lDec. 25th, ‘09-The geese are honking their gratitude as I sling remnants of Christmas Dinner in their kennel pen. Slushy water is slopped with mashed orange peel and meatball grease. Fat particles float and swirl as Geezer buries his orange beak in the black calf bucket and puddles happily. The ducks flap and quack as [...]
Dec. 14, ‘09-I greet the day with zest and plug first the artificial Christmas tree in. A bell ornament dingles as I fumble with no lights on @ 5 AM. I stumble on Hawken’s police tow truck that he hooked up to the tree last night. He’s loaded the truck with assorted round decorative balls. [...]
Dec. 1, ‘09-Look up in the sky and do you see the full moon? Tom and Hawken are trapping in the moonlight along Muir Creek. They caught a mink last time Hawken was along. Just spectacular beams bouncing all blurred and murky by the dark clouds in the West. “Kinda looks like a ball!” Hawken tells Pops [...]
Thanksgiving ‘09- I review my gratitude list throughout the day. A space between thoughts to search for the gift of the PRESENT.
What a blessing to have family and friends. It is fascinating to be the oberver of happenings with a child like curiousity and playfulness that seeps into my writings. I tell my close family [...]
Fri. Nov. 13th ‘09-Hawken wanted to stir-so we mixed up crepes for tomorrow’s breakfast. His favorite part of making food is running the hand beater. It’s a chance to turn the crank. I learned to not add flour first or we’re both lightly coated with flour flurries. Bright orange egg yolks are found as the [...]
Nov. 10th, ‘09-Tom, Hawken and I are relishing the radiant day along Muir Creek. We just spotted a grass snake in the pasture. Hawken offers it more pretend icecream and asks it how it’s doing. It slithers off and we three un-load camp off the rickety Gator. There’s the large packbasket filled with a sharp shovel, [...]
Oct. 4th, ‘09-It’s 6:15 PM and I have Jake the goat breathing heavy in my ear. He’s wanting re-assurance that I relish his company even though he’s decided my perennial flower bed is a smorgasboard. He tugs @ the frozen zinnias, up-roots phlox and prances about the yard taunting Billie Goat and me. He smiles as [...]
Oct. 3, ‘09-Hawken and I are back from Grandpa and Grandma’s house. Greg and Tom had ample opportunity to visit, re-charge and immerse themselves in duck hunting opener spent in the backwaters. Greg shot 2 Wood Ducks. Tom heads to the living room bookshelf and reaches up to select a Pie Cook Book that he found @ [...]
Oct. 3, ’09-Filling the pets water buckets I stooped over and picked up the woolly bear caterpillar. It wrapped it’s hold tighter around my pointer finger and I admired the orange and black. I gently placed the creature under the canopied protection of one of Tom’s giant hosta leaves. I chose the striped hosta to shelter the caterpillar. [...]
Sept. 29, ‘09-YooHoo chicken greets me as I step off the porch. The door on Poultry Palace stayed open last night! I hope the 3 new Barred Rock Pullets survived. They’ve been laying the rich brown toned eggs that Hawken loves to gather. YooHoo is eyeing me up and follows me to the geese pen. I let [...]