Re: NYC suburbs

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> Now she has a full blown case of math and school anxiety.

Oh man, that sux! You might consider music lessons as a way
to circumnavigate the math stress and enhance skills at the same
time (chess too).

> I keep telling her she's going to have more rotten
> teachers in her life and it's a good skill to learn how to deal with
> them.

Very true but I'd also be hopping up and down for a teacher
change.

> Can't keep that one back -- she wants to be in third grade with her
sister.

A little spitfire, eh? Gotta love it.

> Wilbur has EPSM... that's what's been ailing him these past 3 years.
> He's on the hi fat diet now, is past the mandatory relapse, and really
> is doing well. Last night before I fed, I heard all sorts of commotion
> by the barn and it was him galloping, bucking, and cavorting about in
> good spirits. It is so wonderful to see him enjoy life again.

Aw, bless him. I keep waiting for my old girl to start showing her age.
I know it's going to happen. At some point winter will take her down
a peg. She might be 25 chrono but she's still looks like 10. Is Nancy
still hanging here? IIRC she dealt with some EPSMs at her last place
of residence - maybe still does. I don't know.

> Ha! Keith hates me because I let the milkweed grow along the back

Heh. Part of APM's homework this week was to find a monarch
caterpillar to care for. He found one at the local bird sanctuary. He
named it Jimi Hendrix. Jimi has doubled in size over the past week
and is ready to start spinning silk or whatever it is they do.

> (western) wall of the house. The hummers LOVE it. We also just bought
> some butterfly bush to attract them and the butterfiles. The milkweed
> is outside the kitchen window and the girls can watch them up close
> from inside.

The hummers here go from the feeder to a trumpet vine [tree] in the
corner of the dog run. I like that they build their walnut sized nests
out of bud scales and spider silk and line it with thistle down. The
spider silk allows the nest to stretch to contain growing nestlings.
Respiration is at 250 per min. Heart rate 250 per min resting,
1,200 per min feeding! Flight speed is between 30/50/63 MPH
depending [normal, escape mode, dive]. Life span is up to 12 years
with 3-5 as the average. Fascinating little critters.

RPM




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