Have I mentioned we have a wise friend living in our backyard? He's made his residence in the grand pine tree next to the shed, and though our relationship was slightly rock-ribbed at first, we have sincerely come to enjoy him.
At first we couldn't understand what was making such a racket just as the sun was rising up over the mountains every single morning (or the commotion throughout the night) We enjoy our sleep. Very much. And as we clung to the last wispy bits of slumber it was difficult to not find annoyance with the fan fare. Violet would wake up to his calling and we'd realize (with a little soreness) we would not be suspended in dreamland just a little bit longer.
We have an owl. In case you had yet to gather that.
The day Violet was born Cristian basically skipped to the store to purchase a gift for his darling baby girl. It was so interesting to see the change in him once she was delivered and available to be held and seen, and loved. He transformed into a daddy right before my eyes. His first material gift to her was a stuffed animal owl about 4 times the size of her. I'm not sure where he found it but I recall thinking "she will have no idea WHAT to do with that until she's about 1 1/2 years old."
The owl thing kind of stuck with us and her first animal sound was "hoo hoo". We also had a couple special days at Willow Park Zoo where they had the owls out of their cages on display so you could get up nice and close to them. Violet was fascinated. I even have a small scrappy piece of magazine covered in tape (an attempt to laminate it), Violet found around 1 covered in owls. She still asks me to fish it out of my purse from time to time to show her the owls. We have quite a love story with this moonlighter fowl.
We hope one day we'll catch a glimpse of him, but for now his soft hooting early in the morning and throughout the night provides plentiful thrills for all of us.
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