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Friday, April 10, 2020

STAYING THE COURSE


Cottonwood Butte
I’m so grateful we have connection to family, friends, and world news here. Grandma Ina was grateful for communications, too. They had a radio, telephone, and the printed word.

Daughter Hallie called yesterday morning to report on grocery shopping in Seattle. She had visited two grocery stores in the 8:00 a.m. time frame for a short list of items and discovered that both were dedicating that hour to elderly and “at risk” shoppers. I mention this only because it was an ethical dilemma for her – to run in and get what she needed because she’s a busy person, or return later in the afternoon, which was inconvenient. We’re called upon to make these kinds of judgements now. She opted to return in the afternoon and reported that the store was out of matches and chicken.

The pair of geese returned to the pond this morning. They were pretty noisy for about an hour, I’d say. Mike said he saw them land on the pond twice during the morning constitutional, but they were not there when I checked in the afternoon. There’s something about our place that just isn’t quite right, I guess. He also saw a herd of whitetail deer – 10, he said – and Bess got up a pair of Huns, and we are encouraged to see them again. After lunch, he and Bess hiked to the neighbor’s pond where they saw a pair of Mallards (probably nesting) and a flock of other ducks we haven’t quite identified.

We think this is the earliest in the year we have come to the farm for a stay, and we have both enjoyed it. The weather has been beautiful, but it looks like that’s about to change – wind, rain, and about 20 degrees cooler (highs at 47 instead of 65). Well, that’s the forecast. We’ll see what happens. KW

2 comments:

  1. I was able to get close enough to those ducks which were on our pond this morning to identify them as Lesser Scaups or Bluebills.

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  2. Such lovely photos! Beautiful days in a beautiful place. I didn't realize you haven't always gone around this time.

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