As darkness started to fall, my favorite peacock pet came around the carport area for one last look for food before he would soon fly up to a nearby tree for the night. He is such a beautiful and friendly bird with his long blue neck, green fan feathers, and brown flying wings on the sides of his body. I need to tell you, though, that he does not fly up into the tree for the night in one flight move. He has to fly up to the carport roof first. Then, he flies up to a higher part of the house next. Finally, he can eventually position himself for the last leg of his flight from the house to a big oak tree.
Tonight I saw something unusual as he was making his last round through the carport. The lightning bugs were out, and he was looking in the sliding glass door longingly at me when suddenly a slow moving firefly passed right by his beak. He promptly caught the lightning bug with his mouth and swallowed him whole. I didn't know he was that fast. Then, again, lightning bugs are pretty slow. I caught plenty of them when I was a kid. Several minutes after this my pet peacock disappeared for the night.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
The Bakken Gets Bigger - Likely A LOT Bigger | Seeking Alpha
The Bakken Gets Bigger - Likely A LOT Bigger | Seeking Alpha
This is a very good article about how the Three Forks area of the Bakken region holds as much or more oil than the Bakken itself. Continental Resources (CLR) and Crescent Point (CPG) are big players in this area. I already own Continental, and I am planning on buying CPG as well. Bakken and Three Forks oil will most likely result in big gains for the companies producing oil there. CLR and CPG will certainly beat S&P returns easily during the next two years even if the stock market never has a correction.
Moreover, Crescent Point has extremely low drilling costs. They will be making a lot of money. Now is the time to buy the company. They are already up nearly 20% for the year, and they have a dividend that is close to 6%. Legacy Oil (LEGPF) and Vermillion (VRML) also have stakes for the oil on the Canadian side. The author also mentioned other oil companies involved in Three Forks oil. This is definitely an article that should be read and bookmarked for growing oil companies while the general stock market will probably be mostly flat.
This is a very good article about how the Three Forks area of the Bakken region holds as much or more oil than the Bakken itself. Continental Resources (CLR) and Crescent Point (CPG) are big players in this area. I already own Continental, and I am planning on buying CPG as well. Bakken and Three Forks oil will most likely result in big gains for the companies producing oil there. CLR and CPG will certainly beat S&P returns easily during the next two years even if the stock market never has a correction.
Moreover, Crescent Point has extremely low drilling costs. They will be making a lot of money. Now is the time to buy the company. They are already up nearly 20% for the year, and they have a dividend that is close to 6%. Legacy Oil (LEGPF) and Vermillion (VRML) also have stakes for the oil on the Canadian side. The author also mentioned other oil companies involved in Three Forks oil. This is definitely an article that should be read and bookmarked for growing oil companies while the general stock market will probably be mostly flat.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
The Carrot and the Stick
Peacocks can be friendly birds if you treat them right. One of the neighbor's biggest peacocks hangs around my apartment all the time. He is usually laying in the carport or looking in the sliding glass door almost every day when I come home from work. Then, he gets out of the way when I pull the car into the carport.
He usually walks off to various places in the yard while I unload food and belongings from the car. Then, I turn on the computer, get on the internet, and start eating my fast food supper. It never fails that my supper gets interrupted, though. I'll hear a noise in the carport and look out the sliding glass door to see the 40-pound peacock perched on the engine hood of my car.
It used to be that he pooped on my car a lot whenever he flew up there. Then, I bought a big water pistol from Academy Sports figuring that peacocks don't like to be sprayed with water just like dogs, and I was right. After the peacock got a few doses of water, he did not hang around on the hood of my car as much. Now, I can usually stand at the sliding glass door and tap on it with the water pistol, and he gets the message. He will then hop off the car without me having to open the door and spray him.
That is the stick part of training my peacock friend. The carrot part is feeding him daily. He loves crackers and bread. The more food I give him results in less time for him to think about hopping up on my car. He is too busy eating. Then, as the night settles in, he will fly onto the carport roof and out of my hair. After that, I can usually get some sleep.
He usually walks off to various places in the yard while I unload food and belongings from the car. Then, I turn on the computer, get on the internet, and start eating my fast food supper. It never fails that my supper gets interrupted, though. I'll hear a noise in the carport and look out the sliding glass door to see the 40-pound peacock perched on the engine hood of my car.
It used to be that he pooped on my car a lot whenever he flew up there. Then, I bought a big water pistol from Academy Sports figuring that peacocks don't like to be sprayed with water just like dogs, and I was right. After the peacock got a few doses of water, he did not hang around on the hood of my car as much. Now, I can usually stand at the sliding glass door and tap on it with the water pistol, and he gets the message. He will then hop off the car without me having to open the door and spray him.
That is the stick part of training my peacock friend. The carrot part is feeding him daily. He loves crackers and bread. The more food I give him results in less time for him to think about hopping up on my car. He is too busy eating. Then, as the night settles in, he will fly onto the carport roof and out of my hair. After that, I can usually get some sleep.
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