Last weekend. I was feeling pretty down for no particular reason other than the weather since it had been raining 2 days straight prior.
The morning went like this:
One of my rabbits died - found her cold in the morning. OK, bad luck. Things happen.
Next - a duck drowned over the very night too. Found her on her back head under the water in the middle of the pond. Anybody heard about such thing?
No sign of fight, blood, struggle or anything. Both were young and healthy. Either way the rest of the ducks and rabbits were just fine.
It was not over yet.
Sheep, after moving them to a new pasture, decided they liked young apple trees. interestingly enough they left them alone last year. The one called Chops (there is a story behind the name) who has a particularly sweet tooth left the poor apple tree practically as simple as a whip. Did I mention the trees have a wire fencing around them, but that critter used her front hoofs to get closer using the fence as a support and was able to get all green buds on the tree.
I lost it right there. All I could do was to yell and watch their faces turning to me clearly thinking - why is he so loud and still chewing on the sweet yummy. I walked away, there was not point.
Needed to get several bushes from the local nursery so just added the apple tree to the list. Got back with a car full and started planting. 9 bushes/trees. Prepare the area, dig holes, plant it, water it (despite 2 days of rain they need a lot of water at the start), make pretty. All in the drizzle that kept on going since the morning. Back in the house right at a lunch time. Sitting in the chair, looking out and thinking about this whole morning.
And that`s when it happened.
A humming bird came back! Since we moved in few years ago, the humming birds were coming to the farm in the spring and leaving in the fall. Completelly forgetting about them, it took me by surprise to see the tiny winged rocket zooming by and peeking thru every window to see if the occupants were still there.
It saw me, I have no doubt about it and for that moment it made me happy. Really happy. Even now, as i am typing this down I can recall the happiness I felt. Such a small thing and it completelly changed the rest of the day.
Oh, one more thing. Every year we talk about getting a feeder for the humming birds - one is finally ordered and will be installed promptly when it gets here.
The morning went like this:
One of my rabbits died - found her cold in the morning. OK, bad luck. Things happen.
Next - a duck drowned over the very night too. Found her on her back head under the water in the middle of the pond. Anybody heard about such thing?
No sign of fight, blood, struggle or anything. Both were young and healthy. Either way the rest of the ducks and rabbits were just fine.
It was not over yet.
Sheep, after moving them to a new pasture, decided they liked young apple trees. interestingly enough they left them alone last year. The one called Chops (there is a story behind the name) who has a particularly sweet tooth left the poor apple tree practically as simple as a whip. Did I mention the trees have a wire fencing around them, but that critter used her front hoofs to get closer using the fence as a support and was able to get all green buds on the tree.
I lost it right there. All I could do was to yell and watch their faces turning to me clearly thinking - why is he so loud and still chewing on the sweet yummy. I walked away, there was not point.
Needed to get several bushes from the local nursery so just added the apple tree to the list. Got back with a car full and started planting. 9 bushes/trees. Prepare the area, dig holes, plant it, water it (despite 2 days of rain they need a lot of water at the start), make pretty. All in the drizzle that kept on going since the morning. Back in the house right at a lunch time. Sitting in the chair, looking out and thinking about this whole morning.
And that`s when it happened.
A humming bird came back! Since we moved in few years ago, the humming birds were coming to the farm in the spring and leaving in the fall. Completelly forgetting about them, it took me by surprise to see the tiny winged rocket zooming by and peeking thru every window to see if the occupants were still there.
It saw me, I have no doubt about it and for that moment it made me happy. Really happy. Even now, as i am typing this down I can recall the happiness I felt. Such a small thing and it completelly changed the rest of the day.
Oh, one more thing. Every year we talk about getting a feeder for the humming birds - one is finally ordered and will be installed promptly when it gets here.