THE EGRET AND ME.......................

I know an egret and here is the reason why.....
I live by a park with a wonderful and huge lake...
The times I have walked in the park...getting in some
exercise....I see an egret there from time to time...this
was many months ago...so a few days later I was sitting in my do all room...some t.v....painting...writing, etc...and look out the window and low and behold what do I see on the pine tree out there...but a big beautiful Egret...sitting there...all white and still...my first dark and
bizarre thought is that it followed me home and was going to like hang around me and my yard...silly I know...sick I know...then sometime later it was back on the tree....now I go to another window where I can see the neighbors back yard and it hits me like a ton of "hit me bricks" that the bird is not there because he likes my perfume...no it is because our neighbors have a nice little pond full of Koi fish....BUT these neighbors also have 3 yes 3 large hound dogs...and this is the insuing scenario... that has taken place many times....big white bird jumps in yard...(dogs are inside...yikes 3 big bruisers inside....not for me) and of course I and my husband watch as we anticipate the egret to stab a koi fish and fly away with the catch of the day...this has not yet happened at least not in front of our fascinated and curious eyes...now sometimes the egret makes a motion as if his beak will enter the water...we have not seen anything beyond that...what we have witnessed often is the neighbors getting a whiff that Mr. or Mrs. egret is in the pond and the dogs come flying out the door as our lovely egret takes off into the sky...beads of bird sweat pouring down his very long neck... the 3 hounds content in their protection of their owners koi fish...(side note...tho I have seen these same hounds have a complete melt down around that koi fish pond, resulting in a barking frenzie ....It is a constant assault on my ears ...on my nerves...and my whole being... I will share more at another time...my husband who is hard of hearing...no problem for him....these barking moments...) anyhoo...sometimes the dogs start their nightmare cacophony and I run to see if Whitey has landed on the tree...no not there...so I see that the hounds are looking toward another area...and I make a mad dash to another room where the view allows me to see more of this glorious bird/dog interaction...and sure enough the egret is on their roof...now my view of it is so close and I feel the excitement rush up in my self...as if I'm on an african safari....my egret within arms reach...I sit on the table by that window...and buddy egret starts to walk around...soon he is out of site and I find myself cursing him for doing that...I jump off the table and jump up and down...as his head is moving out of sight...other times I sit there and lean...with my hands or arms up against the window sill...until numbness has set in...can you imagine...that is crazy and I am now an egret watching addict...Thank God my mother is not here to see this...
So that is about it ...I reckon ...you know tho...it is not as if I don't have a life of any kind...but I have to say...how I love my time with my egret from the park....this is the part of life that one might say is insignificant...but for me not so....It enhances  my day...that day...that moment when I look out and my bird friend is there...Should the egret spear a koi fish...knowing me I would probably feel a little bad for the Koi....should the dogs come out and be so swift that one of them catches the egret...and I see that....my scream will fill up the neighborhood...the park and maybe Disneyland....so that can never ever happen...while I am enjoying this creature with the big big wings. and the long long neck...my beautiful egret....
I leave you with thoughts of your favorite bird...or maybe a thought of anything that makes you smile....
 Tho my picture is not that good I will try to post it if not now then on next post....something like that....
See you in the funny papers............Louisa