Retractions and corrections...

If you've read my previous posts, you know I said nothing eats a skunk. Well, skunks are everywhere these days, dead on the road. And for the most part, they just seem to disintegrate, rather than be torn apart by a carrion eater. That being said, I did see a group of crows gathered around a dead skunk. I wonder if they were just curious, or if they actually took a couple bites. They will eat other dead animals. Maybe it was mom and the kids, and she was showing them what to avoid!

I also said, in an earlier post that I saw some turkeys eating on a dead deer. At another deer carcass, I noticed what I thought were the same type of birds. Turned out they were not turkeys, but black vultures. We have two types of vultures in SW Missouri, turkey and black. The turkey vultures are bigger, and uglier, and they migrate, whereas the black vultures stick around, or at least that's my best guess, and I'm sticking to it!.

So many similarities and coincidences...

...it's almost eerie.

I went to a 50th wedding anniversary this past weekend, and caught up with some of my relatives, whom I stay in contact with, but living 600 miles away, but not closely (think once a year or less.)

It was interesting, to me, to see how my family, although living far apart, have so many things in common.  Don't know if it's genetic (can't be as some of the relatives are only through marriage) or it's the water, or the environment.

I found out my cousin has similar tastes in art, and has the same "couplet" of pictures from a particular artist, that I have.  I found out another cousin works for a Subaru dealership, and drives a Forester, as I do.  Wish I knew that before I bought my Subaru...might have made a better deal.  Found out the person who "sponsored" my grandfather (and may have been a cousin, or uncle) when he emigrated from Germany, had the same first name as my nephew, even though we never knew this other person existed, until my cousin started her genealogy search.

It was almost like living in a parallel universe, and it was definitely a fun weekend!