Happy New Year from our Home to Your Home
Had a visit from a Red Tail Hawk
That was Playing with It's Food
It used It's wing to block Escape
Only about 15' Away from Me
A little Wild Life Video
Note the really steady camera action and ya, that
was me whistling. It didn't care.
A Visit to Newport for Dinner
New Fangled Christmas Tree Stand
2" PVC Pipe stuck in a Hole in a work stand
Happy New
Year!
I was on vacation
last week which happened to coincide with another week of no contractors on
site. While most would attribute it to the holidays (or lousy scheduling), I’m
wondering if they knew I was on vacation and with my propensity to ask about
the why’s and how’s of their work they beat feet to other locations. I tried to
make the best of it.
With winter
less than 10 days old I’m already feeling cooped up. So I told my better half
that I was going to do some work outside over at the other house. She looked at
me with that look of “What could he
possibly be doing outside in 20 degree temperatures? But he’s driving me crazy…”
“Ok, have fun!”
I thought I
would go fill in a hole that needed filling with the material that was stacked
next to it. The same material that had been soaked with rain, turned to mud and
then subjected to 20 degree temperatures. I figured I could use my heavy steel
pry bar to break it up. Ya, no. A couple of hard bangs on the frozen dirt that had
the cold steel vibrating through my gloves into my hands told me that wasn’t
happening. It’s funny how you can so quickly change your mind from what you
thought was a really good idea to thinking that was a really stupid idea. So I
figured checking the mail was going to be something else I could do.
When walking
to the mailbox out front something caught the corner of my eye. Holy gadzooks (my better half made me change what I wrote originally). It
was a big Red Tail Hawk and it was only about ten feet away from me. Now most
birds fly away as soon as you get within viewing distance but not this one. It
wasn’t concerned at all with me because it obviously had not listened to its
mother growing up and was playing with its food. Not being sure how protective it
could be of whatever it was playing with and having grown up watching Mutual of
Omaha’s Wild Animal Kingdom (back when we only had three TV stations), I knew
its talons could make quick work of my face. So I backed off a bit and watched.
I have to admit it was pretty cool watching this large bird play around with
something in the grass and completely ignore me. I watched for about ten
minutes and then decided to move off in case it got bored with the small thing
it was toying with and started looking for something bigger to play with…
2013 is now
a memory. Outside of an economy that is still in the doldrums and a do nothing
congress, it was a good year for me personally and I’m thankful for any
blessings that came my way large or small. I hope the New Year brings an even
better year for all of us.
2014 is
starting out with today’s Pro Jo (Providence Journal) headline reading “Region
Braces for up to 10 inches of snow” I’ve gotta go brace. Whatever that is. I
think it means get more coffee.
Enjoy your
day.
