Well, as time is running out for me I want to live my life with even more Gusto.
Tomorrow we are going to Welch and going canoeing. Yep! Me!! I am gonna do it this time. I am all prepared with enough 'skeeter stuff' to kill 'em or make them very very ill atleast! I have my sun hat and my beach shoes in case I fall in and I am planning to take my cheap camera (ahem! in case I do fall in...I am not taking my new camera!) I am told that we will see animals and deer drinking and that sounds good but I am terrified of the tippy boats so I am planting my big butt and will only take pictures if they are on my side of the boat cuz I ain't movin'. So what is the big deal if I fall into 12 inches of water or 12 feet you ask? Well this is Minnesota and all that water is is melted snow and it is colder than a witches tit! I don't want to fall in. As much as I love water, this stuff is not for falling into, trust me!
Next up, we plan to climb the bluff but I am not in shape for that yet. I will get there tho'.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Barn Swallows outside the Casino!!!
Imagine my surprise this afternoon when I saw SWARMS of Barn Swallows building mud nests outside the Casino. ALL AROUND THE CASINO!!! I could not believe their tenacity. People sure didn't bother them a bit. Some were perching above in their mud nests and others were in the process of building a nest one little mouthful of mud at a time. My gracious!! I stood there in sheer rapture. I just couldn't get over it. Normally to see them one must go in a barn....preferably a hog barn. Today, I got to watch them work in the daylight and it was nothing short of fascinating.
I will begin an altered book on birds and trees soon. I am deeply fascinated by both. I have begun to notice all the different trees in our area...and their way of propagating. The Cottonwood across the street is so full of fluffy stuff. Every time the wind blows, puffs of white stuff flies out of the tree looking for all the world like snow! My bedroom window is different every day. The scene changes all the time and I have been glued to that window since we moved in 4 years ago. One day the sky is pink, the next day it is yellow-green and the next day it is all blue skies and puffy white clouds. Everyday different birds perch in them. Have not seen Hawks before or since the one day two of them arrived and sat still for hours!!! That was the day Mom Luhman was buried. I think it was her way of saying that she was with Dad Luhman again and they were free to fly..........
I will begin an altered book on birds and trees soon. I am deeply fascinated by both. I have begun to notice all the different trees in our area...and their way of propagating. The Cottonwood across the street is so full of fluffy stuff. Every time the wind blows, puffs of white stuff flies out of the tree looking for all the world like snow! My bedroom window is different every day. The scene changes all the time and I have been glued to that window since we moved in 4 years ago. One day the sky is pink, the next day it is yellow-green and the next day it is all blue skies and puffy white clouds. Everyday different birds perch in them. Have not seen Hawks before or since the one day two of them arrived and sat still for hours!!! That was the day Mom Luhman was buried. I think it was her way of saying that she was with Dad Luhman again and they were free to fly..........
Introducing Goober and Gomer
Look at my babies!!! Aren't they gorgeous? One is more rambunctious than the other and bites a little bit harder....that would be Gomer my first ferret. Goober is a little lamb in comparison. I love them both. I was born to be a ferret mommy. Their personality and my personality really jive! They are little rascals. I keep waiting for them to get big enough to play in the play-pen without 'slithering' thru the bars!
