Face to Face

No pictures with this post ( you will shortly understand why).

A few days ago I was walking in my woods, as I love to do.  It had recently rained so when I walked there was no sound of crunching leaves or twigs.  I noticed an adult raccoon, which also saw me and ran away.  I then saw a raccoon which appeared to be half grown.  When ever it would walk behind a tree, I would walk closer.  Soon I was quite close. When it came out from behind the tree, I stood as still as I could. It came closer and closer.  While doing so, it kept sniffing.  At times it would stand on its hind legs and look at me.  Only movement from me was blinking eyes.  We  were about 10 feet apart for several minutes before it ambled away.  Obviously if I had moved to get my camera it would have been gone.  I just have a great picture in my memory.

Keeping busy

Gerry and I have been working what feels like nonstop on getting his shop organized so he can work on the tractor that has been in pieces for several years. He was given many steel shelves which he felt would help to get things organized.  He brought them home in pieces so they had to be assembled.  That took a couple of days.

And May is the month for nonstop gardening or landscaping jobs.  I have decided to no longer have a vegetable garden. I found that having that and working on landscaping around the house was too much.  Both seemed to be full of weeks. 

I am excited about the possibilities for this space. Currently this is how it looks.   There is a lot of empty space to fill.