Whooooo's There?

Last night I took out the trash at dusk and heard LOUD screech owl sounds coming from the tree across the street. I went over and listened for a minute, then came back to the house to get Jimmy & the kids. We went out to the tree and heard nothing... then, TWO owls came swooping out of our neighbor's oak, over to our pine, then into another neighbor's oaks.... WOW!!!

Yard Work

Also hired a guy named Gil to do some trimming on the pine tree. It looks better but man is it dropping the sap! Don't stand still or you'll be combing it out of your hair!

He also helped us hang the staghorn which had been on the ground and had gotten the worst of the January freezes. Here's a little friend we found in there.

Farewell Olive Owl

We haven't seen Olive in weeks. We dreamed/imagined that Olive found a mate. Illustration by Julian.

Olive Returns

Olive is back!

Olive the Owl

Our summer visitor has been gone for too many days.
I think the noise got to her.

We will miss you, Olive....


There will always be a space in our soffit for you...