Each Day Is a Gift

Do you really know each one from another? That would be amazing. It's awesome you got to see them though. I won't open up myself to ridicule by detailing just how much I know about birds, but I do love them.

You've seen the wildlife enough to give them names? If I am at the track, I do see a couple of people that I might be able to give names to, but anywhere else, every day is different, even if I take the same route at the same time.

How cool is that???

You are just like Snow White (just a little more asian'esque)!!! :) :) :)

You are going to do wonderfully this Saturday! :)

I love you. Thank you so much for being there for me all of the time. Even late in the evening when you should be sleeping! Seriously, I am so lucky. :)

jun ~ I don't really. But I noticed Faith and Hope were always together. Charity was a loner and a bit smaller. Next time I'm going to carry a binocular so I can watch them better. In years past, we had these black birds or even sea gulls frequenting the area. With the presence of these hawks I haven't seen the other pesty birds anymore, not even magpies. So that is GOOD! Plus the hawks eat the field mice!

Jason ~ Yep, I see them if I look for them in the same area. RivertonPaul gave me suggestion to name them. I hope they stay over the winter. With the heavy road construction of SR 92; I'm afraid I'll see less and less of the wild life. The deer always live in the creek down below from my house; but they only come up to eat my fruits.

Great blog today! Love how they have names, hawks are the best and you are right, they do a wonderful job of getting rid of some of the other riff raff. Good luck on Saturday.

Smooth, It was so good to see you! You are such an inspiration to me! I need to open my eyes and look around more when I'm running. I'm curious about the name of the deer. When you get to know him better, let us know his name. :-) I'm going to start watching for your friends Faith Hope and Charity, I'll tell them hello when I see them.

Jon ~ Faith Hope & Chairty live in the field that's just southwest of the gas station, northwest of Eaglecrest between Bull River, Center and 500 West.

Hmm, what should I call the deer? Any suggestion?

SSF ~ An Asian Snow White...funny! Have I ever told you that my friends (church friends in HK back when I was a teen) called me fatwhite? I told you I'm really a Chinese blonde! :) I was thinking about you the whole run and just knew that you'd be seeing improvements by the hour! LOVE YOU!

That makes me very upset at your friends in HK. Or does that mean something else in Chinese?

I am so grateful to have you in my life. Where I lack faith you certainly make up for it. I completely plan on you getting me into heaven!! :) :) :)

How about Beloved for the deer? i.e., *Deerly Beloved*? (Oh - this medicine is making me loopy!!!)

Good one Teena, I like Beloved. I was thinking Temperance or Patience would be good too.

That was the nick name Carolyn Kwok gave me. She's skinny as a stick, a very intelligent girl, sadly still not married. We went to BYU-Hawaii together. Yep, I was fat (but I think I was just shapely in a feminine way as a teen) and the HK girls were jealous! Ha! And I was white for a southern Chinese. Larry always teased me and said I wasn't really Chinese since I don't really know who/what my father was!

Beloved is cool! Yah! You're a bit loopy! :) :D ;}

You have more faith than you give yourself credit. I have yet to meet a more humble, caring and compassionate person as you! Not to mention smart and determined! K, get better fast! We have fun things ahead of us to do together. I LOVE YOU!

wow! a very wildlife-packed run. what a great morning.

With all the wildlife around you, you would think you lived in the forest. Great run as usual.

Smooth: Oh my husband would have loved to see that buck! He's counting down the days till hunting season opens (this saturday for him). What a great morning/wildlife run, who needs the zoo?

I've been wanting to thank you for all the info you left me for my Garmin! You are a sweetie to take the time to do that, thanks a bunch! Good luck this weekend, I can't wait to see ya!

Check out that average pace speedy!!! You are doing so great! I think you are like Cinderella or Snow White and all of the animals just flock to you.

GOOD LUCK THIS WEEKEND!!! HAVE FUN!

I would name the deer venison! I love that you have hawks looking out for you when you run; that is very cool.

So fun! I love that you are that in tune to your surroundings I am sure it is because you don't run with music.

Hope you are having fun!!!

if you want them to stay through the winter you should start throwing sunflower and bird seed out each time you run past them. then they will be motivated to stick around when the snow flys......where ever the food is:

I think we might need to start calling you the "animal whisperer". You obviously have a way the friendly creatures in your area. How fun and beautiful to see Heavenly Father's creations on a regular basis.

Good luck on Saturday. Have fun. Don't kill yourself and take some pickles:-)

Amber ~ There are families of deer living down by the creek. The owner of the house down there has a riffle and would shoot at any trespasser! Not really, he's a nice fella! I thought deer hunt doesn't start until Oct. Can't wait to see you in two days!

allie ~ At least I don't have to be *armed and dangerous* in my neck of the woods! :)

Nancy ~ My back yard used to be a forest until we paid a lumber-jack to cut down the 75 cottonwood trees. Now we just have 50 pine trees, 20 fruit trees, a few shade trees and shrubs....but the lawn is TOOOO big!

Auntie ~ Venison would be the name Amber's husband picks! :) I don't like deer meat!

Kathie ~ Yep, nature's music is the best!

SSF ~ I had a lot of fun. Was thinking about you all day though. I know you'd see improvement and just pray that you would have a nice day!

Slick ~ I would have to haul a lot of bird food to feed these hawks. Right now the field mice is perfect for them. Great idea though!

Doone ~ I'm gonna have Larry pack pickles or pickle juice for me. I won't kill myself...I've got Pocatello 2 weeks after that. Can't wait to see you and Rhett!