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Sleep-Talking Hubby and Other Horks,by CAR

Page history last edited by Cheryl Ronning (CAR) 13 years, 9 months ago

Welcome, my MOD lovelies!

7/13/10: Told Hubby on Monday night that I was going to go upstairs with the laptop to watch Carlos' broadcast. He asked what Carlos would be talking about, and I told him that I wasn't sure, but that I knew that Molly and McGee had started their second family and I was hoping to get an update. He just stared at me, and I went upstairs.

Last night, I was having trouble sleeping, so I picked up my phone from beside the bed to check the time. The small amount of light must have triggered something in him. He sat straight up, looked at me, and said (in a very stern voice):

"I cannot take this again! It must stop, I tell you!"

I swear he sounded just like an Masterpiece Theatre mystery detective, minus the English accent...

I let out a burst of laughter, but it didn't phase him a bit. He just plopped back down and slept till morning...

6/26/10 HORK: FAVORITE ANIMAL SIGHTING-

Hubby and I were staying in the Grand Tetons, and had a cabin with a wrap-around porch that overlooked what is called "The Moose Pond". Hubby was out on the corner of the porch, looking around with his binoculars, trying to spot a moose. I was inside, with the porch door open, brushing my hair in front of a mirror that happened to reflect that porch door. I looked up, and froze - there was a moose, with his front quarters (head, chest and legs) standing in the doorway, looking at me. He huffed, and grunted, and spurted a bit, then turned around to leave - right toward Hubby, who still had his back toward the cabin, looking out at the pond, binoculars up to his eyes, and a moose headed straight down the porch toward him.

I'm trying to get his attention without frightening the moose, and am softly screeching "Hubby! Hubby!". He responds, still looking through the binoculars, with a moose now standing directly behind him:

"I don't see any moose around here at all!"

Turns around, looks directly into the eyes of Mr. Moose, and jumps about twelve feet into the air. Moose stays for about 10 minutes, poking around the porch, sticking his head into the cabin, snuffling around the chairs, then slowly saunters away, into the moose pond. After we get over our shock, Hubby turns to me:

"Why didn't you warn me?"

"I tried! Didn't you hear him??? He was grunting and huffing like crazy!"

"Oh. I thought that was you..."

6/17/10: It was early this morning, and hubby had been quite restless during the night. I was awake and lying quietly, when he

turned over, but didn't wake up. All of a sudden, he starts ---

"They're HOMELESS! Doesn't anybody CARE? No Home! No Place to live!!"

At this point, I was practically choking from trying not to laugh out loud and wake him up, but it didn't stop me from goading

him on just a little. So I whispered "food" "mice" "eat", etc., until he responded.

"For God's Sake they're STARVING! AND THEY'VE GOT NO HOME!!!!

6/15/10: (A two-parter...) Middle of the night. I'm reading, hubby wakes up, asks me what I'm doing. I tell him I can't sleep; I'm reading because I don't have the owls to watch anymore. He says:

"You're not reading that smurf book, are you?" OMG! I almost fell off the bed!

He goes back to sleep. About a half an hour later, he's mumbling, so I know to wait for it... and yep, sure enough:

"They're gone... they're gone... oh. ...gone. .... I'll make breakfast."

Don't ask me. I don't have a clue! Maybe that smurf lady does...

6/14/10: Hubby knew that I was a little down last night, with the final night of the owl box looming over us,

so he was trying to joke me out of my mood. He was teasing me about what I could do next - maybe I could

go to Northern Minnesota and hang out with a Common Loon - he said he'd been doing it for years and it was fun!

So he went upstairs and fell asleep. I was watching our amazing evening of owl antics when he sat up, looked at me and said:

"I'm not buying you an owl."

Laid back down. About a minute later, sat up again and said:

"A black Lab. I'll get you a black Lab. But no owl."

I may hold him to that!

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Comments (5)

Great One, CAR!! Keep working on it. I can't wait ti see the whole thing! :)

Yeah Cheryl! Keep them coming!

CAR, I changed the link at the top to point to the correct page. Hope that's what you were asking about. :)

I think she wants a link on the front page. I don't know where Mollie or Latrippi wants to put it. They usually do front page stuff. :)

I want a deli tray and a limo...

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UPDATE on Molly, McGee, & the Owlets

7/4/2012 - July 4th - What a Wonderful Day

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/july-4th-what-a-wonderful-day/

7/1/2012 - The Boy (Kestrel) Fledges

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/the-boy-fledges/

6/29/2012 - Cameras Removed

"With the owl box empty, I decided it was time to remove the remaining camera and wiring and give Donna her dining room table back. Now you know why over time the picture gets fuzzy or cloudy. (See picture above.) Even though I was able to clean up the camera it no longer worked and had to junked like so many of the other cameras. These web cameras are just not designed for this type of use but we made them work. If you remember back then, I had installed almost a dozen cameras, all out doors (these are not outdoor cameras) with over 3,000 feet of wiring running everywhere so we could broadcast for you The Owl Box and surroundings. That is just what it took but now I have removed all the cameras and all the wiring. If Molly or some other owl comes back they will be able to have their babies without the world watching..."

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/cameras-removed/

6/16/2012 - Got Baby Kestrels

"Surprise, Surprise, we have baby kestrels. Just when we had given up and said nothing was going to hatch, look what popped up this morning. This kestrel hatch has been so different from ones in the past. In the past there was lots of bonding and tons of food being delivered with the box being almost a bee hive of activity but not this time. We observed bonding only once and rarely food deliveries and when we returned the female was not in the box but spending all her time outside of the box. We just assumed nothing happened. In fact, when Donna was looking out the window this morning she comments that there were just no birds in the backyard and that it had been a bust year. About an hour later I was looking out the window and notice a grey spot inside the circle and grabbed the binoculars. I started shouting, “We got babies, we got babies!” Donna came running over to see with a “Well, I ‘ll be.” We don’t have a camera on the Kestrel box so there won’t be any broadcasting but we will keep you posted on their development."

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/got-baby-kestrels/

6/15/2012 - Molly MIA

"Molly has not been seen now in over three weeks. She was coming back to the box on a regular basis as we reported, but then after she rejected the male that showed up shortly after the disappearance of McGee, Molly gradually decided to go looking elsewhere. Even though we have always said that this was Molly’s box and called it Molly’s Box. The way it really works according to The Book of Owls is the male picks the box or nesting location and brings in food to entice the female, so more than likely some male has attracted her to a new location or at least we like to think so more than the alternative that something has happened to Molly. Either way, more than likely we will not see Molly again.

Remember, this is not The End, it is only a chapter or a book in the cycle of life.

Gee, this has been fun, and I was a part of it but now it is time to move on."

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/molly-mia/

4/21/2012 - A Wisdom of Owls

A Wisdom of Owls, a novel by Mary Pat Hyland.

Molly Update: Molly rejected her young suitor, so for now The Owl Box is empty.

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/04/21/a-wisdom-of-owls/

3/15/2012 - Molly Is Fine

"Molly is fine. She has revisited the owl box every night just after sunset. The box has been empty during the day. She only stays long enough to look around, rough up some gag shag and then stomp on or dance around the patio. An owl’s way of letting other owls know this is her box...."

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/molly-is-fine/

Link to McGee Tribute page

3/12/2012 _Tribute to McGee and the Fourth Clutch

"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we are reporting that we have not seen McGee since March 9th, the day DeeDee hatched. We think he is gone....When Molly returned with food she quickly placed the gopher in the pantry and checked on DeeDee. DeeDee showed no signs of life, so Molly gently lifted DeeDee and placed her away from the eggs. It was a very moving moment. She then lightly touched the eggs with the palm of her claw searching for the warmth of life. We could tell there was none as she rolled the eggs over and over continually touching them, not wanting to give up. Tears came to our eyes as we realized that Molly is the only survivor of the fourth clutch....."

http://mollysbox.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/tribute-to-mcgee-and-the-fourth-clutch/