There are a lot of ravens around Tiny House Ontario this year. I am beginning to believe that they are there for a reason. I think that one of the messages that ravens give is to look North. They are also bearers of fortune and magic according the book Animal Speak.
Funny thing is, that I just love to look out this window to the North. I don’t recall doing this so much last year as I do this.
This is taken in the morning while I had a coffee.
Do you find it interesting, or is it just me?
Last evening when the dusk was coming on I realized I forgot to eat. I put the kettle on for a cup of tea and a cup of soup and opened the bread bag but found that the bread had a green spot. I put the bread out into the composter and made my tea and a cup of soup, and got a few crackers instead. I just sat down in the cloth porch to eat, when I heard rustling in the forest almost right in front of me. It got louder and louder and I started to feel a little bit nervous, so I picked up my tea and soup and went into the tiny house, closed the screen door and watched. I was relieved within a minute, when a baby racoon came out of the “prickly pear”. I grabbed my camera and went out to take some photos of the cute little coon and the sibling that I could now see. I tried to be really quiet when I slid the screen door back open but when I did this the baby coons ran up into the tree which is second in line behind the ancestor tree. The other thing that happened is that Big Mama Coon ran toward the cloth porch. She got about three feet away and stood on her hind legs, hands up and claws out. She growled really loudly at me like a bear from a Hollywood film – she was sort of scary, to tell you the truth. At the same time as this the other baby coons were climbing the trees and some were running toward the composter. I counted 6 babies and Mama.
I tried to photograph Mama but the only thing that I got was shiny photos of the fabric.
I left the cloth porch and went out to the dog garden and took a few photos which also all turned out terrible and made me again wish that I had a better camera. Sigh…
When I came back into the house and had a look at Ted Andrews book Animal Speak to see what some of his thoughts are on racoons. I was not surprised to read that they are tiny distantly related cousins to bears after seeing Mama ferociously trying to intimidate me so that she could protect her babies.
The little bears worked at the composter until they got in and then the played outside the Tiny House for about two hours while I read from the above mentioned book and tried to watch them through the shadows of night. Here are the rather Where’s Waldo sort of silly images. These are the best that I could do with my silly crap camera. Can you see any racoons? I know where they are and I have a hard time seeing them.
What a great brush with nature, I wish I could share it better with you.
You all know by now that I am not a huge fan of insects/worms/creepy-crawly things…
This guy keeps moving back into the cloth porch.
My friend Liisa thinks that it is BEAUTIFUL. I am not afraid, because dude is much to slow moving, still I am not convinced that it is beautiful as much as it is sort of interesting as long as it is at arms length. This fat worm dude is about the size of a tomato worm and has a snake’s face and head…
Anyone know specifically what it is and what it will become if it goes to another phase?
It is hot here again at Tiny House Ontario. Pig hot! So hot in fact that Baby does not like to be driven and is giving me a bit of grief. It is not a wonder, even my thin leather jacket is far too warm – both it and my helmet are getting downright funky.
The dogs have gone to Hamilton to be in the air-conditioning with Big Papa Dog. I have been running away from the house to get away from the heat which is possible only because I don’t have to be there for the dogs. I have been at my friend’s significantly more comfortable (AKA: air conditioned) places (thanks and you know who you are!), I have been at the movies and even at shopping places to get out of the heat.
Not moving around much is also a good way to deal with the heat, so I read the entire (not very good) dropped book which was left at the end of a driveway in a pile of stuff. I also do this with books. I read them and leave them where I finish them, unless there is someone that comes to mind when I read it or there is something mind bogglingly amazing about the book. The mind boggling ones, I keep and read over and over and often buy copies for friends too.
I also had a little bit of company. My girlfriend Velda, her husband Peter and their youngest daughter were out for a visit and also delivered the battery for my solar system (Thank you!). I wish that we lived closer year around because both my husband and I really like their company and it would be good to see a lot more of them. Too they have really terrific kids and I seriously miss being around little ones. I would have loved to have a lot of kids but life did not offer me this opportunity so I am grateful to have friends with kids and also this probably explains the dog pack. It was a nice visit even though it was far too hot. We could not even sit in the cloth porch which was sauna like, so we brought some chairs to the shadier North side of the house and sat there for a visit. I am afraid that it was not a very comfortable temperature there either, but even so, I was happy to see them.
So, thanks to my friends, I have all the bits now for the solar system except for the 12v lights which is what the system will operate. I will get all the bits in place this week so that when Leo comes on the weekend… yes, I remembered to call him this time… I can get some guidance from him regarding what to do so that I don’t blow up all the new bits!
The weather forecast says that the weather will cool off a bit tomorrow and that we are expecting a bit of rain on Saturday. I am divided about wanting rain for my garden and the forest and not wanting rain because this is when I expect Leo to put the steel on THO. It would be great if it pissed rain every night after 9:00 and then stopped at 6:00 am. Mother Nature, are you listening? Please give us hours and hours of good slow steady night rain.
When I am at Tiny House Ontario, life is very simple and slow paced. I find that I take the time to stop and look when I see something beautiful. I even take the time to return just to look again when I think places are wonderful.
This is just a little post to share some moments that I took the time to notice yesterday. I hope that you take the day slowly enough that you can also see.
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