Friday June 19 2009

Another Flycatcher

Joe Irrigating

We had a wonderful steak dinner at Bonnie and Craig's last night. Nancy and Ken joined us too and it was nice to see them and visit. Bonnie is a good cook. She made rolls to die for, and a chocolate/chocolate cake. Craig grilled steaks for us. Thank all you guys for a specail enjoyable evening and dinner. It had showered on the way over, but cleared off and the view from their windows was beautiful with angus cattle grazing in the green fields and evening sun across the landscape, interspersed with cloud shadows.

Got a few minutes so am just checking in this morning. Woke up early so just got up. Already have floors mopped and Joe's pork and sauerkraut going, plus a laundry in, and the vacuum out. Brushed the dogs and cut their toenails. Wish I'd done it before now.

Beverly called last night and we talked for a while. Betty also called last night from the motel in Nephi. She was late getting there and sounded tired. Kitty Caitlin is being very good for never traveling before. They should be to the Arrowhead house by noon or before. I'll head into town as soon as I can get ready and leave.

It is a gorgeous sunny morning. The stars shone all night, and there was a beautiful quarter moon rise with one of the big planets nearby. We still have a 30% chance of thunderstorms for several days though.

When we went to Dick and Sheral's the other night I saw the most interesting, awful, astounding thing, in my perception. As we drove out on their road there is a fence which was to our right. There were some antelope, including one doe that had two fawns. They were some distance away but she was very agitated or worried, running back and forth. Another other doe just stood by keeping watch. The tiny babies were trying to follow the mom but she went back and forth numerous times. Finally I saw her start to run and at first I thought she ran over one of the babies, but she had deliberately hit it with her feet or leg and knocked it hard to the ground. It just went sprawling and it's little legs up in the air. I was so surprised it just knocked the wind out of me too. Can't imagine that didn't hurt the little guy. Then I realized she had told it to lay down and hide and stay there, which it did. That is one of the fawn's defense mechanisms. I never thought the mother would be so rough though. Maybe she was just too stressed. The other fawn ran off with her.