The rain fell on Friday morning; not heavy but just enough to make all the watering I did on Thursday a waste of time.
Well, maybe not a complete waste.
Standing at the back garden I noticed a hawk soaring in a thermal above the tree-swallow house. Ahhhhh! Both swallows took off after it to protect their nest. I was in panic-mode like an old mother hen just watching them try to chase it off. They swooped around it and came up behind staying close together. They circled the property over and over. I stood frozen; heart pounding and basically freaking-out. Sorry...no video. :-b It would have been ugly.
It was a long two minutes but the hawk did leave and both swallows returned quickly to the nest. It was quite a dramatic scene. Now I will be on watch for it's return as the babies will be ready to leave at some point soon and that's when it gets dangerous.
Oh...and David. yikes!
I may have to carry him home over the stone wall next time.
He's a worry. The hawk's a worry.
I hope my 'ol heart can take it.
What's in a name
I had decided to give this little property a proper name and
honoring my grandparents was to be considered in the decision.Walking around the wood-lot, I thought of the ancestors, the fifty or so large maple trees, the spring flowers, the small grove of apple trees that once grew here and the many critters that I have seen roam the land. I made a decision...
Fox Grove
(source)
honoring John & Mary Fox
The name feels right even though we have yet to have a fox visit the mouse-house in two years. I do have some Fox cousins that I would love to sit back and enjoy a cup of tea with. Maybe that can be arranged. :)
Time to find some barn board and get creative.
But first, I have to weed. :-(
Annie is doing well and enjoys her warm evenings at the window listening to the crickets.
Apparently it helps her to sleep.
And we all know how much cats need help with that. =^..^=
hugs, Deb
Well, maybe not a complete waste.
Standing at the back garden I noticed a hawk soaring in a thermal above the tree-swallow house. Ahhhhh! Both swallows took off after it to protect their nest. I was in panic-mode like an old mother hen just watching them try to chase it off. They swooped around it and came up behind staying close together. They circled the property over and over. I stood frozen; heart pounding and basically freaking-out. Sorry...no video. :-b It would have been ugly.
It was a long two minutes but the hawk did leave and both swallows returned quickly to the nest. It was quite a dramatic scene. Now I will be on watch for it's return as the babies will be ready to leave at some point soon and that's when it gets dangerous.
Oh...and David. yikes!
I may have to carry him home over the stone wall next time.
He's a worry. The hawk's a worry.
I hope my 'ol heart can take it.
What's in a name
I had decided to give this little property a proper name and
honoring my grandparents was to be considered in the decision.Walking around the wood-lot, I thought of the ancestors, the fifty or so large maple trees, the spring flowers, the small grove of apple trees that once grew here and the many critters that I have seen roam the land. I made a decision...
Fox Grove
honoring John & Mary Fox
The name feels right even though we have yet to have a fox visit the mouse-house in two years. I do have some Fox cousins that I would love to sit back and enjoy a cup of tea with. Maybe that can be arranged. :)
Time to find some barn board and get creative.
But first, I have to weed. :-(
Annie is doing well and enjoys her warm evenings at the window listening to the crickets.
Apparently it helps her to sleep.
And we all know how much cats need help with that. =^..^=
Those peachy paws.
*love*
hugs, Deb