A Lazy Weekend

The weather has been crappy and aside from a brief foray into my vast garden and stacking some firewood I've been holed-up indoors most of the time.

In the space of a few days we have gone from dry to very wet. Water everywhere. Which is good.

So I've been getting caught-up on my reading and doing some writing.

A slow fire in the woodburner.

Which is not such a bad plan.

Lawyer is here spending frustrating days in the rain turkey hunting.

He's emailing me constantly with his field reports.

He's been seeing birds. Missed one shot and spying all sorts of deer.

There were twenty deer out along the edge of the road the other night. Twelve more last night. Another half-dozen this morning.

Yep. We have a deer shortage on our hands.

What I cannot get over is the bird activity.

A couple of turkey vultures on Friday. Five cranes at dusk. Chubby mourning doves in the yard. Tree swallows chasing one another in wild aerial displays. Red wing blackbirds showing-off their brilliant epaulets. Pine siskins and goldfinches on the thistle feeder and a half-dozen wood ducks along with our resident pair of mallards in the big pond this morning.

The natural world is springing to life.

Edit - 4/26/09 12:22 PM

Lawyer has been emailing all morning his sightings and lack of shooting opportunities. For two days the poor fella has been sitting out there in the rain.

Wet clothes, wet gear, wet gun.

I know he's not crazy. So I suppose that would make him persisent.

Just got an email and it reads: Dead Bird

Yikes! It is a bearded hen!