I've seen the gold finch back several times this morning since their little squable. But, I guess I need to find a new location for the thistle feeder... I dont want the chickadees to feel "crowded" and not come back to the house.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Chickadee Bouncer
We've been having several gold finches visiting our thistle feeder the last couple of weeks... their color changes are complete to all yellow now. This morning I saw a gold finch eating peacefully at the feeder... after I walked away from the window I started hearing a lot of "yelling" by a bird. I looked out and saw Mr. Chickadee "chasing" the gold finch near the feeder... which is right near the house that the chickadees have been nesting. Mr Chickadee was NOT happy that the gold finch was so close to their house.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Interesting Cub Info
Cubs say Mark Prior will miss season
By Associated Press
CHICAGO — Oft-injured Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will miss the entire 2007 season after surgery on his right shoulder, the biggest setback yet in his once-promising career.
The 26-year-old Prior had surgery Tuesday by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Andrews also worked on Prior’s rotator cuff.Prior has been beset by injuries since his first full season in the majors in 2003, when he almost pitched Chicago into its first World Series since 1945.
Prior was not on the Cubs’ active roster to start the year and was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after a poor spring training. He instead went to extended spring training in Arizona, but pitched only two innings there April 12 before reporting discomfort in his shoulder.
The right-hander went to Dr. Lewis Yocum in California before going to see Andrews, who told Prior last October he had genetic looseness in his shoulder joints.
Prior is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in the majors. He made just nine starts last year for the Cubs after three trips to the disabled list and took a slight pay cut this season, from $3.65 million to $3.575 million.
Prior finished third in NL Cy Young voting in 2003, when he 18-6 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 245 in 211 1-3 innings. He was the overall No. 2 pick in the 2001 draft by the Cubs.
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How much are they paying out to Prior and Woods combined to do... NOTHING!?!?!? And this is how many years in a row have they are being paid how much combined to do... NOTHING!?!?!?
In 2006 Wood was paid $12,000,000 and Prior was paid $3,650,000; Wood pitched in 4 games (19.2 innings) with a win-loss of 1-2 and Prior pitched in 9 games (43.2 innings) with a win-loss of 1-6. In 2005 Wood was paid $9,500,000 and Prior was paid $3,550,000; Wood pitched in 21 games (66 innings) with a win-loss of 3-4 and Prior pitched in 27 games (166.2 innings) with a win-loss of 11-7. In 2007 Wood is being paid $1,750,000 (strangely enough seems to be more appropriate compared to what he was paid previously) and Prior is being paid $3,575,000.
Does anyone really think these two are worth what they're being paid? What could the Cubs have gotten 2-3 years ago if they would have listened to fans (I'm not referring to myself here as a fan, though, just an interested baseball fan) and dumped these two for productive players?
By Associated Press
CHICAGO — Oft-injured Cubs pitcher Mark Prior will miss the entire 2007 season after surgery on his right shoulder, the biggest setback yet in his once-promising career.
The 26-year-old Prior had surgery Tuesday by noted orthopedist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. Andrews also worked on Prior’s rotator cuff.Prior has been beset by injuries since his first full season in the majors in 2003, when he almost pitched Chicago into its first World Series since 1945.
Prior was not on the Cubs’ active roster to start the year and was optioned to Triple-A Iowa after a poor spring training. He instead went to extended spring training in Arizona, but pitched only two innings there April 12 before reporting discomfort in his shoulder.
The right-hander went to Dr. Lewis Yocum in California before going to see Andrews, who told Prior last October he had genetic looseness in his shoulder joints.
Prior is 42-29 with a 3.51 ERA in the majors. He made just nine starts last year for the Cubs after three trips to the disabled list and took a slight pay cut this season, from $3.65 million to $3.575 million.
Prior finished third in NL Cy Young voting in 2003, when he 18-6 with a 4.24 ERA and struck out 245 in 211 1-3 innings. He was the overall No. 2 pick in the 2001 draft by the Cubs.
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How much are they paying out to Prior and Woods combined to do... NOTHING!?!?!? And this is how many years in a row have they are being paid how much combined to do... NOTHING!?!?!?
In 2006 Wood was paid $12,000,000 and Prior was paid $3,650,000; Wood pitched in 4 games (19.2 innings) with a win-loss of 1-2 and Prior pitched in 9 games (43.2 innings) with a win-loss of 1-6. In 2005 Wood was paid $9,500,000 and Prior was paid $3,550,000; Wood pitched in 21 games (66 innings) with a win-loss of 3-4 and Prior pitched in 27 games (166.2 innings) with a win-loss of 11-7. In 2007 Wood is being paid $1,750,000 (strangely enough seems to be more appropriate compared to what he was paid previously) and Prior is being paid $3,575,000.
Does anyone really think these two are worth what they're being paid? What could the Cubs have gotten 2-3 years ago if they would have listened to fans (I'm not referring to myself here as a fan, though, just an interested baseball fan) and dumped these two for productive players?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Busy & Bella
Very little time to sit and blog lately - work is picking up (my regular gardening customers - getting ready for annual & container planting), helping a local garden center get ready for their spring open house this coming Saturday (all volunteer time, but hopefully I`ll see the payoffs by working there in their new tropical plant greenhouse at the open house - it looks great!), taxes (yes, I procrastinated this year), travel to my sister`s near Indy for Easter weekend, and... Bella.
I mention Bella last for a reason - on Friday, April 6, Laurie and I made a very difficult decision. After a lot of discussion and tears, we decided to have Bella put down. We knew the heartworm treatment would be difficult on her, and keeping her inactive for 6-8 weeks would be VERY difficult on her and on us. But, then with the added hookworm detected earlier that week - what were we to do?
After my parents had taken the kids on over to my sisters, Laurie and I sat down one last time to talk and weighed the options. We called the vet and made an appointment.
We took the time to take Bella on one last walk together - a couple of kids saw us and commented on how cute Bella was - I think we both almost burst into tears. It was such a long drive to the vet... When we arrived they took us straight into an exam room - it was suppose to be a short wait, but we sat there for about 30-minutes. When the Dr came in, she sat on the floor with Bella while we talked. She asked us a few questions, discussed her health and her future, talked thru the process - she was very supportive of our decision. After a few minutes she took Bella to another room - we cried - no, we sobbed. She returned after a short time with Bella wrapped in a blanket - she looked so peaceful, as if she were just sleeping. We said our final goodbyes.
We drove on over to my sisters - we waited to tell the kids until the next day - we didn`t go into detail, we just told them that we took Bella to the vets and while we were there she died. They had a hard time, but they did well. It was so hard to tell them... Andrew still thanks God for Bella every night during prayers, "even though she`s already dead" he says (it`s so cute!).
Monday, April 02, 2007
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