Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
Yes, I know the video quality is poor.
I wanted to leave Agnes some dignity.
In any case, Agnes performs the Chippee War Dance.
One, lone, chipmunk dared venture into Agnes’ seed area.
Yes, Agnes has her own seed area.
You have a problem with that?
Be advised…Agnes can modify her War Dance at a moment’s notice.
You don’t want to see the Two-Legger War Dance, do you?
I mean, Do you?
When one sees a solitary member of a normally large, mobile population, one begins to wonder.
What are these solitaries doing?
In my yard?
Typical Two-Legger thinking, that. “my yard”
Yeah, right.
The Wild doesn’t recognize property rights.
Not sure if I’d call it’s system communal. Egalitarian? Maybe.
Definitely natural.
The Wild is not a place to go unprepared, uninformed, or worse, misinformed.
This turkey, you’ll note, is prepared and informed.
And still I wonder, what’s she doing in this patch of The Wild?
An advance guard, perhaps.
Scouting to ensure safety for the rest.
Certain aboriginal peoples equate turkeys with abundance.
Perhaps because they are so many?
Perhaps because they are so wild?
Perhaps because a single bird can feed a home for several days?
I often wonder what abundance means in a world where so many have such few.
How many homes, cars, things does one need in one’s life?
Susan used to have much and our lives weren’t abundant.
Until we gave away much of what we had.
We continue to give away much of what comes to us.
And see only to our needs and the needs of those who’ve given their trust to us.
Because that, to us, is abundance.
I mentioned in last week’s First Turkey of the Year we should expect more.
And so we do.
Meanwhile, this young lass insists on repeating her Firsthood among the Turkey clan.
It’s good to be First.
Consider how hard elite athletes work to become the First in their chosen sport.
Or businesses.
Or nations.
Petty none of them seem to realize how fleeting Firstness is.
Do you know the First Mountains are still around? The Makhonjwa Mountains in the Barberton Greenstone Belt are 3,500,000,000 years old (or 3.5 BYO, if you prefer). These mountains have been around since the Paleoarchean and are known as “Genesis of life”.
Not a bad gig, if you can get it.
Wonder what they do for an encore…
Every year should have some Firsts in it.
Preferably one a week. More often if they’re welcome Firsts. Less often if they’re not.
Here we see the first Turkey of the year, and a fine specimen this joyous creature is!
We always wonder if, when we see the first of something in The Wild, is it a scout or a harbinger.
Considering the number of turkeys we’ve entertained at any one moment, we suspect neither.
More like someone getting to the table early, better to get the best seat and the tastiest offerings.
We’ll let you know.