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There’s a Big Bird in Our Woods

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Today we join our friends at 2 Brown Dawgs Blog for This ‘N That Thursday.  It’s THIS and THAT and anything goes day.  Which is totally cool.  Thank you to 2 Brown Dawgs for the hop!

This 'N That Thursday

There’s a Big Bird in Our Woods

Yesterday was probably the most enjoyable walking day we’ve had since May.

Except for the Big Bird.

Yes it’s true, I live in an area with lots of wildlife.  I’ve seen deer, wild turkeys, fox, and raccoons to name a few.  But yesterday on our walk, I saw a Big Bird.  I mean a really BIG Bird.

I kid you not.

Memorial Day weekend it was so cold we had a fire burning in the fireplace.  We went right from that to heat and humidity.  Because of the love affair the bugs have with me, I walk in long pants, a long-sleeved shirt, a hat and a bug screen.  It’s not a pretty sight, in fact I’m pretty sure I’ve scared a few people who have come upon me unexpectedly.

IMG_5310 See what I mean?  Besides being scary, it can make for a very hot walk.  In fact, I sweat like a whore on payday.

Which is why the break in the humidity came as a welcome relief, and the dogs and I had a lovely walk yesterday evening.

Except for the really Big Bird.  I saw it first and as one does when they see something suspicious or scary you try to stay clear of it.  So I redirected the dogs and thankfully they missed seeing it.

Except this really Big Bird was right on our path to go home.  I know.  The horror.

I shuddered thinking how will I get the dogs past this bird, without risk of someone losing a limb?  I thought about Storm and how she tackled that Canadian Goose that was bigger than she was and she won.  But she’s a Chessie, she’s a tough dog and trained to hunt birds.

My dogs aren’t.

I tried to keep the dogs away from it, but it really piqued Sampson’s interest and I could only hold him back so long.

I told them to Leave It, but eventually there was nothing more I could do and Sampson surged ahead to investigate the Big Bird.

I have to warn you, the photo is shocking.  Not at all the type of bird you’d expect to find in the woods.

IMG_5345 I told you it was a Big Bird.

WTF?  I’m not walking on Sesame Street people, I’m walking in the freaking woods.  How the hell does Big Bird get in my woods?  I’m flabbergasted.  What will I find next?  Dora the Explorer?

Wait a minute, maybe I know where Waldo is.

Blog Reading

I’m behind again on blog reading.  But there is some good news.  I have some time off coming up and expect to catch up.

I guess Feedly still has some issues to work out.  I signed in the other day and it told me I had over 700 posts to read, which was an increase of over 400 from the day before.

While some of you really are voracious writers I knew that had to be incorrect.  Thankfully it was.  For some reason it was telling me the WordPress tips blog (which I follow but rarely read) had over 400.

Follow-Up Friday’s Co-Hostess

I’m thrilled to tell you that tomorrow’s co-hostess is another repeater, Sue from The Golden Life.

That’s it for today, many thanks to 2 Brown Dawgs for This ‘N That Thursday.

We Wait With Bated Breath

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The last couple of days the world has waited with bated breath for the Duchess of Cambridge to give birth.  I don’t understand the hype about the royal baby.

News flash people: Women have been pushing babies out of their hey-nonner-nonner since the world began.  It’s a fact of life.  That baby was going to be born whether reporters stood outside the hospital or not.

I’ve got more interesting things to watch at my house.

I’m on wildlife watch.

It all started on Sunday night.  I stepped outside to capture the beauty of the sunset.

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I thought I might get a better shot if I stepped down the driveway a bit.

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Just as I snapped the photo I saw something moving really fast down the street.

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My bionic eye could make out it was a fox, but it was too fast for the camera.  Can you see it on the other side of the street?  (Note to self: you really need to get a better camera.)

Let me blow it up for you.

Fox

Yup that sucks too.  But at least PicMonkey let me add the arrow.  If you look real close, you can make it out.  Or maybe it’s just me. Because I know it’s there.

Flash forward to Monday night : I’m sitting on the couch in my underwear, cooling down after our walk, when the dogs suddenly go ballistic.

Hubby says “There’s a fox on the lawn.”

Sampson said, “Roo roo roo” which is dog for “Hey there’s a friend outside and it’s in my yard, let me out, I want to play.”

I jumped up and said, “I’ve got to get my camera.  Stay there little fox, while I grab my camera. I want to make you famous by putting your picture on my little blog.”

Sadly despite the fact that I am a deer whisperer my skills have not evolved so I can speak fox.   I reached the window in time to see the fox run along the side of the house across the street.

Drats!  Foiled again.

Thankfully I had the sense NOT to run out the door after the fox.  Can you imagine?  Me, running across the street in my bra and panties?  I bet there’d be a huge run on bleach as the neighbors blinded themselves trying to remove that image from their retinas.

Last night I put the camera on the window sill when we got back from our walk.   But I got nothing.

So we wait.  With bated breath.  What the hell does that mean anyway?  And who comes up with these sayings?

Some of Them Just Touch Your Heart

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Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you need.

Saturday Hubby and I went to a family run pet store.  As often happens we started talking about dogs and dog food.  Turns out this lady started her pet store because one of her dogs had food allergies and she couldn’t get the food he needed.

We shared that Delilah is a rescue and she shared that she has rescued a few dogs. I asked if she’d heard about the Just One Day project and she hadn’t, so we exchanged cards so I could get her the information she needs so she can help promote next year’s one day.

I also told her that I shared dogs on my facebook page and participated in a blog hop that shared dogs in need of homes.

I said, “Some of them just touch your heart.”

Hubby said, “They all touch your heart.”

Yes of course they all touch my heart, how could they not? Since I’ve been sharing dogs both on facebook and here, I must have shared hundreds, if not more.  Do I remember them all?   I’d be lying if I said I did.

Sometimes I think it’s for my own self-preservation.  The sadness of animal welfare in this country can be overwhelming.   I’d never sleep if I remembered them all.

But there are some that haunt me.  I remember their faces and I remember their names.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

Looking at her sweet face just about breaks my heart.

Dogs like Penelope, who even though she is safe in foster care looks so worried.

#24XXXURGENT: Hound, Dog; Bloomfield, CT

Dogs like Little Lady No Name, who is eight-years old, blind and possibly pregnant.  (I did find out they were calling her Moo Shu or #24.)

I started talking about Little Lady No Name and sharing her story, when suddenly the woman’s daughter exclaimed, “She was adopted!”

“Are you sure?” I think I might have clutched at my chest where my heart should be.

She grabbed her phone and started scrolling, explaining as she did that she follows the Hartford Pound.  And then she showed me her picture and said, “This girl?”

I nodded my head, “Yes, yes that’s her.”

“She was adopted.”

It took every fiber of my being not to sob with joy.  She made it out!

I said in last week’s Follow-Up Friday post that I don’t check on the dogs because it will break my heart to find out they didn’t make it.  But this time, the universe gave me just what I needed.

Oh she’ll probably still haunt me but in a way that pushes me to continue to share, because we really can make a difference.

What pushes you when you feel lost or helpless?  Where do you draw your inner strength from?

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