Tasty, with nutty overtones* October 24, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : Life...otherwise, Kids, Science , trackbackWow, I am swamped. I thought about taking a break from the blog, but then I figured that I wouldn’t be able to keep quiet. So here I am, posting again. I have a scientific meeting in 2 weeks. This means I am trying to finish some data reduction and come up with a poster. I think we have run this topic into the ground, so I am planning to start writing the paper for it soon. That scares the hell out of me.
On Sunday, we planned a nice outing. We went down to the Public Garden in Boston and played with the ducks and geese. It was great fun. A Boston officer came over on his horse and we got to pet the horse. It scared both girls to be that close to such a large animal, but they both touched him.
Luna has discovered squirrels. Yes, squirrels. They are fun to sneak up on and chase.
I’ve know this for years.
Apparently, you can also save a squirrel. Who knew? While Luna was lining up a nice juicy squirrel to chase, so was a hawk. The squirrel must have been going crazy "must stuff acorns in mouth…see predator..see small child…must stuff acorns…shit! that child is still there…ahh! the predator is still there…one more acorn…just one more…"
Then Luna AND the hawk made their move at the same time. While the squirrel ran and defecated at the same time, the hawk had not planned on Luna. The hawk was reaching out with his talons when he suddenly realized that Luna was within arm’s reach and he flew to a nearby tree. Squirrel ran to another tree where he sat on a high branch and panted for several minutes while his tail twitched frantically.
The squirrel was safe, but the hawk was now in danger as Luna turned her attentions on him. "Birdie? Mommy? Is that mail truck birdie?" "no honey, that is a hawk. the mail truck bird is an eagle" "No…that a mail truck birdie…BIRDIE!!! BIRDIE!!!"
The hawk got very nervous and flew off, almost hitting a bicyclist , leaving poor Luna waving saying "Bye Birdie!!!"
At least this is a better squirrel story than when Soleil had a squirrel steal her bagel..in Central Park…
* What I suggested to Jay that the hawk would tell his friends if Luna hadn’t detracted him from his prey**
** I guess I am weird in "Not a good way"
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Trying not to awake the entire house, dog included by muffling my laughter! You painted a perfectly clear photo of the squirrel chase!
Ahhhh…white papers and posters. Hey, why not have Kikalee do the poster? ; )