Well, a different kind of sad day here in the country.
A robin recently decided to nest just above our barn door this spring. 2 beautiful blue robin's eggs followed. Mama seemed to always be on the nest or near by, a real good mother to be.
Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. Babies are born, mother spends even more time on the nest, only leaving to retrieve worms. I even offer her a couple while I was gardening, but she wanted to work for her meals.
Well, this wonderful mother is no match for a large jay or crow, as yesterday morning, there were a couple of very dead baby birds strewn on the driveway with lots of serious pecking marks, a nest on the ground, and no sign of mom. Luckily, Grace is too young to figure out what happened, or we would be in family therapy right now.
And some Fu@%^ing rabbits just ate all of the leaves off my brand new cosmos that weren't even in the ground yet. Last week, they went after the parsley.
I will be seeking permission for a shotgun later today.
Really. I don't know anything about being a father.
2 comments:
How soon until you're standing on the front porch in your robe firing rock-salt at the neighborhood kids?
"I will be seeking permission for a shotgun later today."
Wahaha! Got another! Welcome to the Republican Party!
If it's any consolation, I have never been able to grow peppers down here because the squirrels eat them...and we're not allowed to shoot them (the squirrels, that is) either. All the critters leave basil alone though, but it needs to be watered daily.
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