HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a good week and keeps healthy. I'm hoping that everyone on this forum will avoid the virus. Sending you all protective energy.
BIRD NEWS FROM MY PATCH
The big Barred Owls are nesting at the bottom of the ridge right across from my front door. Every time I go outdoors, one of them gives me a booming hoot. Last year, they nested in a tall, old locust tree on the levee by the creek. We had so much flooding that the nest site turned out to be a precarious perch. I think they remembered it was a dangerous location, so this year they’re nesting low in a tree across from me. They are incredibly loud. Their call sounds like, “Whoo cooks for you? Whoo cooks for you?” They can also caterwaul just like large apes when they're feeling aggressive. They can chill my blood sometimes. LOL!
I walked up the hill to town last week to get a couple of meal items at the little general store. I looked up, and R.T. Hawk was flying above me. He landed on a tall silo and watched while I went into the store. Then, he escorted me back. I think he thought he was protecting me from the big Barred Owls, which are his enemies. I hope they can all stay away from each other. R.T. and his mate are nesting far back in the flood plain away from my house right now.
Our hardware stores are very busy as out-of-work people complete the renovations they have never had time to do. Major supermarkets are not doing home deliveries, however rubbish & recycling collection continues. Strange world ‘tween thou & us.
Little People’s former Playgroup has set up a session on (Facebook?Skype?), so Dau has joined. Singing mostly.
Now at least it is daylight in morning when we get up. Clocks turned back one hour. Except stove digital which I cannot face turning forward 11 hours; I shall wait for next power failure
STARTING NEW THREAD NOW (a few minutes early).