Sentences with phrase «old owl»

An old owl named Stryx takes note of this boy and his power so he travels along with the kid in order to keep him in check.

What a coincidence that they had your school nickname, you old owl eel.»

With Fr Flood having secured her a job in an up - scale department store in Manhattan and a wise old owl of a landlady (a brilliant Julie Walters) watching over her in the boarding house where she has been installed, this Wexford girl's new life in the New World looks secure.

From skeletal remains found among centuries - old owl pellets, Museum scientists have recovered the first DNA sample of the extinct Caribbean mammal genus Nesophontes.

WISE OLD OWL This might be another good one to start on, since it's fairly simple in design, with no added fillips to arouse young tempers.

And every little rural enclave has its number of wise old owls who have spent a lifetime sipping draft beer and schnapps and are rife with such witticisms as «you greenhorns couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a banjo.

Amongst the «You're so lucky» comments, there are few that come from wise old owls who understand the bigger picture.

Not exact matches

But this rejection, in turn, prompted Hamann to compose and publish a piece called To the Witch at Kadmanbor, a «letter» supposedly written by Nicolai to an old sorceress, asking her to translate Hamann's Monologue from the Chinese of the «Mandarin» who wrote it» a letter that, midway through its course, suddenly becomes a delirious monologue of its own (in which the witch now appears as the Fury Alecto, but with two faces, «a calf's eye like Juno's, and the watery eye of an owl») before concluding with the recommendation that Hamann be forced like his illustrious ancestor Haman — from the book of Esther — to mount the scaffold.

Updike presents the reader of his novels and stories with the pseudo — wise men of today's society — with Jimmy, the big Mouseketeer who quotes Socrates; with the neon owl that advertises pretzels; with Ken Whitman, the scientist living in Tarbox who is considered intelligent in his field but who lacks a basic understanding of life; with Bech the writer, honored in direct proportion to the decline of his literary production; with Connor, the efficient, well - trained administrator of the old people's home who fails to comprehend as much of life's mystery as his simple and sometimes senile wards do.

One time I was driving very slowly with my oldest living brother Through an arboretum he loves, where there are ponds and foxes And owls and kingfishers, and all sorts of other holy amazements, And I asked him what was up with his wicked cancers, how much Pain was he in and what were his chances and what new medicine Could he take a stab at; questions with hooks and bristles on them.

Hawks and owls are effective in their patrols; and old world winemaking techniques allow the wines to express themselves.

The Owls had 84 snaps against UTSA, 88 against Old Dominion, and 91 against Texas A&M.

The 22 - year - old joined the Owls on loan in January and has scored three goals in 11 appearances for the second tier side.

Be sure to bookmark this page — we'll still be here when your one - year - old night owl becomes a tantrum - loving threenager (yeah, that's a thing), and then again when they're a REAL teenager, and we've got tips for them, too.

Explore 4 miles of trails that wander through pine forest on old carriage roads and look for a great horned owl along the way.

Wandering through pine forest on old carriage roads and deer paths, you may encounter a roosting great horned owl or a wading heron at the marsh edge.

I'm going as a witch and my 8 month old will be my snow owl.

At three overnight programs, 9 - and 10 - year - olds will learn about nocturnal animals and go on an owl hunt, attend a tea ceremony in the candle - lit Japanese garden or learn how to read the stars.

The park district's older rink, at 3900 Owl Drive, will remain open and park officials hope the new West Meadows Ice Arena will help answer the growing demand for skate time.

Merely being in the presence of such iconic (if not controversial) species as tiny Marbled Murrelets and reclusive Spotted Owls — both pawns in the long - standing battle to conserve old - growth forests in the Northwest — was in itself a humbling experience.

As children get older many of them go through an Owl stage — finding it hard to fall asleep at a reasonable bedtime, but easy to sleep until noon.

Newborn Capri in owls print on a 4 week old 9.5 pound baby on the medium rise setting shown over a trifolded (pad folded) Cloth - eez size Newborn orange edge prefold.

Skip Hop Explore and More Musical Owl — When first learning to walk, 1 - year - olds may need something to help keep them moving and be fun to push around.

Already on the ropes from the logging of old - growth woods, spotted owls were disappearing, and so biologists tried a desperate measure: shooting barred owls.

Those words are strangely evocative of the opening lines of the Owl City song «Fireflies,» but they are, in fact, the words of mycologist Patrick Hickey as he recalls a research workshop he attended in Italy when he was 25 years old.

Because the owls» biggest problem used to be destruction of their old - growth forest habitat, conservation efforts have focused on protection against logging.

Every evening at dusk, a snowy owl emerged from the old gun emplacement where it hunkered down during the day and flew off over the ocean.

But such tedious field work has enabled researchers to show that logging and roadbuilding can stress out the spotted owl, a threatened species that lives in old - growth forests in the Northwestern United States.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the northern spotted owl as threatened in 1990 because of the declines in old - growth forest habitat throughout its range in Washington, Oregon and northern California.

Although they do occur in young forests in some areas, northern spotted owls are strongly associated with old forest in most of their range.

Allowing the mind to stray into its old patterns is simply self - defeating fatalism: «I am just a heavyset person, that's the way my whole family is, it's genetic» or «I am a night owl and that's when I do my best work and even though I'd like to sleep better, I just can't.»

My 6 year old begged me to get these owl ornaments, and I'm so glad he did because they are adorable.

Btw, tell your 6 yr old he did good to suggest those owl ornaments.

I probably won't be staying up super late to find out the results of the election because I am a old lady and in bed by like 10PM every night (and this time change doesn't help the non-night owl situation), but I know that when I wake up in the morning, history will be changed forever and we will begin a new chapter with 4 + years of story left to be told....

Forever 21 Dress Spring Sandals (similar) Old Navy Purse (sold out, also love this one) MAC Lipstick Origami Owl Necklace

Cardigan — so old, I don't even know Dress — Eshakti (out of stock) Shoes - Steve Madden from Nordstrom Owl Necklace — gift from awesome grandparents

The 26 - year - old Pretty Little Liars actress showed off her toned body in a matching Clover Canyon top and skirt ensemble featuring the «Geometric Owl» print.

Outfit — Bird print blouse c / o The Limited; Down East Basics jeans; Linea Pelle Domed Pyramid Stackable bracelet in rose gold; Shamballa bracelet c / o Cutey; Juicy Couture ring (old); Michael Kors watch; Rebecca Minkoff purse; BonLook Honeybadger glasses; Origami Owl necklace

Dress — Asos Curve (via Gwynnie Bee) Leggings — Target (or Old Navy) Boots — Blowfish Shoes (no longer available) Giagantic owl necklace — Gift Super shiny hair — Pantene and Beauty Protector Detangler!

Dress — Old Navy Belt — Eloquii (sold out, booo) Converse — Nordstrom Bullet Ring — Mana Culture Owl necklace — Gift

Dress — Old Navy Belt — Eloquii (sold out, booo) Converse — Nordstrom Bullet Ring — Mana Culture Owl necklace — ...

Skirt — Old Navy Boots — Blowfish Purse — Steve Madden via Nordstrom Rack Owl necklace — present I think......

-- Philospohy via Ideeli Black Pencil Skirt — Michael Kors via Macys (a few years old) Converse — Nordstrom (I think) Red owl necklace — Who knows, I'm an owl hoarder......

just wine bars, bow rings, owls, pink champagne, New York Fashion Week (not IRL, but via Twitter and Live Stream), cute kitty cats, #ShowYourHeart, Old Navy «Rockstar» skinny jeans, hearts and booties and beautiful spring - like days in downtown Tulsa.

Tunic top — X-Two c / o Gwynnie Bee Skirt — Old Navy Belt - I have no idea, it's like 3 year old Shoes — Nine West (last year) Owl necklace — first present my fiancé ever gave Old Navy Belt - I have no idea, it's like 3 year old Shoes — Nine West (last year) Owl necklace — first present my fiancé ever gave old Shoes — Nine West (last year) Owl necklace — first present my fiancé ever gave me!

Outfit Details: sequined top — old navy, Rockstar boot cut skinny jeans — old navy, cardigan — kohl's, heels — DSW, necklace — unknown (old)(last seen here), owl ring — old navy, sunnies — Michael Kors (similar)

I am a night owl seeking someone older who can show me the wonders of the world as well as love.

I live on acreage in an old growth forest where I listen to the owls, see coyotes, and use fallen trees to build fences.

Eric's journey brings him into contact with old and new friends (like Nick Frost, reprising his role as a dwarf, and newly joined by a half - brother played by Rob Brydon) and sets him on an unstoppable path straight to Freya, who wants the mirror for herself, even though she only knows about it because a telepathic ceramic owl she sends out into the world learns of it, mostly by accident (this is all true).

I remember how cheesy that mechanical owl was, even for an 8 year old!!