Hanging out with Mom

This photo goes back to mid June of 2009. After all the time that has passed, I can't remember which owlet this was - the older one, or the youngest one that fell out of the nesting tree and remained down on the ground for maybe 8-10 days. I think it is perhaps the older of the two owlets. Mom's face looked so black - must have been from all the dried blood after feeding her two little ones. Though it looks like these owls were low down, they were in fact on quite a high branch. The light was not good, as you can tell : )

LOL, I'm paying the price for trying to cross a tiny creek yesterday morning. I just knew it was a tiny bit wider than I felt comfortable with. However, it was either jump or cross via several small rocks that could have been treacherously slippery. Either my jump was a bit too short or else the ice-grabbers on my winter boots caught the edge of the snowy bank, but I landed really heavily on my knees - which I always have problems with, so this was not a good thing! So, now I have two swollen, stiff and very painful knees - and I've been watching more TV than I ever normally do, avoiding having to climb upstairs to my computer : )

Later: it has been bothering me ever since I typed the above. So, I feel I must add that I am thankful for the pain in my knees after my fall, because it means that I HAVE two legs - something that so many people in Haiti can't say, after their devastating earthquake. My heart is with them.