August 12, 2022


Carol's Dragon Fly Ranch

Home of Carol's Pond


I have spoken with a lot of my friends this week and I have enjoyed it immensely. Hopefully I will talk with more of them.


This week saw a first, Whitey and his mate were here at the same time. I see Whitey frequently but I had never seen the two of them before. They were dining on fresh sushi!!


Tuesday, Dr. Campbell a pain management specialist gave me an injection in my spine to try and control the pain some. So far I can not tell any benefit from this cortisone injection.


Also on what I call Road Runner Alley, I saw a Road Runner. They are a tall bird. It was strutting across the road like he owned it. But I was moving right along and he decided to fly. He only flew about 20 feet then it was back to running.


At the bank yesterday a crackle, a bird between the size of a blackbird and a crow was on the parking lot when a butterfly of some type flew buy. The crackle saw it and took off after. It was not a good day for the butterfly. The last time I saw it the crackle had it and was heading home to either feed the young ones or for a tasty lunch.


That is all the excitement this week.


Later,

Rex



 

Comments

  1. LettieAugust 12, 2022 at 10:35 AM

    Hey I sure love hearing about your friends. I brought our son and his girlfriend down last Friday. They enjoyed their time here. We have a couple of foxes that they got to enjoy seeing. They left yesterday morning and passed Curtis on his way down at Colby, Kansas. Curtis made it here at. Lettie 3 this morning. Now he is going to spend the day sleeping 😴. I certainly wish they could find something that helped everyone be pain free. Later you take care of yourself

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  2. Nancy KissackAugust 13, 2022 at 7:09 AM

    I've had some of those shots ... sometimes it takes several days to take effect. Hopefully it works for you. I love your critter tales!!!

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