tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post7986463138424671277..comments2024-03-15T15:42:08.393-04:00Comments on Knatolee's World: It came, it snowed, it didn't conquer...Knatoleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post-41075499338277771342011-02-05T17:08:17.429-05:002011-02-05T17:08:17.429-05:00Thank you for clearing that up, HWB. I was too laz...Thank you for clearing that up, HWB. I was too lazy to look it up. :)<br /><br />Little Blue Mouse, I like "chiskadees"! :) I am feeding them every day now and they are becoming less cautious.<br /><br />Dr. Sloth! This time last year I was in Mexico, sssiiiiiiiigh...Knatoleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809822081515082096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post-21779338941501836202011-02-04T21:19:38.358-05:002011-02-04T21:19:38.358-05:00very interesting comment about 'raven'!
...very interesting comment about 'raven'! <br /><br /><b>BEAUTIFUL PICTURES</b> Knat!! I love that low winter sunlight. it creates the most beautiful light and shadows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post-76647264068656652092011-02-04T18:18:18.669-05:002011-02-04T18:18:18.669-05:00That should be chickadees.That should be chickadees.Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post-62103446064680018502011-02-04T18:15:40.125-05:002011-02-04T18:15:40.125-05:00I love the photo of the drifted snow in the field....I love the photo of the drifted snow in the field. It looks like someone has thrown a sheet over it and not straightened it out yet.<br /><br />How lovely to feed the chiskadees by hand.Little Blue Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616392505984609128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10685986.post-60131560553187221862011-02-04T08:39:26.929-05:002011-02-04T08:39:26.929-05:00Ravenous comes from the French raviner from the La...Ravenous comes from the French <i>raviner</i> from the Latin, and at its root has connotations of rapine and plunder.<br /><br />Raven, on the other hand, comes through Old(e) English from the German side of the family [good old, <i>hræfn</i> and can be traced back to Proto-Indo-European where it is onomatopoetic of a harsh sound.<br /><br />And there you go.The Happy Wombat Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11372571086102516025noreply@blogger.com