Wildlife

For Donna W. 

 

Tried to make it bigger and failed.

Never Feed Coyotes

Contact Animal Control if you see dangerous coyote activity such as:

Carrying a box marked "Acme"

Dropping anvils from above

Painting a large landscape

Detonating explosives or TNT

Holding a 'detour' sign

In possession of a catapult

This video actually shocked me. I thought the coyote must be tame...or the man an idiot, so I investigated. Here is the story: 

https://cheezburger.com/1996807/man-befriends-a-wild-coyote-regularly-booping-the-forbidden-snoot-and-making-her-an-honorary-member

So there's your chuckle for the day. 

It was warmish here, and everything was dripping. 

Tim needed to talk to Levi, and so we headed up on the hill, first thing. Lissy and Rudy were playing in the snow. Lissy was riding a home made toy, wooden handle bars set on a ski. The child rides it like a scooter, across the snow, and leaping on when she reached a good speed. Rudy was riding a shovel and having the time of his life. There were a collection of sleds on the front porch, but they seemed to be keeping themselves happy with their own toys.

Levi got his wood orders caught up, so today he was shoeing a horse. Mattie was poring over a seed catalog, choosing her seeds for the garden. We had a nice visit in the warm kitchen at the woodstove drinking coffee. Druscilla and little David were making butter, and David walked from room to room with his jug, shaking it vigorously, one foot shod, the other foot bare. Mattie wearily said, "He's learned to take off his shoes." 

She mentioned that he has also learned how to open the window, and he likes to hang out the window with the cold air in his face. This makes the house harder to keep warm. Someone notices a draft, and heads off to investigate. There is the sound of a window shutting, followed immediately by the sounds of a small boy shrieking. We heard this playing out a couple times. He's a little red haired bundle of mischief.

We headed back out and got to the new house. Today, we finished the bedroom and started on the next. We unloaded the furnace and got it put away, tended to the cats. 

It went much faster, now that we have our routine in place. I cut the pieces, Tim installs. It's a lot of running up and down stairs, since the saw is in the basement, but it is good for me. 

We returned a ladder we'd borrowed from my sister and brother in law and had time for a visit and supper. 

Now we are home, the temperature is dropping, and we are glad that we have no place that we need to be. 

Here's a question for you. How do you plan to celebrate 'un-auguration' day? 

LATE EDIT: Over at Tasker's blog I saw that he had a link to Weaver's archive. Missing her 'voice', I clicked on it. I did not realize that they have added a lot of new material. If you go to my side bar and click on the link, Weaver of Grass, it will take you to her archived posts. It was like a visit with an old friend. Thank you Tasker!