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So I was sitting in the living room, nursing my first cup of coffee, wondering how it could be so insanely hot and humid this early in the morning, when a shadow passed before me through the window.
I looked, and saw what appeared to be a very large bird perching in my maple that sits no more than about twenty-five feet from my living room window.
I called the Contrarian, pointing him in the direction of what I thought I was seeing, when a flurry of wings went by, and oodles of small feathered birds floated upward to take up perches in said tree, while the parents, joined the juveniles. Indeed, this turkey family had had a very successful hatching.
I had seen and heard a female clucking around for some weeks, but now I see she has raised successfully quite a number of new offspring. Not particularly cute, but then they take after mom.
Turkeys often perch in trees at night, but usually only do so during the day when frightened. I have no idea what was out and about this morning that caused her to bring her brood to tree, but they stayed up there for quite a while.
Did I mention it is hot? So hot that we postponed our shopping trip tomorrow when it promises (for what that is worth) to be a bit cooler and less humid. Fans are running full tilt and it helps a bit, but it’s miserable. Dinner is simply whatever you want when you want it, and don’t bother me!
I will spend a goodly portion of the day lounging in the tub, sans the jets. Just cool water. I guess God wishes us to remember exactly why we are moving to New Mexico. Winter was unpleasant with too much snow and cold, and now we are having a fairly lousy summer, with less rain than has become the norm, but with awful heatwaves. Heat indices (we can’t just have temperatures now, we gotta have indices so it can be worse) are supposed to be well above 100°, although actual temps are supposed to be around 95°.
Which all means, that I don’t feel like blogging much, because it’s just too damn hot and I’m already miserable!
Since tomorrow is a shopping day, don’t expect much from me tomorrow either, if anything. The weather is supposed to break tonight, and it can’t come soon enough for me.
Stay cool!
Existential Ennui 
Better a turkey in the maple than an elm in the… Or wait… A birch in time….no… To oak is human to…life is a beech…ok…I,m getting off my ash and going for a beer….god willowing
You smarmy smarty pants. Now that was a good turn of a acorn!
Curious thing about Dearborn, we are not having the extreme weather that is hitting other parts of the Midwest and Southwest. True we had a boatload of rain during April and May, but since then it has been delightful, some rain, some hot, but mostly pleasant….maybe you should move back here…..it’d be fiun!
(and, sorry you are so miserable)
Oh, and the big birds we have around here are blue herons!
I am so delighted Terri that you are finding it a nice place. I stayed there one school year, my first year of law school. I had about half a block to the bus stop on the main drag which took me a block from school. The neighborhoods were lovely as I recall. No return for me though, I live in NM in my heart already.
A big turkey family in your tree? It’s adorable!
Yeah, we scared up a bunch of babies on the lane yesterday as we were roundin’ the bend. They seem to have had a banner year. Soon they will have the place to themselves.
Great picture! Somehow, I missed you moving to NM. Where and when??
Las Cruces and we hope in a couple of months or so. We are now in the juggling 72 things at one time, but everything is starting to move along toward completion. Have yet to start packing…sigh…I hate packing.
If you think New Mexico ain’t hot, you got another think comin’…
There is a big difference between 95 and humidity of 75% and 95 and humidity of 40%. One is nearly intolerable, the other is dangerous and must be accommodated, but you don’t feel it as such.