Neanderpundit

Feline engineering.

This time I’ll test the link before posting.

There, that’s better.

Hat tip Pasdcal. Who wouldn’t have wanted credit for the other one I linked to anyway. Sorry for the confusion.

There’s a red tailed hawk that lives in my backyard. It’s a big bastard, with a five foot plus wingspan- At least I think it’s a redtail, though the underside of the wingtips are blacker than I remember.

Maybe it’s just because it’s so close when I see it. It takes off from a tree about ten feet off the ground, and wheels into the sky. It’s very impressive.

What’s more impressive is it’s respect for my peas. I planted them some time ago, and they started to come up just a few days back. And of course, peas being peas, the prerequisite rabbits showed up about eleven minutes later.

mr Hawk, disgusted by this theivery, swooped down and grabbed Mr Rabbit, and took him out to dinner. Damned hard to be quick enough to get pictures, but if I catch him feeding again, I will try to get a picture.

We also have a pair of horned owls, close at hand. So damned pretty, they are, and huge. The pair here are easily five footers. The call is haunting and pleasant.

Saturday evening, the rain pattering out my window, laying in bed still in a painkiller haze, listening to the owls hoot outside, ogwife snuggled up next to me, I never felt better in my life, man and boy.

Then, apparently, I managed to contract a case of the galloping trots from my hospital stay (or from the doctor’s assistant). Blood tests today ruled out anemia or any other issues, but it don’t make it any more fun. Anyway, I’m just glad I’m on the mend. The knee feels two thousand percent better. haven’t even had to take an aspirin for three days.