posted February 07, 2009 12:50 PM           

And yet I repeatedly stumbled across them. Especially fire-salamanders.

The other two animals I seem to draw to myself are cats and butterflies.
Butterflies would always sit down on my head, glasses, hair, shoulder, arm, and not go away.
And whenever, as a child, I found a dead or dying butterfly, I would give them an "official" funeral, saying my prayers to them and really mourn them.

posted February 07, 2009 12:51 PM         

24 leo
3 aries
18 aries
17 leo
23-25 cap

posted February 07, 2009 01:20 PM         

28 leo albatros
29 leo a juvenile mountain goat
30 leo french bulldog

24 leo smew
3 ari onager or wild ass
18 ari red squirrel
17 leo eared seal

posted February 07, 2009 01:36 PM         

29 leo a juvenile mountain goat
30 leo french bulldog

The "juvenile mountain goat" appeals to my Cappy NN
~ but ~
Ahhhhh, c'est moi -- a french bulldog who thinks she is un chat

posted February 07, 2009 04:13 PM         

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Can you relate to "mountain sheep" Lala?...Lara

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posted February 07, 2009 05:10 PM         

in one card reading long ago ..
my totem animal came up as 'wolf' ..
can't remeber which variety of wolf though ..
card set was connected to native american indian culture

posted February 07, 2009 05:14 PM         

Ascendant:
3 gem skylark

I mean:

This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa.

Ahhhh...that's why I don't have children. I'll have to move.

It is a bird of open farmland and heath, known throughout its range for the song of the male, which is delivered in hovering flight from heights of 50 to 100 m, when the singing bird may appear as just a dot in the sky from the ground. The song generally lasts 2 to 3 minutes, but it tends to last longer later in the season. The male has broader wings than the female. This adaptation for more efficient hovering flight may have evolved because of female Skylarks' preference for males that sing and hover for longer periods and so demonstrate that they are likely to have good overall fitness.

Wow! That's pretty fascinating.

Like most other larks, the Skylark is a rather dull-looking species on the ground, being mainly brown above and paler below.

Stealthy. You don't see me, but I see you.

The Skylark makes a grass nest on the ground, hidden amongst vegetation. It is sometimes found nesting in bracken, using it for cover. Generally the nests are very difficult to find. 3 to 6 eggs are laid in June.

June. How appropriate.

A collective noun for Skylarks is an "exaltation". Although the OED describes this usage as "fanciful", it traces it back to a quotation from John Lydgate dating from about 1430. The verb "skylark", originally used by sailors, means "play tricks or practical jokes; indulge in horseplay, frolic". The verb and noun "lark", with similar meaning, may be related to "skylark" or to the dialect word "laik" (New Shorter OED).

Cool.

The song Alouette is a song about the plucking of a Skylark. Alouette is the French word for Skylark.

French b@stards!

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Mercury:
18 sag white cockatoo

Pluto:
5 libra catbird

Neptune:
7 sag king bird of paradise

MC:
14 aqua wild ox

posted February 07, 2009 06:03 PM         

Very cuddly and cute.