I feel like I survived a near "perfect" storm. Last week our car was in the body shop, my foot had a broken bone, water had to be pumped, my son was in Colorado, and my pickup was broken down. The only thing that kept it from being a "perfect" storm was that it broke down in the carport in town, and not at the oasis. That would have been unbearable.
I survived dealing with the heavy gas pump and all that entailed. (That was before I got the special shoe for my foot, while the bone was freshly broken.) A terrible ordeal. Thereafter, I rested in town for several days.
So, yesterday it was time to go water and service the feeders. I finally had my pickup back. At least I didn't have to go through the torture of climbing into and out of my husband's big tall pickup. I got a late start, as I had to take care of some business in town first.
At the oasis, I serviced the feeders. By then it was brunch time and hot, so I ate, and napped. After my nap, it was 110° out. I started watering, hoping it would rain and I could quit. Looked promising, but didn't happen.
It did cool things off though, so I was able to finish watering in more comfort, not taking into account how bad my feet, knees, and back hurt, especially the broken foot. Since rain is forecast during the next week, I did a brief three hour watering only, and got back to Alpine before my regular 11 PM bedtime. I would have spent the night at the oasis, but that would have meant running the AC all night. I simply don't sleep well in a room with a loud AC running.
This morning I'm not feeling too bad. My broken foot hurts, and I'm a bit more sore than usual. Hoping to be able to take it easy for a few days. And if it does rain at the oasis, I hope everything fills up so I won't have to go pump. Surviving and hoping seems to be my lot these days. But so thankful to be able to survive and hope!
As I watered, chats were very vocal and the water drip was very popular!
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| Scott's Oriole |
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| Crissal Thrasher |
4 comments:
You are a trooper. Thanks for all that you do for wildlife and us birders.
Those are great photos. Surviving & hoping = sometimes as good as it gets. Wishes for healing and RAIN for you at the Oasis, thanks for all you do for the birds Carolyn!
You are amazing, I hope your foot is hurting less! When I broke that bone, with a simple clumsy move and tipping off a front step, the Emergency room doc was excited because it was the same break as an Eagles football player’s injury…may yours heal as fully and successfully as mine did.
Loved the image of the oriole!
Thanks everyone for the positive vibes. I'm sure my foot will soon be as good as before it broke.
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