed the rest of her belongings on Saturday finding she had pawned things of value we had bought for her. Very disappointing. She made no contact all weekend. This morning she sent a text saying she was on her way and she wanted to get something of hers. (Of course she came when I was alone.) I told her I packed her stuff and I would put what she wanted on the porch but she would not be allowed inside without a police escort. I left a note on the door saying the alarm is set and the codes are changed. If she enters the police will be dispatched. She picked up her things and left.

The only reason I was able to be so strong is I spent three weeks prior coming to terms with the fact that my daughter is an addict. I had to accept the fact that I was a big enabler. I saw my daughter the way I wanted her to be; not who she really is. I suffered daily living with the nastiness of the disease of addiction making excuses for her behavior. My daughter is firmly in the grip of drugs and I cannot find her anymore. I cannot negotiate with addiction. She is gone and she the only person who can rescue her.

If I let it, addiction will take the whole family down. The more I engage it, the more damage it will do. Drugs have made my daughter a master manipulator and I have been dancing on string at her will. I am tired of being a fool thinking I could help her while she takes advantage of me.

I pray everyday that God is returning her to health, that she will find herself on this journey, and that she will help others using what she learns along the way. I have asked many people to pray for her. I am hoping the stern action we have taken will push her to her rock bottom faster and she will get in recovery sooner.

While not being strong I am grieving deeply the loss of my precious little girl. I am very sad that I may never see her again. I am grieving all the dreams I had for her. Watching her physically deteriorate was extremely painful. I am filled with pain finding myself in this place. I never thought it would happen to me.

I have to put energy toward creating a better life for myself, finding my own happiness. She is an adult and she is entitled to live her life however she sees fit. I have to accept that life may not include me. I will continue to miss her dearly and I will never, ever stop loving her.