The end of 2012.......See Ya
Lordy, Lordy, Lordy....I can't believe I haven't written a damn thing since OCTOBER!! I guess I get too involved in writing my life in Facebook and figure everybody reads that anyway. But I kinda use this blog as a journal and later when I'm trying to figure out when I did such and such...I can always go back into my blog and figure it out.
In November I nearly lost little Junior, my pet pigeon. I was in Caseville with the dogs and her. I thought she was in the cottage. I had shut the doors thinking I was locking them up in the house and then I went through the attached garage and out the back door to do some yard work. Apparently, she had flown into the garage and I didn't know it. So when I went outside I heard the flapping of wings. I turned around and saw her flying out the door. I yelled her name and she ignored me and flew right over the roof of the house. I ran into the front yard and she was nowhere in sight....basically....she flew the coop!
Saying I was upset is an understatement. I was shaking. I called hubby and had to tell him that she had flown away. It was because of my own stupidity. We thought she might try to fly back home where he was. So he put her cage out on the patio and kept an eye out. I kept the front yard light on and back yard light on and the garage doors open with lights on all night. I had her favorite seeds in a bowl in her cage in the garage. It got dark. She didn't come home.
I cried for her. I was sure that she wouldn't survive the night. It was in the 30's out there. She is not use to cold weather. She has never had to live outside. She is house bird. I'm sure it was dark and scary for her. And I was sure that a hawk would find her before morning.
The next day I drove all over looking for her. I kept checking her seed cup in her cage and it was never touched. Hubby called and said he was driving up the next day. I felt it was probably useless.....she was gone.
All I did was cry and beg for her return. I couldn't eat. All I could keep down was soup and canned fruit. I was physically ill.
The next day hubby drove up. He walked all around looking for her.....hoping she was still in the area and would see him and fly down on his shoulder. Nothing. Another long night went by. We kept all the lights and doors of the garage open.
The next day.....the fourth day.....we were both convinced that she was gone for good. Although neither one of us said so, we felt she was probably dead. I knew of a barn somewhat in the area that pigeons had flocked to. We had talked with the guy who owned the place. I told hubby that maybe she found her way to his barn and that we should go over there and check. It was a last resort......a last straw.....the last hope.
It was noon and I was sitting on the couch thinking I need to get dressed. A thought of something I had seen on TV had crossed my mind so I stayed on the couch and proceeded to relate it to my husband who was sitting across from me on his recliner. When I finished the story, I was looking out the window across from me. In my line of vision I could see a small portion of the corner of the garage roof. Just then I saw a Pigeon land on that part of the roof! I said...OMG, a pigeon just landed on the garage roof!! I jumped off the couch and told hubby that it just HAD to be her cause it's a pigeon. I've never seen pigeons near our place before. I told him to hurry....so she could see him.
We ran out the back door and there she was!!....Prancing on the garage roof when she saw us. We called her name. She flew down on my husband's shoulder, and I grabbed her and brought her in the house. SHE WAS HOME!! My prayers were answered. I thanked God over and over and over again!! I was literally jumping for joy and hugging my husband. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I couldn't believe she was actually home.....she was okay.
SO WHERE THE HELL WAS SHE FOR 3 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS??????
Only Junior knows.....and she ain't tellin'
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Had a great Christmas and New Years. We were home for the holidays this year. Had my place all decorated up...inside and outside. The boys and their wives came over. We spent some Christmassy time with neighbors on Christmas Eve. New Years we went out to dinner and then came home and rang in the New Year with Keno, Mini Sue and Junior/Junie (for short).
Basically 2012 was a good year. I hope 2013 is even better.
In November I nearly lost little Junior, my pet pigeon. I was in Caseville with the dogs and her. I thought she was in the cottage. I had shut the doors thinking I was locking them up in the house and then I went through the attached garage and out the back door to do some yard work. Apparently, she had flown into the garage and I didn't know it. So when I went outside I heard the flapping of wings. I turned around and saw her flying out the door. I yelled her name and she ignored me and flew right over the roof of the house. I ran into the front yard and she was nowhere in sight....basically....she flew the coop!
Saying I was upset is an understatement. I was shaking. I called hubby and had to tell him that she had flown away. It was because of my own stupidity. We thought she might try to fly back home where he was. So he put her cage out on the patio and kept an eye out. I kept the front yard light on and back yard light on and the garage doors open with lights on all night. I had her favorite seeds in a bowl in her cage in the garage. It got dark. She didn't come home.
I cried for her. I was sure that she wouldn't survive the night. It was in the 30's out there. She is not use to cold weather. She has never had to live outside. She is house bird. I'm sure it was dark and scary for her. And I was sure that a hawk would find her before morning.
The next day I drove all over looking for her. I kept checking her seed cup in her cage and it was never touched. Hubby called and said he was driving up the next day. I felt it was probably useless.....she was gone.
All I did was cry and beg for her return. I couldn't eat. All I could keep down was soup and canned fruit. I was physically ill.
The next day hubby drove up. He walked all around looking for her.....hoping she was still in the area and would see him and fly down on his shoulder. Nothing. Another long night went by. We kept all the lights and doors of the garage open.
The next day.....the fourth day.....we were both convinced that she was gone for good. Although neither one of us said so, we felt she was probably dead. I knew of a barn somewhat in the area that pigeons had flocked to. We had talked with the guy who owned the place. I told hubby that maybe she found her way to his barn and that we should go over there and check. It was a last resort......a last straw.....the last hope.
It was noon and I was sitting on the couch thinking I need to get dressed. A thought of something I had seen on TV had crossed my mind so I stayed on the couch and proceeded to relate it to my husband who was sitting across from me on his recliner. When I finished the story, I was looking out the window across from me. In my line of vision I could see a small portion of the corner of the garage roof. Just then I saw a Pigeon land on that part of the roof! I said...OMG, a pigeon just landed on the garage roof!! I jumped off the couch and told hubby that it just HAD to be her cause it's a pigeon. I've never seen pigeons near our place before. I told him to hurry....so she could see him.
We ran out the back door and there she was!!....Prancing on the garage roof when she saw us. We called her name. She flew down on my husband's shoulder, and I grabbed her and brought her in the house. SHE WAS HOME!! My prayers were answered. I thanked God over and over and over again!! I was literally jumping for joy and hugging my husband. I couldn't take my eyes off her. I couldn't believe she was actually home.....she was okay.
SO WHERE THE HELL WAS SHE FOR 3 DAYS AND 3 NIGHTS??????
Only Junior knows.....and she ain't tellin'
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Had a great Christmas and New Years. We were home for the holidays this year. Had my place all decorated up...inside and outside. The boys and their wives came over. We spent some Christmassy time with neighbors on Christmas Eve. New Years we went out to dinner and then came home and rang in the New Year with Keno, Mini Sue and Junior/Junie (for short).
Basically 2012 was a good year. I hope 2013 is even better.
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