Okay This is just too funny - I have to share - this is an example of how different things can look from someone else's perspective.

I mean, really; since when did you think of kite flying as a dangerous - or even deadly activity?

Well, okay, there's that Ben Franklin with his key moment but...

Yahoo News Alert! The Canadian Press Reports;

Pakistan Supreme Court extends ban on flying and making kites...

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court has extended a ban on making, selling and flying kites that it imposed two months ago after ruling the pastime had become increasingly deadly, an official said Saturday.

While the court was hearing the case, which it decided Friday, police swung batons and lobbed tear gas shells outside the building to disperse about 500 kite-makers and kite-flying enthusiasts who were trying to attend the proceedings.

The court ruled to extend the ban until it meets next Jan. 26, said Aftab Iqbal, advocate general for eastern Punjab province.

Lahore, the province capital, is the site of an annual kite-flying festival in which tens of thousands of people fly kites from rooftops and sports fields.

Hardline Muslims oppose the festival, called Basant, as a waste of money and consider it a Hindu festival. It is also celebrated with loud music and yellow dresses.

The festival sometimes turns deadly when people fall from roofs or are wounded by metal-lined strings. The strings are popular for use in kite battles where people try to cut each others' lines.

The Supreme Court banned kite-flying Oct. 25 in view of the increasing deaths, Iqbal said.

Some 19 people died and more than 200 were injured in February during Basant, which means "yellow" in Hindi and heralds spring.

Iqbal said the government is planning to pass a law for a partial or complete ban on kite-flying or to restrict kites to fields or open spaces.

"A draft law would be ready for examination by the Supreme Court when it meets next time," he said.

Violations of the Supreme Court ban can be punished by up to six months in jail.

A lawyer representing 90 kite manufacturers said the ban would leave some 100,000 people jobless and denied the festival is linked to Hinduism.

"The festivity has nothing to do with religion," Malik Abdul Qayyum said.

Have been working on my site and been away from here a bit, check it out;

Our Enchanted Garden; or cut and paste the link; http://ca.geocities.com/imcheryl@rogers.com

I added a section on bird feeding that will flesh out more with time, the section itself is called Wildlife - Our Frequent Visitors and will eventually include info about other critters that visit the garden! You can view that specific page here; Our Enchanted Garden - Wildlife; or cut and paste the link; http://ca.geocities.com/imcheryl@rogers.com/wildlife.html

Also added a holiday section featuring a poem and photograph. (I've been out taking some neat winter shots and will be adding those eventually as well.) You can see that at; Our Enchanted Garden - The Holidays; or cut and paste the link; http://ca.geocities.com/imcheryl@rogers.com/holiday.html

Haven't posted any animations yet - but I'm working on a few for Christmas!