Daily Check-In

[mecurtin]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Saturday) now to midnight UT (8pm Sunday Eastern Time).

Poll #24304 Daily check-in poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 50

How are you doing?

I am OK
41 (83.7%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now
8 (16.3%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

H'

I am living single
22 (44.9%)

One other person
16 (32.7%)

More than one other person
11 (22.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

Dead Vampire Fish??

[feng_shui_house]

It's a mystery- yes, it's a photo of a dead fish, lying on the ground and no knowing how it got there.

https://feng-shui-house.dreamwidth.org/1576826.html

Will try to post more cheerful pics today- have got other stuff to do, so I'll space them out.

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[kathmandu]

It has rips in the belly, so maybe a hawk or similar caught it, then dropped it on the way home?

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[feng_shui_house]

That could be... a few miles away from me there's a large park with some winding lakes and I HAVE seen a red-tailed hawk there on two occasions.

Can't think why it would carry a fish so far, when there's plenty of big old trees in the park where it could eat in peace (and really no suitable nesting areas for hawks in my suburbian landscape), but it's Possible. :^)

Patched together bias tape making station

[feng_shui_house]

In case anyone was mildly curious, this has a photo of my sewing room set up where I made bias tape ties for face masks. There's a lot of reuse/repurpose/recycle theme going on. :^)

https://feng-shui-house.dreamwidth.org/1577173.html

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[mecurtin]

Though I am not from Florida, the fangs and jaw say "barracuda", as does the very large eye.

How far are you from salt water? from brackish water? It's possible it was dropped by an osprey, but I really do wonder if you got a rain of fish.

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[feng_shui_house]

I'm miles away from the ocean- there are canals a little closer, and there's a park with a series of man made lakes that has a few kinds of fish in it.

At sunset sometimes I see flocks of gulls flying past my home so the ocean isn't unfeasibly distant by wing, it just seems too far to be hauling something that heavy.

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[mecurtin]

I'd like to post a picture on Twitter, asking fish people for an ID. If it's OK with you. What neighborhood or town could I say it's from, or what is the nearest body of water?

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[feng_shui_house]

Sure, you can post the vampire fish on Twitter. Hialeah, in south Florida-- not counting canals the nearest water would be the lakes in Amelia Earhart park..

Huh I just googled and people not only fish there, they tell what kind of fish they caught. They only mention 3 species none of which look like the vampire.

https://fishbrain.com/fishing-waters/9YVfCmvN/amelia-earhart-park-hialeah-florida

Bird photos

[feng_shui_house]

And for the bird lovers, here's some pretty pics I took. 2 species of warbler, a blue jay and a mockingbird.

https://feng-shui-house.dreamwidth.org/1577286.html

Re: Dead Vampire Fish??

[dragoness_e]

It's not a barracuda. Body is the wrong shape.

After some googling, I'm pretty sure it's in the perch family. Teeth are a dead ringer for a walleye perch's mouth, but I'm not sure about the rest of the fish. Too bad the colors are faded from decay.