Remembering Aunt Marilyn

 Praying for the repose of the soul of Aunt Marilyn, who passed away Thursday morning.  Here are some photos from years past of her with family.

Flu shot

 

Animal groups

We recently had a funny conversation about what groups of animals are called.  Here's a list of some of the ones we found.

Apes: a shrewdness

Badgers: a cete

Bats: a colony, cloud or camp

Bears: a sloth or sleuth

Bees: a swarm

Buffalo: a gang or obstinacy

Camels: a caravan

Cats: a clowder or glaring; Kittens: a litter or kindle; Wild cats: a destruction

Cobras: a quiver

Crocodiles: a bask

Crows: a murder

Dogs: a pack; Puppies: a litter

Donkeys: a drove

Eagles: a convocation

Elephants: a parade

Elk: a gang or a herd

Falcons: a cast

Ferrets: a business

Fish: a school

Flamingos: a stand

Foxes: a skulk or leash

Frogs: an army

Geese: a gaggle

Giraffes: a tower

Gorillas: a band

Hippopotami: a bloat

Hyenas: a cackle

Jaguars: a shadow

Jellyfish: a smack

Kangaroos: a troop or mob

Lemurs: a conspiracy

Leopards: a leap

Lions: a pride

Moles: a labor

Monkeys: a barrel or troop

Mules: a pack

Otters: a family

Oxen: a team or yoke

Owls: a parliament

Parrots: a pandemonium

Pigs: a drift or drove (younger pigs), or a sounder or team (older pigs)

Porcupines: a prickle

Rabbits: a herd

Rats: a colony

Ravens: an unkindness

Rhinoceroses: a crash

Shark: a shiver

Skunk: a stench

Snakes: a nest

Squirrels: a dray or scurry

Stingrays: a fever

Swans: a bevy or game (if in flight: a wedge)

Tigers: an ambush or streak

Toads: a knot

Turkeys: a gang or rafter

Turtles: a bale or nest

Weasels: a colony, gang or pack

Whales: a pod, school, or gam

Wolves: a pack

Zebras: a zeal