There once was a bird named Olley, who just so happened to be Pirate Perry's parrot. The pirate had eaten many a sea ducks when meals were few and far between, and always wondered whether his parrot would be better fare or not. "Here pretty Olley, might ye be tasty like a quacker?" he would shout up to the parrot's perch on the yardarm. All of Pirate Perry's reprobate shipmates had a poor grasp of the king's english, since they were mostly the unintelligent sort (which creates a sort of language barrier when giving orders)...so they always thought what Pirate Perry said was something like "Hey, Polly wanna cracker?"
It's a phrase that's been handed down through generations of parrot callers.
It's a phrase that's been handed down through generations of parrot callers.
So, the next time you hear someone say that famous phrase, you can speak with authority about the history of it and be the envy of all of your friends.
(I'm not sure if Pirate Perry's parrot, pretty Olley, ever became poultry pate.)
A simple emailed thankyou to me is sufficient.
Now, onto other business...
We've been pretty busy over the rest of the summer, visiting family and friends, riding horses, having bbq, attending a dear uncle's funeral, working at the children's camps, going to a 90th birthday party for an aunt and riding around in ski boats...oh, I forgot...also cleaning a N. Idaho woodland parrot!
Here are pictures of some of the above:
Going on the annual guys-only trail ride with family...
the 2012 Skyline Trail Riders,
held this year in Steens Mtns., Oregon
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| Dad, standing next to a memorial flag for one of the trailriders that passed away in the previous year. We all placed a rock at the base of the flag as a remembrance. |
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| L to R...Tyler, Jim, Jerry, me and Dad...Jeff took the picture |
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| On top of one of the hills...the views were awsome...Jeff is the tall one in the center! |
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| Brother Jerry, on Riot |
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| I'm on Roman |
...riding in ski boats on Hebgen Lake, MT
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| I'm navigator for Steve and Chris Hovis on their boat... They can be ours in December! |
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| Karen was showing Chris the fine art of being a "boat wench" |
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| Luke, their son, jumping off a Montana diving board |
...visiting Yellowstone Park with friends...
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| Yellowstone Park cow elk |
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| Yellowstone Park bull bison |
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| Old Faithful (not sure if cow or bull geyser) |
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| Part of the lodge's interior |
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| Karen, Joe, Gregg and Cyndi |
...feeding deer in N. California campgrounds...
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| Rowdy, the mule deer buck |
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| Toby, the mule deer buck |
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| Evie, the mule deer doe |
...enjoying a Las Vegas performance of a childhood friend...
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| Dangerous Curves ("Gret", Karen, Lisa) performing on the Dennis Bono Show at South Point Casino, Las Vegas |
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| Annie, Karen and Karen elementary, JH and high school chums from Roland Heights, CA |
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| Annie, Karen, Lisa and Karen... "Gret" had a back-to-back engagement so couldn't stay after for the meet and greet |
Here's a link to the "Dangerous Curves" website:
We revisited the two children's camps again, for a few days of work to help them out
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| At Flathead Lake, we started putting on siding on the future "kids gaol" or fuel storage shed...whichever comes first |
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| Karen, on shore side of Twinlow's Pinecrest Lodge |
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| Sittin' on the dock of the lake, watchin' the waves roll away |
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| Test-driving the Twinlow paddle boat |
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| We may be seeing this view next summer |
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| And, maybe, lots of N. Idaho woodland parrots, aka wild turkey!! |
