πΆon the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, five golden rings, and I was like, why'd you stop giving me birds? I thought you were giving me birds
lake to anaktoria after she flew over to them: what, you think I'm going to pet you?
me: because you are
lake, petting the bird: you think I'm going to pet you??
me: YOU ARE
lake:(leaning back) no, but i don't know what it was. it was coming down to land on a tree & it was HUGE. i'm checking merlin
(30sec later) omg. NO. could it have been- NO WAY
me: (vibrating bc i didn't see it) WHAT
lake: it was a GOLDEN EAGLE
our divorce is finalizing this week
few weeks ago lake and i were driving thru northern california and had a convo like
lake: (leaning to look out my drivers side window) woah big bird!! (sees me turning my head) no don't look youre driving
me: (looking at the road again) is it a turkey vulture?
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me: i was going to get up to get water but my tummy hurts π₯Ί
lake: oh nooo, don't get up, i'll get it for u
me: thank uπ₯Ί
lake: why does ur tummy hurt? was it something u ate?
me: ummmm no
lake:
me:
lake:
me: are you gonna get me wate-
saw a lark sparrow for the first time today... always very exciting to see a new bird . didn't have my camera so here is an artists rendering of the suspect
me (no heat tolerance) having spent 4 years (four) (1540 days) in Los Angeles (desert) (blazing heat) (no clouds) (high UV index) when I (no heat tolerance) (can get heat stress at 80F) see it's in the 90s yet again in mid October