We have a winner in the "change Stinky cat's darned name" contest. Are you ready? I LOVE it. "Stanley". Staaaaanley.. He loves it too, I swear he's gotten a bit of a swagger since he was bequeathed a new real name. Stanley is going to go live with my Dad for a bit, while the shop does its' big shift. If all goes well, Stanley and Dad will live happily ever after. If not, Staaaanley will come back to the shop. Poor Stanley has no idea of the big changes coming to his now mostly perfect to him life.
Who would have guessed I'd want to stay in Scarberia for a cat? Well, I can't. The shift is in logistical progress. I will be super duper busy through the next few months, and hopefully good things are coming. I have had enough bad things, thankyouverymuch. On to good things, good people, good business, good times. I bloody hope so anyway.
I've been staying away from my walking trails, walking the driveway and a patch of the front grass, and of course a bit of pond "beach" so the girls can swim and wade. We have Hooded-Merganser-lings and Wood Duckling! The Hoodies were on the front pond, Mom had found a nice log that had been sailing around in the wind, but had finally becalmed in the middle of the pond. The Woodie was on the back pond, I had heard piteous cheeeping, wee duckling was lost at the south end. Then I heard Mom's soft worried call at the north, and finally little one started paddling hard north. The wind was agin him, but he was determined, cheeeping the whole time:)
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| Hooded Merganser and Family |
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| Wood Duckling |
Know how I said I wasn't enjoying this wet cold spring? Water off a duck's back, as they say, to a duck. I refuse to disturb habitat, my girls are a bit miffed, but they've been getting tons of walkies and frisbees so poop on them. These ducks have fewer and fewer places to safely breed, each year. I do my part to leave them the hell alone. That's why these pics are so blurry. Okay, also because my camera and I are arguing again. But I won't get too close to the Woodies, they are so shy... Hooded Merganser females have that wonderful shock of red wisps on their heads, always amazing to see.
The good things have always been all around me.
3 comments:
Yes, Stanley is a much more fitting name. Poor Stinky was probably getting a complex...as if cat's care. LOL
Neat pics of the Hoodies. I have never seen ducks like that before...and of course, very cute that they are all lined up with mom on the log. Heehee
Good for positive changed!
Beautiful! so glad things are coming together for you ! You so deserve good things
oh my gosh! duckies!! :D
I enjoy the name stanley.
It seems appropriate!
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