Stolen fair and square from Janelle. It is a mutual thing. My clothes go to her, her ideas go to me.
HEY! where is my green shirt? Out walks Janelle sporting my green shirt.. it looks better on her anyway, alas.
Weyerhaeuser/Trus Joist site is now finished for me, I told the field supervisor that I would be working only one day a week after August 14th, because of school. So instead of waiting till then, they have decided to punish me early and give that site to someone else. I will miss the frogs and the owls. Last week, I was walking on the upper site, ( the whole walk outside takes me nearly an hour) and the owls flew out of their hiding place, not as voraciously as in the past. I was imagining that they were used to me now. Owls I have read are not the smartest of birds, but still wild things have instinct, and they must have realized I was too fat to fly and bother their nest.
I am no longer afraid of them, when I walk by they screech and fly away from their hiding place, but they do not swoop near my head anymore.
A few days later, I was getting ready to walk out of my starting place to begin my rounds, and there was a smaller owl walking around the pavement. It seemed to be calling to me, but I didn't have a mouse or frog handy to feed it. The bird allowed me to get closer and closer, but I did not want to frighten it away. It seemed un-afraid of me, and I was almost sure I could touch it, but I know about sharp beaks and claws, also respect, so I did not succumb to temptation and I gave the bird it's space. It is so beautiful.
