Thursday night we went looking for Spike, but he was hiding on us. On the other hand when we got back to the house, we saw the beavers in the second pond and I got a nice close up of one of them chewing on a branch. I heard a noise in the pond behind me and looked over to see a muskrat swimming towards shore. I tried to get his picture, but there were some tall reeds between us and the camera would only focus on the reeds.
Friday was busier than I could have hoped. Someone brought in a nice wicker chair, which sold in the morning and then a wicker basket organizer for a kitchen or bath came in and was sold in less than 10 minutes. We sold another two toilets and some doors along with various hardware items and we ended up making $500 for the day. I guess the little things do add up. After dinner, Louise and I walked down the road to look for Spike again. We didn't see him, but the moon and stars were beautiful! When we came back, we watched a movie and went to bed.
Today was a great day! We went to the recycling center and then headed to Monte Vista for the craft fair. It was held in an indoor arena and was jam packed with vendors selling homemade jams, jewelry, clothing, soaps, salves, photography as well as the usual booths of "so-so" purchased items. There were several raffle booths for quilts and I took a chance on all of them. I hope I win the crane quilt as it was lovely. I will include a pic I took of it. The best part of the event was that a conservation group from New Mexico had an area where they were displaying some of their rescue raptors. My favorites were the owls: long-eared, saw-whet (such a cute little face), great horned and barred. They also had a golden eagle. Apparently, most of the birds are injured because they are looking for rodents close to the road and a hit by cars. We walked down to the Mountain view for lunch (there were some food trucks parked near the arena, but the prices were high and they featured ribs and spicy foods). We then drove into town and walked around a bit before going to the theatre to attend a lecture on owls. It was interesting to see the different types of owls that are found out here. Some are also found on the east coast, but many were unique to this area of the country. The slides were great and the presenters had stories about most of the owls. One of the presenters had an app on her phone that allowed her to play the various calls - I learned that not all of the owls say, "Whoo". Some of them sound quite eerie. On the way back to Alamosa, we stopped at the store for a rotisserie chicken and some broccoli, which we had for dinner. We were all tired from the walking we did in the arena so we went to bed early.
I just tried to put some of the photos on, but the machine was not cooperating so I will try again tomorrow.
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