A Country Dance
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clarentineThis is a tune many of those who don't live in the country sing as well, only with slightly modified verses. No doubt you'll recognize your own version.
There's a bear in the field, oh my. A bear!
Suet feeder, sunflowers, rows of corn all sniffed.
(Suet feeder was found to be tasty. Uh oh.)
Countermeasures contemplated, none of them fun.
Ugh. There's a bear. What shall I do?
There's a rooster in the field, oh my. A rooster!
Not my rooster--don't have, don't want.
(Hens don't need rooster, thank you very much.)
Means of trapping him and rehoming contemplated, all of them conflicting with bear issues.
Ugh. There's a rooster. What shall I do?
There's a delivery to be picked up for the field, oh my. A whole pallet!
The greenhouse-to-be needs a face, but the truck can't get up our driveway.
(No, we can't be available at a half-hour's notice to meet the truck nearby. Sheesh.)
Long-distance trip to trucking company's warehouse contemplated; won't be home to handle either bear or rooster issues.
Ugh. There's a delivery. What shall I do?
Put out corn to lure in rooster. (Catch him when he goes to roost?)
Store new suet feeder in garage tonight.
Caravan - car and truck - to warehouse (in rain).
So very many moving parts. For just one day can we avoid disaster?
There's a bear in the field, oh my. A bear!
Suet feeder, sunflowers, rows of corn all sniffed.
(Suet feeder was found to be tasty. Uh oh.)
Countermeasures contemplated, none of them fun.
Ugh. There's a bear. What shall I do?
There's a rooster in the field, oh my. A rooster!
Not my rooster--don't have, don't want.
(Hens don't need rooster, thank you very much.)
Means of trapping him and rehoming contemplated, all of them conflicting with bear issues.
Ugh. There's a rooster. What shall I do?
There's a delivery to be picked up for the field, oh my. A whole pallet!
The greenhouse-to-be needs a face, but the truck can't get up our driveway.
(No, we can't be available at a half-hour's notice to meet the truck nearby. Sheesh.)
Long-distance trip to trucking company's warehouse contemplated; won't be home to handle either bear or rooster issues.
Ugh. There's a delivery. What shall I do?
Put out corn to lure in rooster. (Catch him when he goes to roost?)
Store new suet feeder in garage tonight.
Caravan - car and truck - to warehouse (in rain).
So very many moving parts. For just one day can we avoid disaster?
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Date: 2015-09-13 11:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-09-13 11:30 am (UTC)Toby got off around noon on the rainy day, then took a trailer and drove down by himself to pick up the greenhouse's face parts. Next week's the big assembly day, so I'm glad this is here. It can all get done at once.
And the bear has not (yet) reappeared, but I'm still taking the suet feeder in at night.
All in all, a success, but man, that was a lot of balls to juggle at once!
Oh - I did get the magazine (thanks to you and your MIL!) and found it interesting, as much for the strata of self-sufficiency pursuers as for the actual articles. It's nice to see sincere people actually living the lifestyle they advocate, not just playing around at it until they go home to their wealth and mansions. Not only living it, either, but making it work.
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Date: 2015-09-15 07:52 am (UTC)And while, yeah, it is cool to have such wildlife nearby, I can imagine having a bear for a frequent visitor is not relaxing. :P
Hooray for the magazine. Apart from the ad-lessness, I really appreciate, as you did, that the articles are written by and support people really "doing it" and making it work. Loads of stuff to think about as we move toward the same kind of lifestyle.