I spent a couple of days at my sister’s house for Thanksgiving and she was babysitting for a co-workers ferrets. My sister has a dog, 2 cats, and an Iguana – and it was like wild kingdom there!
I am not a ferret person. They are expensive and too needy in my opinion, but watching them play was hilarious. Once they were out of the pen, they raced around the room, jumping and doing flips. The little one, Natasha, carried an empty water bottle around while Borris happily wore a plastic cup on his face. I should have taken more photos of their antics.
After losing much over the past 3 years, I have learned to be constantly thankful for what I have. Each day I am thankful for:
*Being able to get out of bed because my body works!
*My eyesight, good hearing and a lucid mind (for the most part, it works pretty well!)
*My children – I’ve always been amazed that I have such great kids
*Enough money to live on – I am not hungry and have plenty of clean water to drink
*A car that runs and money to put gas in it
*Decent housing and a fabulous landlord, which means I won’t have to move again for a while
*My camera and computer, so I can earn a living
*Friends who care
*The wonderful answer to prayer that I live where I live and am surrounded by such beauty each day.
And there is so much more. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day, whether you are alone or with a loving family, you too have much to be thankful for.
I have heard that 200 acres of land is being cleared in my neighborhood. Someplace back in the woods – way out – I can hear the equipment working and the evidence of destruction passes my house all day long. 18-Wheelers full of wood chips and logging trucks full of freshly cut huge trees pass by from around 4:30 am until whenever they finish for the day.
Big Trucks on Little Roads
There is a tree farm way out a little, one lane road and I assume that is where the trees are coming from. I can’t even imagine how these monstrous trucks are getting out there.
The thing is, last winter – all winter- the same thing was happening, but the trees were coming from another area. Supposedly these trucks will stop once the snow falls. They won’t be able to get to the area where the cutting is taking place.
So I’ve heard.
I know that people have to make money and that trees are needed for building supplies, etc., but it is still sad to think of a forest being destroyed.
And I really dislike meeting up with these trucks on my small dirt road…as you can see in my photo – it’s not a very wide roadway and I especially dislike the fact that the school bus must also pass them!
I love living in the country, but there is a price to pay.
I am showing my stupidity here…but haven’t lived in the northeast long enough to learn all my tree names. I found a bunch of these “nut shells” on my neighbor’s property when I went to feed their chickens while they were away. I forgot to ask what they were, so I’ll ask here.
Since Beech trees are abundant, I thought maybe a Beech nut although I don’t know what those are. Then I remembered back to when I used to hike to Mill Hill in my childhood and there was a lone chestnut tree up there and thought maybe this was a chestnut shell – I saw no sign of any chestnuts near these pods though.
Empty Shell of a- Chestnut? I thought I’d get a photo of them just for fun. I suppose some animal had eaten what was once inside.
