And I really do enjoy all the birds we have here. I’m so happy the squirrel still comes daily
to stock up on winter provisions and he/she hasn’t fallen prey to predators in
the desert. The same goes for the desert
toad. I only see them in the hot summer
months and only late at night. I was so happy
to see this frog again on my patio last night.
As I mentioned before, most of the lizards have become lunch, or dinner,
for the roadrunners. I have to face the
fact that this is life in nature. The
bigger critters feed on the smaller ones.
Desert toad
When the birds gather around the water bowl, I can almost
imagine they’re there visiting friends and sharing the latest gossip. LOL. I
guess I have an overactive imagination, but I believe that animals carry on
much as we human people do in our daily lives, just without all the trappings
of clothes and shoes and toiletries we use to make ourselves presentable.
Birds at the water cooler
On another note, I’m looking for a second part-time job
because hours at my current part-time job have been cut until people start
returning to the desert for the winter.
About half the people in the area leave for cooler climates when we have
triple digits here. I’m hoping to find
something for evenings that isn’t too far of a drive to make it worth my while
to go there and that I’m not too old to get hired. Time will tell. I’ll be looking into this all next week, so
more on this later. If I get lucky, I do
intend to work both jobs for the foreseeable future. I need to pay some bills off. After that maybe I won’t be so stressed and I
can relax more. Right now I feel as if I
have an ulcer half the time. I think its
only nerves.
My ankles have gotten so much better after the cortisone
shots. I can actually walk normal again
and I’m so happy about this. I go for a
follow up this week. More on this later
too.
On another note, I have two ill friends right now that will
be undergoing surgery this next week. I
would appreciate it if you could send some healing thoughts their way.
