Happy Sunday Don,
So I'm beginning to feel like Mr.
McGregor in the story Peter Rabbit.
We came home from the grocery store the other day and found a rabbit sitting in
the container I have my carrots planted in. I don't think he had pulled any the
carrots out yet. Not sure what we're going to do as he could be living in a
couple of different places: under the shed or slipping under the fence to live in
the abandoned back yard behind us. So I'm in a dilemma – I don't want him
eating my garden, but I also don't want him to die. If we were to trap him out,
where would we release him? Our neighborhood appears to be overrun with
rabbits.
So I'm thinking about this at
night while I trying to go to sleep, and the raccoons start to do their little
jig up on our roof. My better half thinks that they are living in a nest about
30 feet up in the tree just off the corner of the house. So I am dilemma – I
know the raccoon has babies and if we were to trap her out, we might not get
the babies and then they might die because they don't have their mama to take
care of them… In the meantime I would really like to be able to get a good
night's sleep.
I share your fascination with
trees, Don. We have about 20 robust, healthy, mature trees in our less than an
acre yard. Larry keeps wanting to cut some of them down – I keep reminding him
that the trees keep us cooler in the summer. So we finally came to a point of
agreement: if he cuts a tree down, he has to plant tree. This has worked well
for us as we been able to prune out the trees that needed to be moved because
of high power lines or have become unhealthy, and we've been able to put in new
trees in places that are beneficial to us in our yard.
The one tree that I regret
that we had to cut down was our weeping willow. It was sadly rotten and slowly dying and became very unsafe, but still.... I was able to count the rings
and it was over 65 years old as far as I can tell. We have great pictures of
our grandkids playing in the tree and using the draping branches and leaves as
curtains for hide and seek.
A couple of years ago we took a
trip to California and we were fortunate enough to visit one of the redwood
forest national parks. That park had the tallest, older and the bigger
redwoods. One of them was pushing to be about 400 feet tall and the girth of
that tree was bigger than my house. It was one of those sacred places that I
will always remember. Here in Colorado, in Olatha, there is a tree that when
you touch it you can almost swear it is part of the core of the earth itself.
Someone told me that the tree was well over 600 years old.
There is a program on TV about
treehouse building. I wish we had trees in our yard that we could build a tree
house in – I'm not looking at creating a spare bedroom with all the
conveniences, but there is something very special about being in a tree.
If we are not collecting trees,
we are collecting lighthouses. I think it is our dream that once we retire that
we volunteer for a couple of months on the seashore to give the lighthouse
tours. Not sure if that will ever happen – but it is a great.
Came across this picture of a
swimming hole on the Bruce Peninsula and immediately thought of you. Maybe you
know what it. It's a beautiful beautiful picture.
So finally and at last the new
Dr. Who made his debut last night. I know that you are not a Dr. Who fan, Don,
but for some of us this was an event that we have been waiting for all summer.
Peter Capaldi, the newest Dr. Who, did an absolutely fantastic job and taking
over for Matt Smith. Smith was the youngest Dr. Who, Capaldi is the oldest Dr.
Who. Jenna Coleman who plays Clara was able to express the audience's concern
about having a Dr. Who that has gray hair and wrinkles. Capaldi did an
absolutely marvelous monologue on his face – that he couldn't figure out why he
had chosen such an old face with evil eyebrows. I'm sure that the writers had a
ball putting this new season together. It was a tribute to youth and maturity. I
think Capaldi did a great job capturing what many baby boomers are feeling –
young in spirit, "mature" in body. I'm looking forward to the new
season.
So I'm going to spend the rest of
the afternoon working on Transport 34 which goes into Amazon for publication
next weekend. I have not decided which book to offer for free yet as I have
several to choose from. Ariel sent me her latest book so once I get done with
Transport 34, I get to rest and relax and read another Cinii book. It's going
to be a great afternoon.
As far as your riddle is
concerned, Don, my guess would be an acorn? A box elder windmill seed? A maple
tree? I'll work on it through the week.
Have a great week everyone.
Carolyn
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