Nature's Progress This Spring

The great blue herons are all over. I took the previous photo shown in yesterday's blog of him fishing in one of the swashes. The white egrets both large and small are all over too. The swans are mating and nesting. The ducks - same. There are already way too many!  The Canada geese and ibis are also abundant. The pelicans, cormorants, gulls and sandpipers love it here. There are many varieties of hawks which prey on the squirrels (too many) and rabbits (too many) in the area and they are fat. Turtles live in every lake and pond, as well as muskrat and other water-loving critters. Bald eagles are often seen soaring over, high in the sky above the ocean and land, along with osprey looking for fish. There are five resident goats on a small island and red foxes have been seen.  Flowering trees and perennials are slower to bud out, but there are dozens of daffodils and pansies in bloom.

Hooray! Spring is on its way! I'll soon be trying to capture more wildlife with my camera.

Output Thoughts

My  niece, who is a veterinarian, lives in Harrington Delaware is currently settling into her recently acquired ten acre farm. Since she was a very young girl, she has had dreams of having her own horse farm. It is a dream that has come true. She is taking root and establishing her life at the early age of forty. This very busy woman is a partner in an equine clinic in Dover Delaware and has been with the practice since June, 1999.

It might interest you to know that the "farmette" consists of ten acres, three pastures, two run-in sheds, a two horse barn, and a horse trailer. To date the other residents are two horses, two cats, a dog and a significant other. At the end of a long driveway there is privacy and a lovely home. They all are "living the dream." 

I understand that the farm is being called Pipedream Farm. She probably never thought that it would come true. Well it did! Somehow this name seems "off" to me because I always thought that a pipe dream was an unrealistic hope... a fantasy...wishful thinking. When it does come true it is no longer a pipedream. Well, that is only my critical thinking, BUT my mind has conjured up so many other names for her farm that I'm compelled to at least make my list. (I'm always making lists!) This will not be shared with her, however. 

Forelegs Farm

Forefoot Farm

Fourlegs Farm

Four Feet Retreat

Footbeat Retreat

Sweet Retreat

Neat Retreat

Reality Farm

Peppertree Farm

Gumption Junction

I'm impatiently waiting for photos of her dream farm to arrive.