Dreaming the World

A dark, drear, chill, drizzly morning. Enough snow has melted that we can actually see the gardens!

Last night the coyotes were calling in the field. Earlier this week they seemed to be in our back yard, maybe chatting with the filling moon.

A couple of days ago a mixed flock, mostly robins, but also waxwings and starlings, set upon our large holly. It was a circus, enacted right outside our dining room window. Within a couple of hours the tree was bare of berries. I tried to find one lone surviving berry but there were none.

Since the blizzard we have finally managed to find a house we like in snow inundated Providence, make an offer on it, and have that accepted. Then we turned to getting this house ready to show, an enormous task. We are also downsizing by almost half, so many decisions must be made as to what to keep and what to let go.

Yesterday, while our real estate agent was showing the house to a prospective buyer, a large buck appeared in the field. This was a bit of a surprise as we have not seen any of the deer in several weeks, although we have seen their tracks in the deep snow. We were told that the agents and prospective buyers watched the buck, entranced.

We are moving to a very urban part of Providence and will certainly miss the wildlife here.. The current owners of the Providence property removed most of the flowering trees and bushes that had previously graced the tiny urban lot, so we will be carrying out a limited urban rewilding project in hopes of attracting wildlife. We shall see how it goes.

Given it is a very urban, two plus story house built in the 1920’s, we will also have to put a good deal of thought and effort into making it disability friendly. The great thing is that we will be able to walk to much that we do! There are cafes, coffee shops, book stores and bakeries close by. A large branch library is just a few blocks away, as are one of Jennie’s sons and his partner who have been urging us to move closer to them.

A new chapter, filled with adventures, looms.