tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post5236568733200730540..comments2023-08-11T10:48:59.326-05:00Comments on Alphabird: I is for Indigo BuntingIndigo Buntinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-12610513525539231792007-02-23T17:48:00.000-05:002007-02-23T17:48:00.000-05:00I have to report I tried the chocolate martini rec...I have to report I tried the chocolate martini recipe last night - it was good! Any more recipes??Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-56196705573127012692007-02-23T11:47:00.000-05:002007-02-23T11:47:00.000-05:00In NC I seasonly see Indigo Buntings and always wi...In NC I seasonly see Indigo Buntings and always with such delight! They do come up to my feeders.<BR/><BR/>These days though they are absent, usually closer to April they arrive. <BR/><BR/>Mostly these days my feeders are filled with carolina chickadees, dark-eyed juncos, wrens, cardinals and goldfinches.Otterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14492999357171663898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-28766872448394583252007-02-23T07:14:00.000-05:002007-02-23T07:14:00.000-05:00Cool post. Always good to hear about people whose ...Cool post. Always good to hear about people whose blogs I read.<BR/><BR/>What's your favorite quirky TV show ever?<BR/><BR/>I wish I could see the Milky Way from my front yard.<BR/><BR/><I>My</I> first indigo bunting was seen in on Stwarton Road in Mill Run, PA one weekend we were visiting <A HREF="http://donax365.blogspot.com/2006/12/jay-78-x-365.html" REL="nofollow">Jay</A> and Janice for a raft trip.<BR/><BR/>I'd been hearing a delightfully cheerful bird all day and finally followed the sound, with my binoculars, to the top of one of the large trees in their yard. There at the tip-top was the bluest bird I'd ever seen. My friends said it was a blue bird, but I knew it was something more exotic. I looked it up and saw it was an Indigo Bunting.Cedar Waxwinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10484134359485962293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-84047043936911466582007-02-23T06:58:00.000-05:002007-02-23T06:58:00.000-05:00mm: Haven't seen Corner Gas. Will keep an eye out....mm: Haven't seen Corner Gas. Will keep an eye out.<BR/><BR/>Susan: Most of the time, I am briskly sitting (a phrase I will hold onto). Just because I love to do active things doesn't mean I get to to do them often. The best I usually do is 45 minutes on the NordicTrack catching up on some taped TV show, then right back to the computer screen for some more editing. In fact, that will be my day today! (The exercise basically supports my astounding eating habits.)Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-72442948944503088642007-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:002007-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:00You sound so wonderfully fit. I like many of the s...You sound so wonderfully fit. I like many of the same things you like, except for the ones that require movement. I love the <I>idea</I> of exercise, but when it comes down to it I prefer a brisk sit.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03880145777347900626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-77392385964793053922007-02-22T09:01:00.000-05:002007-02-22T09:01:00.000-05:00IB, or Indigo, or Indy--I think the ratio was 2 pa...IB, or Indigo, or Indy--I think the ratio was 2 parts vanilla vodka to 1 part white creme de cacao, but some recipes push it up to 1.5 parts c. de c. <BR/><BR/>I completely forgot that I had a writer's group to go to last night, so I couldn't make my martinis. But I read my <A HREF="http://sewayoleme.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/open-windows" REL="nofollow">Open Windows</A> essay, and got some spontaneous applause at the end, which was a pleasant surprise.Sewa Yolemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736250662604561083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-89280415059437711442007-02-22T08:30:00.000-05:002007-02-22T08:30:00.000-05:00quirky tv shows - I think Corner Gas is now playin...quirky tv shows - I think Corner Gas is now playing in the US. Have you seen it?Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912657528657918812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-35976645202911173072007-02-22T07:07:00.000-05:002007-02-22T07:07:00.000-05:00Mali: It's funny, but until I took the IB moniker,...Mali: It's funny, but until I took the IB moniker, it didn't occur to me that it might be shortened. I'm likin' Indigo.<BR/><BR/>Chocolate martini, to be confirmed by SY: I believe we decided on 1:1 proportions, but the recipe we had might have suggested 3:2 or somesuch. Which was which I can't remember, as I'd been drinking martinis. So it's equal parts Stoli vanilla vodka and white creme de cacao. It's important, as far as I'm concerned, to use only these clear spirits, because it's the surprise of the flavor that's half the fun. Some people use BROWN chocolate liqueurs, god forbid. We also finely grate semisweet chocolate to rim the glass and dust the top.<BR/><BR/>SY, does that sound right?<BR/><BR/>JHK: Their existence [red efts] makes me so happy!Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-10325013103009719312007-02-22T06:33:00.000-05:002007-02-22T06:33:00.000-05:00I love red efts!I love red efts!Jenny Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02689476109430471814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-19911741245932591102007-02-21T23:16:00.001-05:002007-02-21T23:16:00.001-05:00PS ... I want the chocolate martini recipe tooPS ... I want the chocolate martini recipe tooMalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-42892791230109406982007-02-21T23:16:00.000-05:002007-02-21T23:16:00.000-05:00ok I'm showing my foreignness now ...I always figu...ok I'm showing my foreignness now ...I always figured there must be an explanation to the indigo bunting name, but didn't think of googling to find out ... thanks for solving the mystery to me! Though I liked the idea of a woman called Indigo ... and I had a boss with the last name of Bunting too ... so it wasn't inconceivable ...Malihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928262526502319303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-37868430332190351502007-02-21T18:33:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:33:00.000-05:00Recipe for a chocolate martini, please.Recipe for a chocolate martini, please.Deloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10348531544486944382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-62964699592134549762007-02-21T09:54:00.000-05:002007-02-21T09:54:00.000-05:00SY: I'm off booze for a couple of days, but I will...SY: I'm off booze for a couple of days, but I will think of you gloriously sipping one this evening!Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-62150654156269486912007-02-21T09:50:00.000-05:002007-02-21T09:50:00.000-05:00Speaking of martinis, I think it's time for a choc...Speaking of martinis, I think it's time for a chocolate one. No, not right now, since it's 9:50 in the morning, but maybe this evening. Sort of a smack in the face of Lent.Sewa Yolemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05736250662604561083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-61183292599281195732007-02-21T06:01:00.000-05:002007-02-21T06:01:00.000-05:00The only "pets" I have are the birds at my feeder ...The only "pets" I have are the birds at my feeder outside (I like them a lot) and the mice that decide they like hanging out in my house (that relationship is more complicated).Indigo Buntinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11387698096732697805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4417740178798146209.post-19256578515315383022007-02-20T23:05:00.000-05:002007-02-20T23:05:00.000-05:00Do you like your own pets?Do you like your own pets?Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804382963910285639noreply@blogger.com