- May 8, 2008
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Ok. This last week has been very strange, even for me.
Last weekend I was sitting with my mom in the dog run. My BC was sniffing around and she and I were sitting and talking. All of a sudden we heard a hawk call. Not unusual for her home. Then a HUGE red tail hawk landed on a branch above us. Not 15 feet from our chairs. The hawk sat on the branch quietly for about 6 minutes before she flew off over our heads, calling.
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. I was going to feed the horse and was heading up the "back way" which is paved and gets more traffic than the dirt road up does. So I pull up to the main road from a short access road and there, in the middle of the street is what I am guessing was a juvenile Peregrine Falcon. She was speckled brown and white and just a little smaller than my Australorp. Definitely a raptor though.
Now. I am in my car. Not a loud engine. Had the radio on. Window open. I came to a full stop and leaned out the window. Bird just stopped and turned to look at me when I spoke to both it and my daughter. Didnt hop away. Didnt seem concerned with the truck or us being there not 3 feet from it. So I thought "hurt" ? I slowly pulled the truck closer . Now I was about a foot from the bird. She still didnt seem concerned. Just stood there. Looking at me and preening. So I again spoke quietly to it. *wishing I had my camera with me!* When I spoke to it again it took one step away. Hopped and took off into the trees on the other side of the road. Obviously it was ok.
Now. I believe in omens. All the times I have ignored them I have paid dearly. This week I also had a dragon fly land on my hand as I was sitting on the front porch. It stayed there for a few minutes before it left. And I saw a company van that belonged to my fathers friend, whom we bought our first horse from YEARS ago at the coffee shop. I havent seen one of their vans in YEARS.
Add that I had a interview for a job that I think I would be really great at, Tuesday and well. I am wondering if someone is trying to send me a message. In a really in your face way. But I am not getting the whole hawk/falcon/raptor thing
Or is it just like Freud said "Sometimes a cigar is JUST a cigar"
Granted.. the first hawk.. yeah.. it's just a hawk. Really close and in all my years that has NEVER happened. But add the rarity of that .. then the falcon in the middle of the street????! I mean I must be missing it since I cant figure it out
Last weekend I was sitting with my mom in the dog run. My BC was sniffing around and she and I were sitting and talking. All of a sudden we heard a hawk call. Not unusual for her home. Then a HUGE red tail hawk landed on a branch above us. Not 15 feet from our chairs. The hawk sat on the branch quietly for about 6 minutes before she flew off over our heads, calling.
Fast forward to yesterday afternoon. I was going to feed the horse and was heading up the "back way" which is paved and gets more traffic than the dirt road up does. So I pull up to the main road from a short access road and there, in the middle of the street is what I am guessing was a juvenile Peregrine Falcon. She was speckled brown and white and just a little smaller than my Australorp. Definitely a raptor though.
Now. I am in my car. Not a loud engine. Had the radio on. Window open. I came to a full stop and leaned out the window. Bird just stopped and turned to look at me when I spoke to both it and my daughter. Didnt hop away. Didnt seem concerned with the truck or us being there not 3 feet from it. So I thought "hurt" ? I slowly pulled the truck closer . Now I was about a foot from the bird. She still didnt seem concerned. Just stood there. Looking at me and preening. So I again spoke quietly to it. *wishing I had my camera with me!* When I spoke to it again it took one step away. Hopped and took off into the trees on the other side of the road. Obviously it was ok.
Now. I believe in omens. All the times I have ignored them I have paid dearly. This week I also had a dragon fly land on my hand as I was sitting on the front porch. It stayed there for a few minutes before it left. And I saw a company van that belonged to my fathers friend, whom we bought our first horse from YEARS ago at the coffee shop. I havent seen one of their vans in YEARS.
Add that I had a interview for a job that I think I would be really great at, Tuesday and well. I am wondering if someone is trying to send me a message. In a really in your face way. But I am not getting the whole hawk/falcon/raptor thing
Or is it just like Freud said "Sometimes a cigar is JUST a cigar"
Granted.. the first hawk.. yeah.. it's just a hawk. Really close and in all my years that has NEVER happened. But add the rarity of that .. then the falcon in the middle of the street????! I mean I must be missing it since I cant figure it out
