HoundBlog

Worked from home today. Ken needed me to take him to meet his carpool this morning so he could drop one of the cars off at the dealership for a minor repair, then he had a Dr’s appointment later this morning for his annual physical. He has some toenail fungus, but other than that is in good health. Dr. wanted to wait to see what his blood work came back with before prescribing something for the fungus.

Anyway, around 9:30 this morning, my cockatiels started making this wierd noise. Then I heard peeping and looked inside their nestbox and there was a BABY! They’ve laid 3 clutches of eggs that were duds, so guess they finally got it right. There are still 3 more eggs and we’ll see if any of those hatch as well. They are being wonderful parents — feeding the baby at regular intervals and taking turns. Even Daddy bird has put in his time as bottle washer.

Had my camera out the other day taking photos of this and that. Came across a rather interesting caterpillar. Unfortunately, I got too close (I have a tendency to do that with this camera and small objects), so the pictures are a bit blurry, but hopefully you can see some of his strangeness. If any of you know what it is, I would appreciate your telling me.

Different isn’t he??

Have a kennel club meeting tonight. I’ve been asked to serve as Obedience Trial Chair. That’s a position I’ve wanted for years, but find myself wishing they had offered it 5 years ago instead of now.

Have a battle of hummers going on right now over the feeders. I’ve not seen many the last few days, but there are at least 3 out there right now — 2 females and a male. I see my cardinal babies are starting to get their adult plumage, too. It’s getting to be time for winter preparations.

Need to run. Got to clean kennels and feed before I get ready for my meeting.

Love to all,

Margaret