One of the most fascinating things about parrots is that they are capable of using tools. Felix enjoys using a fallen feather or a toy to scratch himself with on the head. Evey time he does that I’m wishing I had a camera at hand, and today I did! The photos are really bad quality, taken from too far away and he’s not doing too much scratching in them. But still! Very cute.
Första december = första chokladbiten i dalekkalendern. Mums!
Det förutspåddes snö, men blev ingen. Men när jag ikväll kastade en blick utanför fönstret var allt vitt! Jag som tänkte handla imorgon… vi får väl se.
För att göra det extra juligt så hjälpte pippi till med att packa upp en tidig julklapp. Tack mamma!
Yeah, yeah, I’ve forgot to write… But, I’ve found a petsitter for Christmas, and I’ve got a job interview tomorrow, so… fingers crossed!
And in case the embedding doesn’t work, here’s a direct link: Felix playing with a spoon.
Jag älskar Hungover Owls. Och den här bilden är den bästa någonsin! Fågeln i bakgrunden, vilken lyckträff!:-D
Forgot to write, I don’t mind that the owls in the film can move their eyes. Some poetic license is required, after all. 
No spoilers, unless you count me mention the various species of owls depicted (nothing about the characters).
We went and saw Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole 3D today. I loved it! I mean, animated owls, 3D, and did I mention the owls? Yeah, my type of film.
However… Did they have to give the Barn Owls yellow eyes? I mean, have they even seen a Barn Owl? Sure, they might look black from afar, but they’re really a lovely shade of brown, and they could have easily given the owls a lighter shade of brown to make them more expressive. Barn Owls with yellow eyes… bah!
Also, while I think it’s really nice that they didn’t make me sit through a whole film listening to grating American accents, and while I do like British and Australian… I don’t know, some research to where the various species actually live would have been nice. I mean, there are no Great Grey Owls, Burrowing Owls, or Elf Owls (among others) in neither Australia nor the UK. So why on earth would they have British or Australian accents? Yeah, I don’t get it either. And I know this is a fantasy film, but since they’ve obviously decided to make the owls the type of species that we have here in the real world, and made a pretty good job of making them look good and easily recognised, it really distracted me. Annoying.
I first thought they were being really stupid giving American Barn Owls Australian accents… but according to Wikipedia the Australian Barn Owls are darker than the British (shows what I know, eh), so I can easily buy them being Australian. Though the British ones are prettier, I love the really light sandy grey colour.
Also, I wonder how long the time span is supposed to be. Because if I remember correctly the Barn Owl baby doesn’t look and hour older at the end of the film compared to the beginning. And they grow like mad. Did you know that when an owl is about 16 weeks, it’s as large as it’s gonna get?
Also, and this makes me laugh, the Screech Owl (a Whiskered Screech according to Wikipedia) was WAY too big. They’re like the same size as a Burrowing Owl. *laughs some more*
All this said, I did love the film. I don’t really care about the plot at all (I’m in it for the owls and the 3D), but while I can understand why others may find it lacking, I thought it was decent enough.
And the owls were amazing. The Burrowing Owl? SO COOL. And so well done. I’ve got a few other gripes, like how would the helmet stay on a Great Grey’s head like that? They’ve got like the tiniest heads ever and it’s all just fluff around it, so either the helmet would have to be super light (and probably not very protective) or he’d just need a teeny tiny helmet because it squashes the fluff completely. Oh well. For some reason I find this harder to swallow than the fact that an owl wouldn’t be able to hear anything with a helmet on, and thus wouldn’t make a very good warrior.
Oh, and all of you that think owls make lousy warriors? Have you seen an owl? Have you seen their talons? Did you know that the European Eagle Owl can catch young deer?
To sum it up: if you’ve got a 3D cinema nearby and like owls, go see it. If not, wait until it’s out on DVD.
Yeah, yeah, I suck at updating every day. I’ve completely forgot, and got a shock this morning when I realised that it’s been three days since my last post. Oh well, I doubt anyone really cares. (apart from me, andI just can’t be bothered)
I’m kicking myself because I never went to see Resident Evil 4 3D at the cinema. I love those films, and I’m sure it would have been awesome in 3D. *sadness*
However, I’m gonna make sure we catch the last (weekend) showing of Legends of the Guardians 3D tomorrow. An animated film about barn owls in 3D. How can it not be good? Must see. There is just no way it isn’t worth seeing. (just like Resident Evil *more sadness*)
On a happier note, Amazon.co.uk had the first season of Supernatural really cheap; it arrived today. Yay! And M seems like like it (well, the first three episodes anyway, we’ll see what he thinks of the rest). Considering I think it’s like the best series ever (even after more than 5 seasons), that makes me happy.
Also, a piece of advice: if you’ve got a parrot and need to distract him/her - get some bubble wrap.
Honestly, I did start writing a (very short) post yesterday, but then I forgot to finish and post it…
I’ve enjoyed working again, but my body does not agree and thinks I’ve overdone it (yeah, right), so now everything aches and I’m absolutely exhausted still. No energy for anything.
However, I’m enjoying working with adults with learning difficulties. Much more so than I had thought I would. It’s different from working with children, but interesting.
On the fun side, Felix discovered bubblewrap today. *pop* *popop* *pop*
Also, my goodness: weirdest goats ever!!!
And I really like this photo. Björn, it reminds me of Dexter!
And last but not least, an observation from yesterday. Note to self: do not do any shopping after work. Because the trip home will (in)conveniently happen during rushour traffic, and that means that the 3 mile trip from Asda takes, oh, more than 40 minutes. I’m telling you Swedes, I don’t care what you say: you haven’t seen real rushour traffic until you’ve lived in a more populated country.
Igår blev det äntligen av att vi tog oss en liten eftermiddags/kvällspromenad längs med älven. Kamerorna fick givetvis följa med, och jag tänkte i detta inlägg dela med mig en del av Cambridges skönhet och skönheter. I detta inlägg kommer änderna vi träffade, i nästa kommer bilder på själva Cambridge (kanhända det mest intressanta, men jag kunde inte låta bli att fixa till andbilderna först).
Denna lilla anddam hälsade på under sittvilan vid andplatsen (den ligger mycket lägligt, bredvid bro och sluss och glass/dryckeshus).
Fast snart kallade vattnet igen.
Klia klia…
Jag gillar änder.
Det har ni nog fattat vid det här laget.
Men vi tar en till iallafall. Kolla in reflektionen i vattnet. (gäller de ovan också egentligen, men den här är snyggast!)
Nästa inlägg: Våren i Cambridge, därefter En tur längs med River Cam.