Neighborly Hawk

At the end of the previous post, I mentioned these hawk photos; they aren't fantastic or anything, but I was VERY excited about them, for they're the first hawk photos I've ever been able to take!! And, it happened the morning after my son's football team played the J-Hawks!! You many remember, the previous week a wild turkey mother and baby had showed up to get in a photo the morning after my son's team played the team from Turkey Valley! Next Friday we play a team called the Buccaneers.........so on Saturday morning, perhaps a pirate or a buck deer will show up!

Anyhow, go ahead and click the photos to enlarge them so you can see the red-tailed hawk better! In the top photo his feathers are rather ruffled. I really like the photo below, with the hawk soaring in front of a cloud, and it is on my computer screen background right now.
On Saturday morning, I had walked to the bridge below which reside the quartet of frogs from the previous post. As I neared the bridge, I could see the hawk perched at the top of an electric pole close by........maybe he was stalking the frogs! I figured he would fly away before I got close enough to catch him with my camera, but he ended up loitering on the pole long enough to give me a fairly decent shot when he finally took off. Thanks, Neighbor Hawk!!

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Speaking of neighbors........the road to the bridge passes by our neighbor's farm place, and I saw him walking to his machine shed, and soon heard the purr of his 4-wheeler ATV head out into the field. He's been on my mind alot lately; we heard GREAT news about him recently. (Background: He's in his early 40's and never been married; he's a really nice guy, but just totally tied down with his dairy farming operation. In case you don't know it, single dairymen have difficulty finding time to socialize and meet anyone. I know of way too many single dairymen!)

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Anyhow, we just found out that our neighbor has a lady friend! He met her online somehow; she lives in another state, and he journeyed there to meet her in person recently. That's a giant step for him, as he normally never goes ANYWHERE! They must have hit it off, for his parents are planning to travel and meet her in a couple weeks. This is huge, folks, for these people usually never go ANYWHERE, either!

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I hope all goes well, and that this woman is a sincere and kind person. For years I've had an on-going prayer concerning our neighbor guy's situation.......that he could meet someone nice before he got too much older. He'd make a great dad; and his ladyfriend is in her early thirties, so children might just be a possibility!

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As I was making my way back home that day, I heard the 4-wheeler pull out onto the road, and watched my burly farmer neighbor buzz along the road to the bridge and stop to gaze down into the creek below. Maybe he was watching frogs, too! Ya know how when you're in love........everything around you becomes ever more interesting!! Do ya know what I mean? I think he might be in love.......


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The hawk soared high above as I continued on toward home.
From his vantage point, Hawk sees "many looks away" and thus has clearer awareness of what lies ahead.

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