The Baron never showed up all weekend. Why should he? There was nothing for him to eat.
Oh, there was food alright – I put out plenty of seeds & nuts and corn. But somebody crashed our bird party and ate it all. I put more food out – gone again!
I need squirrel ammo. “Ka-pow!!”
Then Baron Von Jonesenheimer III could come back for some squirrel sausage… and I could use a new wallet.
I’ve decided it wasn’t fair that the only pictures on the blog are mine so we have a new way to send photos you’d like to share. When I say “we” that would be Damon who set it all up – I just had tea.
So… show us what you’ve got: pictures of your family, your dog, your cat, your ring-necked pheasant (!), your pretty face, your new shoes, or just “look what I did.” It should be fun! 🙂
Just click the camera to get started…
My backard visitor is getting an attitude. All of a sudden, he’s Mr. Picky and doesn’t like what I’m serving. He likes the seeds & corn but he refused to eat a hard-boiled egg! I’ve been good to him, I give him his space, I feed him, but now all of a sudden the food’s not good enough. I looked online and saw that pheasants need protein and one website said they eat hard-boiled eggs. But noooooo! Not good enough for the Baron. I did chop it up but he wouldn’t touch it.
If he’s going to be a snob, I’m changing his name to Baron Von Jonesheimer III. It’s much more fitting for the gourmet bon vivant he’s become. So I gave him his seed mix today but I will say this. He’d better stick to the seeds because my apples are starting to come in and if he likes apples, we’re going to have a problem. You’d better watch your back, Baron. You touch my apples and I’ll crank that oven up to 375 and start making stuffing!
Is it cannibalism to feed hard-boiled eggs to a pheasant? I don’t think so. It wasn’t a pheasant egg, it was a chicken egg. We feed beef to dogs. A cow is to a dog as a pheasant is to a chicken, n’est pas? Seriously, they say to feed hard-boiled eggs to pheasants. Here’s the page from the pheasant and peafowl website:
http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/pheasant_diets.html
I still say Baron’s got a bad attitude. Pheasants are starving in China.
I was contacted last month by a producer at The View with an invitation to appear on the show. If you saw that post, you’ll know I was suspicious about why they wanted me during sweeps. “We’re doing a ‘Where Are They Now’ week and would love to catch up with Jenny,” they said. My rep had to ask the question. “Is this about the talk show scandal?” The producer admitted they would ask one question about it but this was mostly about what Jenny is doing now. I declined. So I thought I would check and see who actually appeared on their ‘Where Are They Now’ week. Let’s see… where do I start?
How about starting with exactly how the week of Feb. 21st was promoted on their website: “All week long The View is bringing back the most scandalous stories of their time.”
Monday: Amber Frey – Wife-killer Scott Peterson’s mistress.
Tuesday: Jessica Hahn – Brought down televangelist Jim Bakker when they had an affair.
Wednesday: John Wayne Bobbitt – His wife cut off his penis.
Thursday: Kato Kaelin, O.J. Simpson’s houseguest & a witness from one of the most famous murder cases in the world.
Friday: The “Mayflower Madam” Sydney Barrows, who was busted for running an international prostitution ring.
I’m glad I said no.
This week in review is dedicated entirely to Charlie Sheen…
~Lindsay Lohan doesn’t seem so troubled after all, does she? And Mel Gibson seems pretty normal right now.
~Paging Mr. Stein… Mr. Crazy McWackenstein.
~I have fruitcake on my mind and it’s not even Christmas.
~How bad do things have to be for your Hollywood publicist to quit when you’re getting more publicity than anyone on the planet? Oh well, at least Charlie still has his personal manager, B.L. Zebub.
~Charlie should friend Moammar Gadhafi on Facebook. They have a lot in common, both floating down De Nile River believing everything in their world is fine while Gadhafi is killing his people and Charlie is killing his career.
~This can’t end well and I don’t see Charlie “winning.” The only happy ending in store for Charlie will be from one of his porn stars. 🙂
I thought he was gone forever because I did not see him for the last two days. But I just went out again to place some bird food and I saw that beautiful tail going under some bushes, and then he came right out into the open as if to say, “Did you miss me?” Yes, I did. I was sad and almost gave up hope, fearing the worst, looking for remnant feathers. But Baron Von Jonesenheimer is back!
I went out for lunch yesterday with two formers staffers from my talk show, Karen and Frances, whom I had not seen for eight years. We went to the Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills and sat outside but there was only one problem. It was too hot! (don’t hate ;)) We caught up on old times and new things and I found out how many of my old staff are now working for Oprah. Hmmm….
He didn’t come back today. 🙁
He came back!
This time, he was in the back yard and stayed for several hours.
A small crowd gathered between all of us, the pool guy, gardeners – we all stopped working to watch.
We gave him some bird food and he ate ALL of it.
He drank some rainwater off the patio, then sauntered away, up the hill. I’ll be ready with snacks tomorrow.
A friend just sent an “in-flight” photo she found online.
I’m looking for name suggestions…
Something exotic…
*He is a male.
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