We were at the cabin by noon after making a couple of short detours. The drive seemed to go so much faster since the last time I drove up for vacation. There was quite a bit of traffic for a Sunday and there were still lanes blocked for construction, but NOT nearly as bad as during the week. We marveled at the crazy drivers; either going too fast, too slow or in two lanes. We enjoyed how lush the meadows and farms looked - deep green in color. The sky was a pretty shade of baby blue and filled with light fluffy clouds! And my barn is still standing!
We decided to head to the cabin to take an inventory of the property and the food shelves. Carlo got the cabin open, unloaded the truck and fixed the bird feeders - askew...again!
Then he took the tractor out and headed toward the river to cut the grass while I made a grocery list. We're only here for two nights, so the list should be short - hopefully!
I noticed my bird fiend (yes the "R" is missing) has left the four building sites...the half cardboard egg cartons seemed to have worked, however they seemed to have started constructing under the other eaves. I swept away the mess they left on the porch but decided to leave the new site alone. My big beef was that they were building over the stairs and the mess was getting on our shoes and then into the cabin. I am still not happy with their building, but now it's out of the way. (Yeah, right - this won't bother me!)
Our Dappled Willows don't look so good. I gave them each a lot of water. I will prune them before we go home and then cross my fingers. Then we visited Paul and Betty for about an hour.
Carlo's raccoons broke the yellow and blue feeder - this time, beyond repair. Too bad they weren't on it when it broke. It would've been like last time - envision a big ass raccoon on top of a falling feeder - falling on to his friends waiting on the ground - picture a runaway elevator - hee hee!
With corn out for the deer, seed out for the raccoons - uh, I mean birds, we parked the truck where we could see if an intruder attacks the feeders. We grilled dinner and relaxed for the rest of the night and kept an eye open for when the lights might go on the for the show to begin.
CALLING ALL ENTOMOLOGISTS -
Just as I was almost settled in, I noticed a bug on the ceiling. This thing is almost 3" long and appears to be hinged about 1/3 of his body with lots of antennas or legs. So, here's the deal...GUESS THE BUG...Take a stab at what you think it is....The winner could receive an all expense paid trip to...(drum roll) ~ O'Wich! Go ahead. Guess!!!
NAME THE BUG!
Carlo got it off the ceiling and smooshed it! Then, after several bed, wall and ceiling checks, I was back to being tucked in!
During the night, the light only went on once - but I didn't see anything when it did. Later, I heard the raccoons on the trees - the noise is distinct. It's their nails or paws on the bark (it sounds like someone thumping and scratching on a hollow tube). The light didn't go on this time, most likely because the bird feeder near the motion sensor was the one that was broken. I shined the flashlight through the window and I spotted four sets of green eyes reflecting back. As much as I wish the raccoons would not come around , they are neat to watch. I decided to turn on the exterior light to watch them for a bit but something spooked all but one of them and he picked at the seed on the ground for a few minutes. I got bored with that and was making nature noises toward him - nothing - he just kept picking at the ground. I'm not sure what I was expecting him to do, but unhappy with no reaction, I continued to make screeching noises with a few caws, hisses and sshhoosshheess for about 5 minutes and he still did nothing. So then I made the last nature sound I could think of...pounded on the wall - he ran into the woods. I shut the light off and went to bed!!!
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