Yesterday we worked at defending our house against woodpecker roof attacks. I began with FINALLY putting out this stunning wind chime that our friend Michelle gave us years ago. If I remember right, the chimes are inspired and in tune with Vivaldi's Seasons. Winter, in particular. Which is why I just could not bring myself to put it out. The winter graphic is stunning though and it is the prettiest wind chime in the world. Hopefully the glint off the metal and the song scare the woodpecker away which to me would be weird because the sound is so lovely it makes me want to go outside.
Oh and it is Michelle's birthday today!!! Happy Birthday Michelle!!! So in a way, the timing is perfect.
Here is my husband insisting I take this bizarre photo of him and our newest friend, Oscar the Owl. Reg liked this photo so much he is using it for his Facebook profile, funny guy! We found Oscar yesterday and he agreed to protect our home, what a sweetie. And we only had to pay him $20!
Reg created a perch for Oscar on our back deck. I replaced the garbage bags with some tinfoil on our clothesline to add extra reflection.
Earlier in the day when we still had some sunshine I put this giant eyeball I made into the tree that had all the garbage bag strips, which I removed since they didn't make any difference at all. Oh and doing all this has put the nastiest crick in my neck, I can't even sleep, the pain is so bad. And the pupil took off somewhere last night. Still, with it being very windy this plate makes a nice bit of noise as it spins around which hopefully will make a difference.
I don't know what more we can do. We do not want to hurt the little guy and scaring away the birds with our feathered bodyguard is something I would never have considered doing had our house not been attacked. There are very few safe areas in my life. My house is my sanctuary. The anxiety that there is now damage up there makes me sick to my stomach and I have been up since 5 am worried about the woodpecker coming back and me having to chase it away with pots and pans. It is a rainy morning could deter his return for now. But it means I won't know if this is working until the sun returns and in Nova Scotia, who knows when that will be? Whatever...
You know about a week ago I have a horrific dream that ended with a barred owl that was unusually dark staring at me. I started to think he was judging me. But he kept looking at me, like Oscar is now. It was very uncomfortable and I was very confused.
Now I wonder, perhaps it was a warning? Maybe he was trying to tell me that I need to connect with this animal totem again? I have a profound connection with them that has been lost since I moved to the east coast. Maybe I need to find my power again by connecting with the wisdom and spooky powers of this nocturnal creature?
Or maybe, I should just go back to bed.
5 comments:
Thank you so much for the birthday wishes! It was a good night last night :)
Good luck with Oscar and the wind chimes. I hope your woodpecker decides to find a new home!
That is some owl! I hope he does the trick!
You're welcome Michelle, so glad you had a good party! I hope he finds a new home too. We are such a nuisance, LOL.
Me too Debra! The sun is supposed to be out tomorrow (fingers crossed) so we'll see if it worked. So far, no sign of him. Knock on wood and all that!
I haven't been your blog for a while and notice the heading quote "A place to share my photos and the story of my life so they never disappear!" well I'm also having blog 2 print make my blog into a book. Which I wish I started earlier. But I guess that how the cookie crumbles.
I known a few people who got owl (fake ones) to keep way certain things.
As for woodpecker we had one who love to rat tat tat on power pole transmitter.
I don't believe any of them every got fried. I never found a dead one
Coffee is on.
Go get em Oscar! Suzie, we have almost the exact same owl perched on our fence post in our backyard. We had to put him there to keep the raccoons from climbing up on the roof and using it as um...a latrine. It worked perfectly as the raccoons were scared enough to go elsewhere to do their business. So I hope you have luck with this as well.
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