four-minute friday: ostriches
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There are two ostriches outside my office. One keeps knocking on the door. (I’m serious!) The other is staring intently at me through the window next to my desk. Hello, lovely ladies.
She has intriguing eyes. Have you ever seen an ostrich blink? It’s very…interesting. Mildly gross, even. But her eyes are larger than life, and her eyelashes are Maybelline perfect.
I wonder why they’re staying here; they’ve been here for hours already. Occasionally, they walk back to the grass to eat a bit, and then they stroll back over. They clean their feathers, strut their stuff, and knock on the glass. I wonder what — if anything — is going through their walnut-sized brains. (Did you know their brains are smaller than their eyeballs? Now how’s that for a Snapple fact!?)
If nothing else, it’s making my day in the office more exciting than it normally would have been. I’ve got a song on repeat and am ready to crack down on a big project. Thanks for keeping me company, ladies.
Done.
How fun! Hope your project goes well. Thanks for the Snapple fact today. :-)
Hey Alece!
In response to your “Simple Truth”: I am back in the states and had the same reaction this year. I don’t know why. Christmas was hard for me to get into even with shopping n music n snow (though it melted on the 23rd)
I miss home SSSSSSOOOOOOo much! I can’t wait to be back there. Whether South Africa, Botswana or possibly Ghana…it’s all Africa and its all wonderfully missed!
http://www.myspace.com/saragroves
Alece – can’t get you and Neil off my mind when I hear this song …
“When the Saints” by Sara Groves. Have you listened to her music? I am a huge fan. Her new CD is amazing. If you get a chance, go to the link above and listen to the song I mentioned above and I pray that it is an encouragement to you.
You are “one of them”.
Praying for you – Roo’s mom
Mmmmmm……. One of the things I ‘miss’ (if you can miss something you’ve never experienced) about this great big world God created are all the really great big animals He made to wander through it. The U.S. is sadly lacking in all the many animals that once roamed through it … Africa still retains it in many parts – one reason people are so fascinated by it. I wonder what it would have been like to be living where I am, and look out the back door and see a herd of wild bison calmly grazing on the hills. Quite amazing. I miss that. Thanks for the glimpse.
Love it…..just yet another reason why I like to call Africa home. Wild life literally at your window!
that is cool…and a bit odd. does that not freak you out a bit? i think i wouldn’t know if i should be in awe or afraid of them!
Kehehe.
Walnut-sized.
yeller… maybe since it’s common, it’s more amusing than frightening? can’t wait for you to come and see for yourself.
and yep… walnut-sized. (did you notice i said eyeball?)
Maybe they just finally got up the nerve to go over and meet the neighbors.
funny
TIA, TIA…
what wonderful visitors :)