stubsadventures

The sleepy town of Waiparous that I have moved to, so far is very quiet and peaceful. There are some “neighbourhood” deer that are always around some where. Today, I came home to the family of six of them in my backyard. The fact that there are piles of their poo in the grass would indicate that this isn’t the first time they have stopped by to say hi. They still have some wild in them, if you make a sudden movement, they’ll dart but they will let you come surprisingly close if you move slowly. They let me take some pretty cool pictures of them. They also ate right out of a planter right in front of me! It was ants in Drumheller that were my nemesis. Looks like here, it will be the deer.

The day times have been filled with beautiful sunshine and perfect temperatures since I have moved in. For my vacation at least, the weather is cooperating. The house during the day is full of sunshine and the sounds of animals and the river.

During the night, I would say I am not quite as comfortable with my little piece of Utopia. There are no curtains or blinds on most of the windows in the house. There really is no one around to see directly in, unless they were outside directly looking in. When the sun goes down and it’s dark outside, it is almost worst case for someone with an overactive imagination like myself. For those two know me well, they know that I love scary movies, I love doing things that scare me, I love going to scary places (see Ghost Towns blog). So, having said all that, at night when the lights are on in the house and it is completely dark outside, you can’t see really anything outside of the windows at all. And note: there are a lot of windows. I’ll be sitting on the couch and look out the window, just trying to see something and all of a sudden I will think: what would I do if a face popped through the darkness right now? So then I’m thinking about it, which isn’t good. So, for now, the night times are clearly still filled with some anxiety. I think it’s just going to take some getting used to.

The transformation of the house continues, it is slow but steady and starting to see some changes helps keep the momentum!

Stubs

Your lawn mowers are cute. And so is caper – bones.

Comment by william .g .forbes September 29, 2012 @ 5:20 pm

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