Mid-March Monday
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:52 am
Good morning, villagers ~
I had a good weekend.
Sewing group activities for most of the day Saturday -- will post in AC&N.
Yesterday was warm enough that DH and I picked up sandwiches from SW and drove over to the lake to check out the ice and see if anything was happening in the campgrounds. We decided it was much too windy to eat at a picnic table, so DH parked the car where we had a good view of the lake.
First we saw 2 eagles standing on the lake. We weren't sure what they were at first, until they turned so I could see the white heads. They were far enough out that we couldn't really see well, but we thought they might be waiting at an open spot, doing some ice fishing. A 3rd eagle would fly in every now and then and stand with them briefly, then fly away again.
DH and I finished our sandwiches and started reading the newspaper. Suddenly I looked up and there were 5 (!) eagles standing out on the lake, and I counted another 5 flying overhead. We were hoping they would all gather together, but only 1 of the flying ones landed, the others went away. Eventually all of the eagles flew off 1 at a time.
We saw 4 of them when we drove around to another part of the lake, where there was more open water and they were moving more.
We got to wondering about the first 2 eagles, who would stand still for long periods of time. Maybe they weren't fishing after all, maybe it was nap time and the middle of the lake was a safe place for them to sleep. Do birds sleep during the day?
Today will be busy. Critical tasks:
* bookkeeping and bank deposit for sewing group
* eye appointment for the tests that always give me a major headache
* pick up a few things from Sam's
* 1 or 2 loads of laundry
* figure out something for supper that will be ok sitting on the counter during the time between when I leave for work and DH gets home from his job
* work at the library tonight
* look for fabrics to take to sewing camp later this week
Oh, I forgot to eat breakfast. BBL.
I had a good weekend.
Sewing group activities for most of the day Saturday -- will post in AC&N.
Yesterday was warm enough that DH and I picked up sandwiches from SW and drove over to the lake to check out the ice and see if anything was happening in the campgrounds. We decided it was much too windy to eat at a picnic table, so DH parked the car where we had a good view of the lake.
First we saw 2 eagles standing on the lake. We weren't sure what they were at first, until they turned so I could see the white heads. They were far enough out that we couldn't really see well, but we thought they might be waiting at an open spot, doing some ice fishing. A 3rd eagle would fly in every now and then and stand with them briefly, then fly away again.
DH and I finished our sandwiches and started reading the newspaper. Suddenly I looked up and there were 5 (!) eagles standing out on the lake, and I counted another 5 flying overhead. We were hoping they would all gather together, but only 1 of the flying ones landed, the others went away. Eventually all of the eagles flew off 1 at a time.
We saw 4 of them when we drove around to another part of the lake, where there was more open water and they were moving more.
We got to wondering about the first 2 eagles, who would stand still for long periods of time. Maybe they weren't fishing after all, maybe it was nap time and the middle of the lake was a safe place for them to sleep. Do birds sleep during the day?
Today will be busy. Critical tasks:
* bookkeeping and bank deposit for sewing group
* eye appointment for the tests that always give me a major headache
* pick up a few things from Sam's
* 1 or 2 loads of laundry
* figure out something for supper that will be ok sitting on the counter during the time between when I leave for work and DH gets home from his job
* work at the library tonight
* look for fabrics to take to sewing camp later this week
Oh, I forgot to eat breakfast. BBL.