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A one year blog project in which I share a process of transitions: emptying of the nest, reacquainting with my rusty intellect, plowing onward with my first full length book, entering the second half of my first century, and generally reflecting on life.

(see Dec. 29th, 2009 entry for further explanation)

Sunday, February 21, 2010

tufted titmouse, dog, and goat

sunrise:  6:26

I have been leaving Guster the hound behind the last two days, which gives me more freedom to wander, since I usually have to keep half an eye on him so he won't bolt back to the street and start baying at the world at 6AM.

Following the song of a bird, I went into a little apple orchard away from the dog zone of our yard.  It sang a rising twee - twee,  usually 2, occasionally three in succession.  Then I found him!  It was a tufted bird, and I think it must have been a titmouse, but none of the tufted titmouse songs I find on line match.  They do have a lot of songs, however, so it may just be a different one.

In any case, now there's another back yard bird whom I can recognize by its song. 

Really cute bird.  And I love the name.  Sounds like a Beatrix Potter character, or a creature from the Narnia series.  Or you  can just remember how you used to giggle about it when you were little.

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The sky was all cloud cover this morning, which can be quite beautiful.  My camera does not do it justice, however.  I did try lying down on the ground to get a picture of a skeletel tree against the gray sky, but as you can see, my four footed companion took it as an invitation:


The last thing I did was to pick some old winter apples and bring them to Heidi and Pepper, our nubian goats who will be leaving us tomorrow after eight years.  They have a great home to go to, with lots of other animals.  J. and I are sad to see them go.  The barn will feel empty, and all those delicious fruit and vegetable scraps will just have to go to compost!

I'll get a farewell picture of them tomorrow.

2 comments:

  1. Sorry we didn't know the goats were leaving tomorrow. Might have stopped by to say goodbye. We shall miss them, too, my children and I. Thanks for all the banana peel and grapefruit skin feeding opportunities. We loved being able to do that.

    The bright side to having them leave? One less thing to have to coordinate/address when you go away, and they may have more company on a daily basis. There's always a silver lining....sometimes one has to dig deep to see it, though.

    'Bye, Heidi, 'bye Pepper, loved getting to know you.

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  2. MOM YOU DIDNT TELL ME YOU WERE GIVING THEM AWAY AGAIN

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