Aug
9
2015
I was so thrilled. We saw a bush in the middle of a town that had not one but two monarchs hovering around it. It was not a milkweed plant; nevertheless we saw two monarchs on it in addition to other butterflies. We tried to capture the moment on film. It was so totally unexpected. I want to plant so milkweed on our property. There is some growing a few miles away. I just have not done it yet.
Aug
8
2015
My pets comfort me. I arose several hour before my wife and Coco joined me in my den as I was watching TV. Suddenly my other two dogs came into my room–Tilla and her mom Sweetie. Coco immediately left my room. She likes her space. I love my pets (all eleven). I went to sleep last with all three dogs in my bedroom including one cat–Cool Hand Luke, who jumped on our king sized bed not far from me. Maybe they just like the air conditioning. Anyway, I was happy they joined as I fell asleep. My animals just love me. And that is always comforting.
Aug
7
2015
Big Bad Benny, a beagle-mix, who has been dead for over fifteen years, knew how to open the refrigerator door. We had to make sure both doors leading to the kitchen were closed. He really was not that smart and must have discovered how to do that accidentally. Anyway, if one door was left open he would discover that and raid the refrigerator. Anything he could reach was history. He certainly had lived up to his name.
Aug
7
2015
I would sic the dogs on the squirrels eating from thee bird feeder I keep sunflower seeds in. I’d simply open the screen door and out they went in fast pursuit of the squirrels. My wife was afraid they might catch one so once I rattled the screen to give the squirrels some advance notice. Tilla the fastest of my three dogs took one look, noticed the squirrels had fled and refused to run out. He knew he did not have a prayer to catch one. I just laughed. He did not want to waste his time. He wanted a fighting chance.
Aug
7
2015
Last Christmas my wife bought me two caged suet feeders. They paid for themselves. I would go, sometimes, through one suet cake a day. Usually in two or three days I had to put up another. Now it is weeks, sometimes a month or two that before I have to put up another suet cake. I did not realize how much the squirrels were eating. Until now.
The second suet cage I hung from a stake and can be viewed from our bathroom window. There is a tree nearby and my wife said recently she saw five birds on that tree each taking a turn feeding on the suet. The birds definitely know about the suet outside the bathroom window.
The other cage is hung up near the trunk of the large white pine which can be viewed outside our large living room window. The holes in that cage are a little bigger so a larger woodpecker like the red bellied woodpecker can reach the suet inside. Not just the downy woodpecker. I really am thrilled with this unexpected gift from my wife.
In addition to the woodpeckers the suet attracts white breasted nuthache, titmouse and an occasional chickadee and sometimes other birds like the brown creeper.
Aug
7
2015
Cheyenne finally made friends with me. For years, often, when I approached him, he would stand there and give me the “eye’; as if to say how dear you approach me. Recently I realized he would let me pet him. I would run my fingers from his head down to his tail and he would not run away and, even, seemed to like my touch. I really do not know what changed. He is such a regal long haired cat. And I was thrilled he made friends with me.
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