For years, we’ve had a pair of Coopers Hawks nesting in the heavy woods which are immediately downhill from our house. This doesn’t please most of the other birds and small mammals who live on our property, but hawks gotta eat too.
They squeak and talk among themselves about the shade cloth. See how they’re studying it, under their feet?
When the babies are out of the nest, it’s a riot. The adults bring the babies up to our house and park them, most recently on top of the greenhouse! The babies think running across the bouncy plastic is great fun. Of course, this isn’t particularly good for the plastic, or the shade cloth.
I went outside to get a better picture, not through a window, and two of the babies left, leaving this one wondering where the other two went.
Still, even if they are on top of the greenhouse, it’s fun seeing them out screwing around, and learning how to be deadly predators. The squirrels just have a fit, and anything that gets a red squirrel riled up can’t be bad!
Maybe something Western, like a bolo tie. Only with bling.
Went to my favorite bead store in Spokane, and found some Lapiz Lazuli beads to play with. I haven’t quite decided how I want the necklace to look but it will be highly entertaining to figure it out. I love this stone, as it has my most favorite colors and it’s never boring.