[Magdalen] Thanksgivings Past.

[Judy Fleener]

That sounds like an interesting idea, Grace.

On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Judy, I wonder if you've considered putting up a couple of bat houses
> outside near the eaves? They'd probably prefer that, since they could pack
> in tightly there and be warmer.
>
> On November 30, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> To head back to the original topic, Thanksgiving remembrances, for several
> years our family was to big for our house, so we borrowed the church parish
> hall, had Thanksgiving dinner there and invited friends.  Twice that
> celebration was interrupted by bats.  Once my son John caught a bat in his
> jacket and ushered it outside.  The parish has consulted an exterminator.
> He reports that unless we close every opening in the church, even very
> small ones, the bats will return.
>
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I like our blacksnakes. They hang around the workshop mostly but
> > occasionally I see them on or around the porch. Now and then we startle
> one
> > another. As long as they eat mice and stay outside, we're cool.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 11/30/2014 2:34:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> > > roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:
> > >
> > > "there  are no bats in this church", >>>>
> > >
> > > There have been several epidemics of the fungal disease that
> > > mimics tuberculosis, histoplasmosis, in groups that have participated
> > > in bat guano removal from church attics and steeples --- a true
> > > "Bats in the Belfry" situation.
> > >
> > > A fair proportion of USA Midwesterners test positive for endemic
> > > exposure to histoplasmosis fungi.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David S.
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>



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Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan