Yeah, it's crazy how fast they grow. And no wonder, the way they eat. I don't know how the parents keep up. Quote from here:
In contrast, the owls very quietly brought half the animal kingdom to their nestling, day after day. We started to jokingly call them “the murderers."
Beautiful birds! It must have been something to see so many at once. Looks like one is standing on one leg to sleep like a flamingo.
Oh hey, I love your owl posts. I always read the comments too because I know there will be more pictures and info. I've been meaning to comment there, but work got super busy and I forgot to stop by.
And then there's the different ways to connect verbs in English.
There aren't rules for that, as far as I know. Just very fuzzy guidelines at best. And word stress is pretty random too. Both of those things can be tricky for non-native speakers.
Gender often comes along with cases, which basically show you what role a noun is playing in a sentence. For example, is someone doing something, or is something being done to them. That lets you change the word order and keep the same meaning. You can emphasize different parts of the sentence, or just be more flexible with how you say things.
Here's an example from German:
In English, the meaning changes when you change the word order.
Languages do fine with genders and without. They're just different systems that happened to evolve over time. And languages can even change. English used to have 3 genders, but they disappeared hundreds of years ago. Instead of having like 12 different ways to say "the," we just have one, thanks to the Vikings and the Norman invaders.
It's subjunctive, so "were" is technically correct. But it's super duper common for people to use "was" instead.
The ones that interest you the most will be easiest to stick with. I find things just through my general interests and poking around.
Favorite music genre? Listen to bands from different countries and see how they sound. TV shows, movies, and documentaries from other countries are another big one. Listen to the original language, see if it sounds interesting, maybe read a little about it.
Or maybe you know someone who you'd like to be able to talk with in their language. It could be anything. Pick one or two things to try and you'll get a feel for what you like.
Oh yeah, the yellow European style butter was a revelation when I found out about it. It tastes way better and is less watery than the pale American butter.
I never heard of filtered milk. Milk is milk for the most part, but once I made the mistake of buying it on clearance. Grabbed it without looking because the price for a normal gallon freaked me out. It wasn't spoiled, but it was super watery and had a weird color.
Some people do, yeah. I've always used stainless steel cause it's what I had. Takes a little practice to get it to not stick, but after that it's fine. I heat the empty pan on medium, medium high until it's pretty hot. If you add a drop of water, it should bead up and roll. Then add the oil, wait until it shimmers, and add the eggs.
Enameled cast iron is nice too. It's non-stick and not as heavy as a regular cast iron.
Not who you asked, but here you go.
1 cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
2 cups quick oats
2 cups rice krispies
1 cup (shredded) coconut.
The instructions are probably on the back of the card. You can follow the ones here.