tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post1481193424179429708..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: The Harbinger Of Spring Is A BingerMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45362094093041189422017-02-19T03:43:18.015-08:002017-02-19T03:43:18.015-08:00We have five, the biggest looks like the front of ...We have five, the biggest looks like the front of a bulldozer, with handles. C'mon up and I'll lend you one or five.Jamiebobamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154545915347378238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52158316017195860112017-02-18T10:32:46.502-08:002017-02-18T10:32:46.502-08:00We had one in our yard so fat his belly brushed th...We had one in our yard so fat his belly brushed the ground when he hopped. I wish I'd gotten a picture of him.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-27281949029177163612017-02-18T10:31:55.541-08:002017-02-18T10:31:55.541-08:00I try.I try.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8249742667202732612017-02-18T05:30:40.770-08:002017-02-18T05:30:40.770-08:00I learned just yesterday that there are winter rob...I learned just yesterday that there are winter robins and spring robins in Maine. I've always thought a Robin was a Robin. Apparently the winter ones stay here year round and are the plump ones we see in winter and mislead us into thinking we've seen ""the first Robin of spring." The official spring robins are much slimmer. I know autocorrect is capitalizing Robin here, butJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09782394068144501251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-40058218384819660942017-02-16T16:47:37.188-08:002017-02-16T16:47:37.188-08:00Mmmm, I think I'm gonna try that tonight.........Mmmm, I think I'm gonna try that tonight......<br />Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540180242324518225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52276975406010848982017-02-16T10:32:00.859-08:002017-02-16T10:32:00.859-08:00You know what? Most people here don't even hav...You know what? Most people here don't even have a snow shovel. Coulda used one this year.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84583858592989579562017-02-16T10:24:44.766-08:002017-02-16T10:24:44.766-08:00No rules in English.No rules in English.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80871749207869208292017-02-16T10:24:22.303-08:002017-02-16T10:24:22.303-08:00I learned to bait a hook because I wanted to fish,...I learned to bait a hook because I wanted to fish, but I still can't step on them, and I hate to walk on barnacles too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38283914878885705322017-02-16T05:38:46.537-08:002017-02-16T05:38:46.537-08:00Another informative and snort-worthy post. Now whe...Another informative and snort-worthy post. Now when the fat little buggers show up, I'll be able to impress my friends and family with knowledge. The goo tubes don't show up here in the frozen north until May or so. Right now, all we have are flocks of crows who mock me while I'm out shoveling snow. Cue the violins.Jamiebobamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08154545915347378238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58289947620014577592017-02-16T04:58:13.381-08:002017-02-16T04:58:13.381-08:00I kept wondering "what's a binger?" ...I kept wondering "what's a binger?" As in Bing Crosby-er. Binger. What goes bing? Oh. Finally got it. Bin-jer. Hah. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-20518326846821978142017-02-15T20:50:08.966-08:002017-02-15T20:50:08.966-08:00Ahh, hon, but you're easy!Ahh, hon, but you're easy!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17362968892818264272017-02-15T20:49:55.018-08:002017-02-15T20:49:55.018-08:00I think I've kind of done it.I think I've kind of done it.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54523800313353516222017-02-15T20:49:39.250-08:002017-02-15T20:49:39.250-08:00I didn't know either. And this has been known ...I didn't know either. And this has been known a long time. Just imagine how much else we don't know! And people are making POLICY without knowing things. Gad.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-28207569496990058402017-02-15T19:59:59.853-08:002017-02-15T19:59:59.853-08:00You had me at "flush"!You had me at "flush"!Cousin Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14134848598626178806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-89209318783097634242017-02-15T19:02:35.726-08:002017-02-15T19:02:35.726-08:00"It's like if you or I ate a sleeping bag..."It's like if you or I ate a sleeping bag filled with pudding."--my favorite line---Kiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046703126566854831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-8534435023005484882017-02-15T18:34:27.835-08:002017-02-15T18:34:27.835-08:00I went the opposite way - I used to cheerfully put...I went the opposite way - I used to cheerfully put them on the hook to fish when I was quite young; now I can't stand to walk anywhere they are stranded. It's not that worms themselves bother me, because they don't. It is, as you both say, the not wanting to hurt them. I hate walking on the barnacled rocks at the shore for the same reason.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-72000269131333521082017-02-15T17:07:53.457-08:002017-02-15T17:07:53.457-08:00Gosh you made me laugh! "Amazingly they'r...Gosh you made me laugh! "Amazingly they're robins-egg blue" for some reason that struck me as extremely funny. I didn't know that about the earthworm belt, I assumed that was the stomach part where food was digesting. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-33707715874926371412017-02-15T16:58:58.360-08:002017-02-15T16:58:58.360-08:00Thank you for the science lesson!!Thank you for the science lesson!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24025867418791306072017-02-15T14:06:07.721-08:002017-02-15T14:06:07.721-08:00They always think it's our fault. Well, it is,...They always think it's our fault. Well, it is, a little bit.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14843217224494728852017-02-15T13:50:00.868-08:002017-02-15T13:50:00.868-08:00They usually show up at my house in April, then sh...They usually show up at my house in April, then shiver and look accusingly through the window when it snows on them. Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23593536482308267212017-02-15T12:42:20.101-08:002017-02-15T12:42:20.101-08:00That is exactly what it was. I didn't feel the...That is exactly what it was. I didn't feel the same way about mosquitoes.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46642416549106477382017-02-15T12:28:58.738-08:002017-02-15T12:28:58.738-08:00I am absolutely certain that at least once in my y...I am absolutely certain that at least once in my younger years, I experienced that same sidewalk worm incident; funny how earthworms don't bother me in the least, these days. Must've been the whole walking-without-squishing-them ordeal!Ann Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326133713766811369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-23906243981266124372017-02-15T11:26:09.840-08:002017-02-15T11:26:09.840-08:00Wait--did you move to California??Wait--did you move to California??Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-71779063674962030582017-02-15T11:22:58.389-08:002017-02-15T11:22:58.389-08:00I'm hoping to see worms today, if they didn...I'm hoping to see worms today, if they didn't all get washed down the drains in our storms yesterday.Or run over and squashed by lost balls flushed out of the golf links.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-11089268962755645092017-02-15T10:45:55.791-08:002017-02-15T10:45:55.791-08:00I never know why anything's funny but sometime...I never know why anything's funny but sometimes just the stupidest things make me snot myself.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com