Worms Are Proof

One long day. Putting the hour hand ahead an hour yesterday did make my day longer. Oatmeal and raisins nuking while I drink vegetable juice. Just a normal ordinary day. But oh what I did do! Washed my breakfast dishes, shower, off to the Refuge - must have my fun you know. We (the outdoor learning experience team) made plans for a more intense nature study for the thousand of kids coming in May. The waterfowl have gone north so birdwatching will go forward to the colorful songbirds.
Overhead the sky was clear and the sun was warm and bright - fierce looking black clouds hung around the edges but I determined to get some fresh air time so out I went and installed weed cloth by the native plants. Moving the stumps (our stumphenge) away from the kestrel nest so as not to intimidate the home builders. Last year a variety of species looked at the condo (the pole with the box about 8 feet high) but no one moved in. The stumps we use for stools were simply too close. So I move them.
I worked up a sweat and quit before I was too breathless and headed for home. But you know what? Almost as soon as I got into my leisure dudes, the black clouds swarmed overhead and dumped snow all over my yard. And the neighbors too. I'm happy it melted within the hour on my warm good earth, because my earthworms are doing their lonesome isolated tedious work and I don't want them getting pneumonia. They have a job to do, after all. One that I am totally incapable of doing. Ever think of sucking sand and rotting leaves through the gut just because somebody has to do it? Yuck! But that's what finding your special niche is all about.
But better them than me. And besides the robins need good healthy fat protein to raise their babies. It all works out. What a very long day to contemplate! And it is only the first one of our glorious daylight saving springing into summer. Finally the sun fell off the west side of the earth out of my sight and I can go beddy bye.
Naomi Sherer