Friday, October 13, 2017

Funny Nature


When Mom or I walk across the back hallway we find the chickens rushing towards the top end of their yard and they congregate in the corner waiting for us to come out and give them treats.  They are ever hopeful.  When they realize we aren’t going outdoors they slowly go back to pecking for bugs, grass and other appetizing things in nature.
Our other “girls”, the bees hum around the last of the petunias, docile and simply minding their own business.  They are quite different in nature from wasps or even bumble bees and will only sting as a last resort.  So far we haven’t had to deal with that.  They are small and quite pretty.  It’s a pleasure to watch them go from flower to flower searching for pollen or nectar.
After much fighting our little female cat Kitsy seems to have mellowed the boys down somewhat.  They still enjoy snarling at each other but there hasn’t been a cat fight in several months so we are hoping that peace will reign over the winter.  We are not entirely optimistic enough to allow Kitsy free ranging during the night, she resides in the sunroom in her own cozy little apartment bed.
Then we have one of Mom’s favorites, the magpies.  She calls them her Maggie-doodles and she really spoils them.  Frequently if I go to the fridge for a midnight snack I will discover that the food is gone, having been thrown to the magpies.  I resign myself to Mom’s soft devotion to those pesky scavengers but truth be told, I can’t really be too harsh. 
The animal world is full of humour and action and we are lucky enough to have the time to observe and enjoy.  How lucky is that?

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