So there we were - sick kids, outhouse, rain - and we went to Great-Grandpa's Canada Day picnic and the kids fished and fished and FISHED in the Magical Fishing Pond (25 cents got you a giant squirt gun and a box of markers) until we dragged them away, lecturing them that there were other kids who wanted to fish, too.
"Where?" they asked, innocently. But them cottagers showed up with kids in tow and the great-grandchildren of other very old people came and once again great-grandpa's tiny village rang with the voices of children. They had ice cream cones and hot dogs and rode on floats in the parade and at the end of the day all of the children packed up the squirt guns and the bags of soldiers and the little dolls with combs and left the village to the very old and the rain.
There were these HUGE nests all over the place, made out of stark sticks and perched on top of really high hydro poles. The Boy and I shrieked Stop The Car! Stop The Car! and tried to take pictures of the craning birds, the rugged nests and the above picture was the best of an unimpressive lot. The giant birds flew over the water and over the trees, complaining, while people stopped their trucks and gawked up at this amazing thing just over their head.
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Very cool bird's nests! Sorry you got sick but it sounds like a fun, parade-y weekend.
Only you can manage to have an amazing time whilst sick as a dog.
Rock on.
=)
The weekend sounds great...except of course for the sickness which sucks hugely.
i've been stopping ot watch the birds a lot loately. like today, when two mourning doves were furthering the species in my backyard.
Sorry you've been sick. Glad you took photos of the nests.
We've been sick, too, each in turn. As a belated birthday present my sister offered to watch my kids this afternoon (all five of them)and I'm trying to tell myself the baby doesn't seem more lethargic than usual and that she'll perk right up after her nap.
I can't perform my motherly duties nearly as well as you, particularly if I'm rattling a death rattle.
:( Sorry about the illnesses. That SUCKS. Hope you're all feeling better.
Those birds' nests are really cool.
Hope y'all feel better VERY soon.
I would totally stop and gawk and take pictures of that too! Sad about the little towns no longer having children who actually reside there, isn't it?
Sorry you're sick. Hope you all feel better soon!
"Sick kids, outhouse, rain." Feeling squeamish just thinking about it!
Well, I am so sorry you are sick ... again! But happy Canada Day to you. I saw this and thought of your active brood.
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Be well!
Oooh, my parents had ospreys nesting alongside their chimneys (tall chimneys combined with hip roofs make great nooks for their nests). They (the birds) dropped a whole fish (my parents live on a big river) down the chimney. It got hooked on something halfway up and got smoked over the winter. My folks didn't find it until their bi-annual chimney cleaning (which they have to have done with a fire truck hook and ladder b/c that side of the house is too tall.) Weirdly, the thing didn't smell bad.
I'm dying to know the name of the town. And I hope you're all on the mend now!!
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