The hammering, scraping, sanding and painting continue….
But today I want to introduce you to a couple of friends who live nearby, Skittles and Beau. Skittles is a tall, leggy blonde with a reddish complexion. Beau, whose given name I suspect is actually “Beauregard”, is a tall, dark, handsome devil who is quite smitten with Skittles and goes berserk whenever she is away from him. Yep, they are our resident horses who belong to my sisters Patrice and Ramona and they (the horses that is) share the two corrals on our little acre.
One of their favorite past times is playing in the sprinklers when we are watering the Crepe Myrtle trees.
We suspect Skittles has a secret desire to become a high fashion model and is just waiting for her big break when she can leave the humdrum, small-town life of Ojai. Beau would be heartbroken if she should leave, but how you gonna keep her down on the farm once she’s seen the bright lights of the big city? What do you think, has she got the pose perfected yet?
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| Fashion Model Miss Skittles |
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| Magazine Fashion Model |
Our other friends in the neighborhood are all the magnificent and fascinating birds who share our little acre. Finches, Juncos, Woodpeckers, Hummingbirds, Orioles, Robins, Starlings, Bluebirds, Hawks, and many, many more whose names I am still learning. We are amused at ourselves to realize we have actually become…dare I say it…bird watchers. Of course we have a feeder for the finches and a nectar feeder for the hummingbirds. We are hoping the Robins will find the new tree house we’ve lovingly erected for them. It has the prestigious name “Audubon” stamped on it so Mrs. Bluebird should be duly impressed. No takers as of yet, but we’ve had a few looky-loos.
We are growing quite fond of our little world on Creek Road. At night we gaze upon a darkened sky sprinkled with stars, we listen to the roar of frogs croaking in the creek, and we fade off to sleep without the nuisance of city lights. In the mornings we wait for the sun to pop over the nearby hill and shine warmth onto our Little House. Then we begin another day of hammering, scraping, sanding and painting…
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I want to comment that I wanted that horse named Skittles to be named Pippi Longstocking. She really seemed to be the horse version of Pippi.
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