tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post115598484110598184..comments2023-11-05T17:30:43.108+05:30Comments on DAYLIGHT AGAIN: HOME SWEET HOMEraufhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156868249335081982006-08-29T21:47:00.000+05:302006-08-29T21:47:00.000+05:30fantastic post, Poms ! loved it ! weaver birds hav...fantastic post, Poms ! loved it ! weaver birds have always fascinated me; i love the way they weave their nests! i loved the beautiful green background for the yellow and brown nest and the birds ! lovely pics, as usual *hugs*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156568336072121592006-08-26T10:28:00.000+05:302006-08-26T10:28:00.000+05:30Sweet PattyPlease focus on your studies. Forget ab...Sweet Patty<BR/>Please focus on your studies. Forget about the war and the pain and suffering in the world for a while. I am eagerly waiting for your site to come up, please don't spend much time on it. I know this is your serious hobby and photography keeps your creativity vibrating all the time, but you have other important things to do.<BR/>I am missing the fruits of your imagination.<BR/>lots of love and hugsraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156566438474246792006-08-26T09:57:00.000+05:302006-08-26T09:57:00.000+05:30Thank you Cindy, sorry for my late response. I got...Thank you Cindy, sorry for my late response. I got into a mess tampering with the template design.<BR/>I saw your blog, the design is beautiful, looks like it has come straight out of ancient scriptures.<BR/>Looks lovely.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156566206905237092006-08-26T09:53:00.000+05:302006-08-26T09:53:00.000+05:30e2dees, sorry for late response, I keep goofing up...e2dees, sorry for late response, I keep goofing up, and get into more and more trouble with the template<BR/>and updating this post. Now the pictures are coming from photobucket album.<BR/><BR/>most of our ideas are inspired by nature e2dees you are dead right.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156477980328866952006-08-25T09:23:00.000+05:302006-08-25T09:23:00.000+05:30Rauf, you have added a lovely new image at the top...Rauf, you have added a lovely new image at the top and a background and links! I think it's a great new look. I really loved reading all about how these birds create their nests-how extraordinary! This post made me smile all the way through. I also loved all the boat race photos, especially the first from the woman's section post. The races must have been exciting to experience! Thanks for sharing. The post that made me very sad was, For One Square Meal. I wish I could end the suffering and pain of all the children and others in the world. Although, Beat the Heat was sad as well, it was also inspiring to see how people manage and are happy with so much less than myself. I hope you got the email I sent you. Love to you and your family Rauf!Pattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760407650440015397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156460252445592162006-08-25T04:27:00.000+05:302006-08-25T04:27:00.000+05:30I found your blog via Bill- what a beautiful templ...I found your blog via Bill- what a beautiful template and that post about those little birds was absolutely amazing!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12030074737745524449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156449213609359462006-08-25T01:23:00.000+05:302006-08-25T01:23:00.000+05:30U are right Rauf. I guess most of our creativity/i...U are right Rauf. I guess most of our creativity/ideas is either stolen from nature or inspired by nature. We really cannot claim much originality.<BR/>Perhaps the one original idea we came up with is marriage as a culmination of courtship!<BR/>It’s interesting—if u look up the meaning of courtship, according to wikipedia, for humans it’s <B>attracting a mate for marriage.</B> Whereas for animal kingdom it’s just <B>attracting a mate</B>. Now who really is the smarter one?<BR/>Just being cheeky..:)<BR/><BR/>Cool new template Rauf!Very beautiful.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156354327819997252006-08-23T23:02:00.000+05:302006-08-23T23:02:00.000+05:30Thousands of movies on the subject e2dees. Poor he...Thousands of movies on the subject e2dees. Poor hero has to do all the tricks he can imagine to attract the heroine. Its hard work really. Singing talent is additional help. <BR/>Painted storks come up with flight display to impress the female.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156351331683134602006-08-23T22:12:00.000+05:302006-08-23T22:12:00.000+05:30Suresh, Rauf: Interesting information.The female w...Suresh, Rauf: Interesting information.The female weaver knows what she want and isn't easily impressed.And it seems like the male has to sweat a bit. Fascinating how they enter their nest. <BR/>Thanks for the info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156342955548726272006-08-23T19:52:00.000+05:302006-08-23T19:52:00.000+05:30Thanks Suresh, I have posted these details in Blun...Thanks Suresh, I have posted these details in Blunt knife.<BR/><BR/>Dressing up, grooming ourselves, beauty parlours, make up, perfume, spending a lot to look our best, makes a lot of sense. Humans are not idiots afterall.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156340423232082152006-08-23T19:10:00.000+05:302006-08-23T19:10:00.000+05:30To enter the nest itself, a weaverbird swoops down...To enter the nest itself, a weaverbird swoops down at speed to the tunnel entrance and then folds its wings, allowing its momentum to carry it upward through the tunnel without touching the sides.<BR/><BR/>far out huh ...wildpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967012279850779612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156340323379646592006-08-23T19:08:00.000+05:302006-08-23T19:08:00.000+05:30cool post rauf ...The Weavers are small passerine ...cool post rauf ...<BR/><BR/>The Weavers are small passerine birds (Sometimes known as perching birds) related to the finches.<BR/><BR/>These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical Asia. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black.<BR/><BR/>These are gregarious birds which often breed colonially. They sometimes cause crop damage, notably the Red-billed Quelea, reputed to be the world's most numerous bird.<BR/><BR/>males build home, and the female rears the offspring. And while the female incubates the eggs, the male may try to attract another partner.<BR/><BR/>The male’s success in getting any female at all depends on his physical fitness and the quality of the nest he builds. Breeding takes place in the rainy season when there is plenty of new grass around for building and lots of insects for feeding the young. The male bird weaves the outer shell of a nest hanging from the tip of a branch, and whenever an unmated female visits the tree in search of a partner, he hangs from the nest by his feet, fluttering and showing off the bright colours under his wings.<BR/><BR/>If his display is adequate, and his nest is suitably fresh and green, the female may accept him. But she will refuse him, however good his display, if his nest is brown and dry. A nest turns brown in a week as the grass dries in the hot sun, so if a male does not attract a female while the nest is still green, he has to dismantle it and start again with fresh leaves. Only by insisting on a green nest can a female be certain it is newly built and strong enough to house her and her family.wildpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13967012279850779612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156335166525345662006-08-23T17:42:00.000+05:302006-08-23T17:42:00.000+05:30Kathy, I know nothing about what goes between the ...Kathy, I know nothing about what goes between the key board, mouse and the computer. Luckily there is a clear edits button for dimwits like me. Got into a mess with existing blog, luckily that was early. Now I cannot afford to tinker with this. So I am trying with a new blog. When ever the computer hangs I wonder why they don't have holes to put some oil to make it work again. Disk clean up is shoving a water hose in to the computer. With this much of knowledge I go about tinkering my page. <BR/>What ever I do any monkey can do.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156313105717090142006-08-23T11:35:00.000+05:302006-08-23T11:35:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kathy Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156312788034580012006-08-23T11:29:00.000+05:302006-08-23T11:29:00.000+05:30it can drive you nuts! those littleit can drive you nuts! those little < < that get in the way GRrrrrrrr lolKathy Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156312542108690982006-08-23T11:25:00.000+05:302006-08-23T11:25:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kathy Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156312162873190572006-08-23T11:19:00.000+05:302006-08-23T11:19:00.000+05:30Hi Rauf :)i just stumbled across your third blog. ...Hi Rauf :)<BR/><BR/>i just stumbled across your third blog. that template by panasomoto <--- not spelled right, looks good! the picture fits the template and i like the colors. I know your experimenting with it...<BR/><BR/>I like the template i'm using, i love messing around with stuff like that. that sunset is awesome by the way, really beautiful and pleasing to the eye.<BR/><BR/>i hope my message gets through this time.Kathy Trejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320525571609595412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156301814736425862006-08-23T08:26:00.000+05:302006-08-23T08:26:00.000+05:30Thanks Frida, I can't work like them. I am allergi...Thanks Frida, I can't work like them. I am allergic to wisdom and intelligence and labourraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156288643840292672006-08-23T04:47:00.000+05:302006-08-23T04:47:00.000+05:30This is truly amazing. The progression is fantasti...This is truly amazing. The progression is fantastic. <BR/>Love the birds.Dustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13996353585423203472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156224617336081602006-08-22T11:00:00.000+05:302006-08-22T11:00:00.000+05:30Its a pity that I don't read French Ricardo. I spe...Its a pity that I don't read French Ricardo. I speak five languages though not very fluently.<BR/>Always wanted to learn French. <BR/>Thank you Ricardoraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156223766523431082006-08-22T10:46:00.000+05:302006-08-22T10:46:00.000+05:30Thank you Ruth, We all live with the hope to see a...Thank you Ruth, We all live with the hope to see a better tomorrowraufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156189174354220812006-08-22T01:09:00.000+05:302006-08-22T01:09:00.000+05:30it is a very beautiful "reportage", once again!tha...it is a very beautiful "reportage", once again!<BR/>thankAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156155612369844322006-08-21T15:50:00.000+05:302006-08-21T15:50:00.000+05:30I had noticed the new header photo too, it's very ...I had noticed the new header photo too, it's very hopeful.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156128322765505752006-08-21T08:15:00.000+05:302006-08-21T08:15:00.000+05:30You have a sweet blog yourself Sandy. You are doin...You have a sweet blog yourself Sandy. You are doing a noble job, as noble as teaching. Thanks for stepping in.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18166829.post-1156109898461516602006-08-21T03:08:00.000+05:302006-08-21T03:08:00.000+05:30What a wonderful blog. Thank you for the story of ...What a wonderful blog. Thank you for the story of the weaverbirds.sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17483410092908065123noreply@blogger.com