Thursday, May 8, 2014

Successful Rescue!


Today there was quite a bit of excitement over at the neighbors (Nathan & Kathy and family), when I was walking Esther back from her school time.  The children had discovered that the bird nest had fallen down (not sure how...someone "thought" the mother bird had knocked it down and someone "thought" Elijah...jury is still out!).  Anyway, upon closer inspection, Nathan could tell that the baby birds were still alive. So Graham suggested that they try to put the nest back and then put the babies back in.  We explained that the mama might not come back if she could tell that humans had touched her babies.  Well, Graham pointed out that his daddy was wearing a glove and had only touched them with his gloved hand.  So Nathan got a ladder and put the nest up and then put all four of the babies in a box and climbed up and one by one put the babies back in their nest.  Then everyone left the area so they wouldn't scare the mama away and the wait was on to see if the mama would come back.  Every so often one in the family would check from the other corner of their house.  And, sure enough the mama was spotted going to and from the nest.  I went over a few minutes ago and took a couple of pictures from the far corner of their house.  The mama spotted me and is looking at me in this picture.  We're happy that the rescue worked!

Woody walked five miles today.  And, he did the last portion of our yard...so he now can say that he has mowed our yard once this year.  I checked and sure enough the portion where he started is already in need of the next mowing...one of the many Golden Gate Bridge projects around here!  This afternoon we had a Hasty baby Frosty delivery.  Linda also brought ideas for kitchen renovations.  Graham came bounding in asking me to come out to see something.  I told him that I could look for a minute but that Linda was on her way...well, that put a big grin on his face...and, when I opened door, there Linda was...much to Graham's delight.  Linda tried to convince him that there weren't any Frosties today...but the Wendy's bag was a dead give away.  After I retrieved two Frosties for Woody and me, Graham and Abigail happily headed home with the Wendy's bag.  Nice treat on a quite warm afternoon.  I rested for a while this afternoon and then cleaned out another drawer in the kitchen.  The plumber we "hired" (Nathan and  Graham) fixed a problem that we had been having with one of our toilets.  Now, of course, I will no longer be able to remember how it is supposed to be flushed as it is a water saver one.  Awful hard to teach an old dog new tricks!!!! I'm still coughing...but think that I am getting better...that is...until the next coughing spasm comes along as one just a couple of minutes ago.

Oh, we did get an email from NIH today and Woody's appointments for PET and CT scans are set up for May 21.  And, then on the 22nd he will see some of the doctors on his team during their clinic time.  So an NIH trip back on the radar.


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