{"id":265,"date":"2007-05-15T20:34:43","date_gmt":"2007-05-15T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=265"},"modified":"2007-06-02T13:20:14","modified_gmt":"2007-06-02T13:20:14","slug":"i-was-strolling-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"I was Strolling in the…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I sang for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Picnic in the Park\u00e2\u20ac\u009d event here in Columbia. One of the songs I sang was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was Strolling in the Park one Day<\/strong>.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had that tune on my mind since then. <\/p>\n

So, it has not been so unusual to hear me singing or whistling the tune early in the morning \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 appropriate, I think, since it is the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153merry, merry month of May.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

About now, many of you are probably thinking you sure are glad I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not in your house singing and whistling early in the morning…regardless of the month. <\/p>\n

Anyway, I was opening the blinds in the kitchen this morning and whistling that tune at 6:00 as I looked into the rain soaked yard in my tightly populated neighborhood right outside Columbia. <\/p>\n

I saw the cat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tail disappear from my side vision and thought I must have startled her when I pulled the blinds up. Funny, I thought. Her tail was straight up so I really must have scared her. <\/p>\n

I decided to go out on the deck to give her a morning pet. She always greets me with a purr and meow and wants too be petted just a bit if I have time. <\/p>\n

To my surprise, on the deck, it was not \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Miss Kitty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00e2\u20ac\u009d tail I had seen but a raccoon with her babies hanging on for dear life!<\/p>\n

She was walking right toward me. I quickly realized if I did not announce myself she would walk right across my feet so I said in a matter of fact voice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009dAnd who have you brought to see me so early in the morning?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

That was enough to send her scurrying away from the deck and around the side of the house\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6all while the cat\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.who had already sized her up from the patio table top she was sitting on\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6was watching every move she made. <\/p>\n

I was concerned only briefly that Miss Kitty may pounce on that little family…but she seemed content to watch silently as the raccoon and her babies moved along. <\/p>\n

I saw the raccoon later that morning and suspect she was just trying to find a place for the family to settle for awhile until the babies could become more independent. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6and I thought I lived in the city where no wild animals would dare to come. <\/p>\n

Come to think of it, the barn owls are back again this year. <\/p>\n

Maybe I live closer to the country than I think.<\/p>\n

My wish for you today is that you respect the life of mothers and their young this time of year. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the season for babies of many wild species to be born. Letting them take care of their young without danger would be most respectful of you\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6even though there may be some inconveniences associated with that choice. <\/p>\n

~ Joellen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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