At
the sorry age of eleven, I stole a Tawny Owl,
A
Gothic manse with Jerry-built huts to train Candian troops now dorms for twin rows of
boys. I snuck out with Crighton
& Clark, somehow we found the great Beech tree - we were scared pissless the mother
would find us & rip our faces off.
Mine pissed when I put it in my shirt – I shinned down the Beech, ran back to the dorm and put the wee Owl in my tuck box.
Taught it to hunt & fly, I caught hundreds of mice for it and had it
one precious year – then I was sent to Canada & had to leave it behind in Norfolk
with Aunt Maonie.
Ever
since I have had Owls around.
When
we came here to this house under Crotched Mountain in 2001, the couple who lived here before
told us a strange story, once we knew each other well. They told how they found just the head of a Barred Owl in
the upper meadow – eyes on the house.
It took nine months, being led, to find this place under Crotched mountain: that was our familiar flying ahead, showing the way.
It took nine months, being led, to find this place under Crotched mountain: that was our familiar flying ahead, showing the way.
Here is video of Barred Owl calling: who cooks for you…
And
you don't need to know Japanese to love this Owl:
The way that Beech tree looked:
I threw the Iching for this blog and came up with #53 Chien - it is about inner peace and outward penetration - it is about the slow build - it is about Geese mating for life: it certainly fits adversity and maintaining inner calm.
I Ching : 53. IChin / Development (Gradual Progress)
Seen any wildlife?
I threw the Iching for this blog and came up with #53 Chien - it is about inner peace and outward penetration - it is about the slow build - it is about Geese mating for life: it certainly fits adversity and maintaining inner calm.
I Ching : 53. IChin / Development (Gradual Progress)
Seen any wildlife?