End of a Season

Today is Easter! For awhile, things had started to warm up. The snow all melted, and buds were beginning to show. Some of my perennials in the garden are already breaking from the earth. However, this last week, and for about another week, maybe more, it returned to very cold temperatures. I decided I would try one last time to hunt Nina. It being Easter, I thought we'd try for that famous bunny.

I flew her at the patch in Oakdale. But for all our efforts today, we came up empty-handed. I know she had at least one good slip, and possibly two others. But this patch is very thick in some places, and many of the bushes are already greening up a little. So after no success, I called her to the lure and took a few final pictures to close out the 2006/2007 hunt season. Unless the cold really does continue, I don't anticipate we'll hunt again now until next fall. Many of my friends have already ended their seasons. Some birds have been returned to the wild.

It has been my best year so far! But there is much room for improvement! Now, for the most part, I'll be turning my attention to other aspects of my life. But I may still come here and add the occasional thought or picture.

Thank you to all who visit here!

Spring Arrives

The days grow longer. The grass is beginning to green a little. All the snow has melted.

It is early April, and all the signs of spring are here! Even though the forcast says some snow possible tonight, it will not stay for long. The whooping cranes are back in the area. If you know nothing about the program, go to this link and look them up!

http://www.operationmigration.org/

I have been working to finally prepare one of the rooms in my house. It nears completion. Soon, I will be looking to find a room-mate. It is not that I necessarily WANT someone to come live here. But that I NEED to share my expenses. My long-term survival here depends upon it. Tomorrow I start a new job. There are disadvantages to it. There are advantages. I hope very quickly the advantages outweight the disadvantages. I'm a little nervous about it . . . but I have confidence I shall do fine. It has all the potential to be exactly what I need for the next couple years. Flexible . . . so I can continue with my classes.

There is a new animal guest in my home. But hopefully he will not stay too long. My friend Doug is doing well recovering from his ordeal with lymphoma. His cancer is in remission. He returns to work. Because of a change in his life, an African Gray parrot which lived in his home no longer has anyone to care for him. So he's living with me. (the parrot, not Doug) I have already sent out the word through my friend Darla. He will go live with a professional parrot keeper soon. But for now he entertains me with his crude phrases and funny beeps and whistles. After all . . . he was living around a couple of naughty teen-aged boys. You can just imagine what he says!!

His name is Bailey!

Life moves on!

Maybe if it gets cold enough I can try one last time for a bunny for Nina. But the season is pretty much over. 29 rabbits and 2 squirrels. That's good for me!!

She has helped me get through this terrible winter in my life!

She and several other dear friends!

Thank you All!!



Carolyn
(The LadyHawker)
ladyhawker65@yahoo.com