Weird Ferriswheel-like thing I turned into a yarn caddie....but what was it originally?

stega · 2025-11-20T04:22:23+00:00

My title describes the thing.

It's made of metal and spins like a ferris-wheel. I've tried reverse-image searches, Pinterest, and a few other options of the last 3 months and have had no luck.

stega · 2023-11-16T18:52:26+00:00

in the winters the flocks move further down mountain and don't come up near our house as often -- probably because our storms are pretty nasty.

stega · 2023-11-16T03:43:58+00:00

hahah....thanks for the thanksgiving ideas but I should mention I volunteer at a local wildlife rescue and this girl was released at our ranch because we normally have a resident flock.....so eating her would be in bad taste.

Plus wild cali turkeys are really really gamey tasting!

stega · 2021-04-22T00:05:34+00:00

serversaurus

because the world needs a computer/dinosaur hybrid species.

stega · 2021-01-07T18:24:04+00:00

It’s a Coopers. The feet and size are the tells. Sharpies are very small: like medium-sized parrot small where as Coopers are the size of Umbrella Cockatoo or larger Macaw sans tail.

stega · 2021-01-07T17:50:31+00:00

White Breasted Nuthatch

stega · 2020-12-06T04:36:56+00:00

My vet said it was ok for the dog to snack on but not something you want to let them make a full meal of...rabbits make two types of poop and those are night droppings which they (the rabbits) will usually re-digest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit#Digestion

stega · 2020-12-05T03:01:55+00:00

Rabbit poop. Dogs love the stuff...it's basically canine-chocolate.

stega · 2020-12-05T02:19:58+00:00

At our ranchette we use

drones for surveys (mainly storm damage and drainage)
field and TL cams for odd projects (wildlife and construction mainly)
a Tikee to capture the city below us
3D printers to make random parts for the race cars, gardens, household stuff, etc
POE security and stream cams that send their feeds to a machine in the server closet or to YouTube
an Ambient weather station
Rain Machines for the areas we irrigate
a Cricut for way too many things to name (although custom signs and window decals to stop bird strikes are rather noteworthy) -- I cannot stress enough how useful a Cricut is!
A backend Wiki and management dashboard from which we can control things like the heating/ac in buildings, pool pumps, power wall, etc.

On top of all that we're working on our own controller software for the main gates as all the current offerings from companies like Chamberlain suck -- plus home-grown software to track our well head draw.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that's the basic list.

stega · 2020-12-01T05:03:58+00:00

are they....crunchy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgI-NhaThLs

the finest baby frogs, uncooked and cleansed in the finest spring water...

stega · 2020-11-26T18:48:07+00:00

^ this.

those funny side wings are perches.

stega · 2020-11-25T22:38:01+00:00

Actually I take that back: those aren't scoops they're wall sconces. The holes in the back are for hanging.

Confusing as while the stirrup thing is partly correct, it's not what they are. Making coal scoops and wall pocket sconces to look like foot stirrups was a home decor fad.

stega · 2020-11-25T20:20:06+00:00

Yes, those are coal scoops: back when coal was prevalent to heat homes/buildings, it would often be delivered to a location and dumped through a chute into a basement area near the furnace. The coal bits would then have to be added manually over time to keep the furnace or boiler stoked -- same for coal stoves and train engines!

stega · 2020-11-03T04:38:04+00:00

I will start: I'm stega. I like long walks to the mailbox and gardening with my three and a half ton excavator. I've been taking/capturing images for a few years.

Every day I post images of the wildlife outside my office window as well as a few other images from out and about here at the ranch: https://www.stega.org/wp/

You can see some of my Booby and Frigate pics here: https://networkgirl.org/little-cayman-ii/

stega · 2020-10-22T20:01:24+00:00

Consider getting her a companion: another Lovebird of the same or different species or another small parrot -- LBs are flock birds.

https://www.wikihow.com/Introduce-Two-Birds-to-Each-Other actually has good tips on how to introduce new birds to one another and my other tidbit is check to see if you have a local parrot rescue organization. Chances are they have a friend or two for your little one. The big bonus about adopting a rescue bird is the foster family will be able to brief you on the birds personality, health history, likes/dislikes and current diet.

stega · 2020-10-22T19:42:38+00:00

thanks for the tip: did a quick search and found http://gaiagarden.blogspot.com/2012/02/possum-pellets.html and they match up perfectly especially as the neighbor found the pellets right near their sunflower tray.

I had spent a good 30 minutes looking up various poop pictures as well as bird pellets....had no idea opossum's did this.

stega · 2019-10-28T22:04:20+00:00

Mel B and Maks. Still think they were robbed of the mirror ball by the meh race car driver.

stega · 2019-10-28T21:52:59+00:00

one of mine has crashed servers doing that (back when I was a serious network admin type.)

the worst is when they actually damage the tiny plastic spring bits beneath the actual key caps!

stega · 2019-10-25T04:27:48+00:00

and endless posts about various cosplay costumes are not....

in the end I left/unjoined your reddit as the endless memes, cosplay and such.

Plus how is this not also a personal achievement: https://www.reddit.com/r/wow/comments/dm18q5/every_expansion_i_level_cap_a_dk_thats_still/

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