The eagle has landed

When I woke up this morning, Ron was sitting on the patio, sipping a cup of coffee, and staring into the sky. There is nothing wrong with that, but it is not like Ron. I went out to join him and it was immediately apparent why he was sitting there so enthralled.

A bald eagle was perched in our neighbor's tree. It looked like it was looking for something to eat. A few times it opened its mouth either to yawn, it was only 6:30, or to take in a few insects. I am not sure if eagles eat insects, but that is what it looked like.

Of course I was immediately concerned for our little Rosie. I love seeing eagles as much as the next guy, but I did not want Rosie to become breakfast.

See how appetizing she looks, She even has her mouth stuffed. We think she weighs close to twenty pounds now. Bald eagles are supposed to only be able to carry up to four pounds, but she looks awfully tempting.

You may notice that the concrete is falling apart under Rosie. She has been teething on our concrete or as Ron would say, "She has been excavating." He had to buy Quikrete so he could make repairs before the stairs cave in. The concrete is his next project because today he had to finish a much bigger job to finish!

I know I mentioned Ron was just sitting around sipping coffee this morning and he was. That is before he repaired the damage done by last week's torrential downpour. We had just had dirt hauled, holes filled, and sod laid. Then, the rains came.

Ron has spent the last week removing ruined sod, hauling and spreading more dirt, and laying new sod. Before he goes to bed tonight it will all be done and look beautiful again!