Always concentrate on what you are doing where animals are concerned.
It's a good lesson that not always remembered.
The phone went early this morning and as expected it was Olwen who told me that Bob had died peacefully.
I went out to sort the animals out and got to thinking how awful it is for anyone who has lost a loved one when the sun shines and the world looks as though it is going on as normal.
We have all been there have we not?
On the surface everyone else's life is unchanged when your reality has crumbled
My thoughts are for Olwen and her family today.
It was this preoccupation that made me sloppy this morning.
For after emptying the goose house, I crawled inside , grabbed this morning's laid eggs and stuck my head back out , squinting into the sun.
Then Something smacked me very hard in the eye
It's a good lesson that not always remembered.
The phone went early this morning and as expected it was Olwen who told me that Bob had died peacefully.
I went out to sort the animals out and got to thinking how awful it is for anyone who has lost a loved one when the sun shines and the world looks as though it is going on as normal.
We have all been there have we not?
On the surface everyone else's life is unchanged when your reality has crumbled
My thoughts are for Olwen and her family today.
It was this preoccupation that made me sloppy this morning.
For after emptying the goose house, I crawled inside , grabbed this morning's laid eggs and stuck my head back out , squinting into the sun.
Then Something smacked me very hard in the eye
Hell hath no fury than a broody Canada Goose called Camillla Parker Bowles
Thanks this morning. I needed this post😊
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your friend.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear of Bob's passing. I am glad that you got to spend some time with him yesterday. On a lighter note - I am sorry that you got smacked in the face by Camilla Parker Bowles!
ReplyDeleteProtect her eggs and Camilla will be your friend.
ReplyDeleteWhoops ....i have already sold them
DeleteSorry to hear of your friends passing John.....and very glad Camilla's aim is a little off or your eye could be in a lot worse shape.
ReplyDeleteYou've been goosed. Yes, it's funny how the sun keeps shining when it goes out for someone else.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear of your friends passing x
ReplyDeletea sad morning for your village indeed. :(
ReplyDeleteOTOH: that face is sooo cute!
DeleteVery sad news; no wonder you were distracted. Perhaps you should wear goggles and hard hat when you go egg collecting.
ReplyDeleteShe's a sweetie normally....when she crash lands in the next field she usually allows me to pick her up shes so tame
Deletei really didnt expect that news to come so quickly.
ReplyDeleteI'm sending lots of sympathy to all his loved ones (you included)
I've just seen the family and told them about posting about Bob's chicken lessions...
DeleteYes, the world keeps turning. But when my mother died late last year I found little things in that ongoing pattern of life that were oddly comforting.
ReplyDeleteHave you not got the measure of that goose by now? xx
Jess,
DeleteShe's a sweet goose.....i think she even frightened herself today!
Sad to hear of the passing, take care. DG
ReplyDeleteIt is sad about Bob, sorry for Olwens' loss.
ReplyDeleteAs for Camilla.........what a shot! ?Bulls' eye? xx
so sorry to hear about your friends passing. That eye does look sore.
ReplyDeleteThe world can seem very callous when you're involved in your own personal disaster.
ReplyDeleteCallous..yes thats the word I was looking for
DeleteSorry that Bob has passed.
ReplyDeleteCamilla has some aim.
Comforting thoughts to Olwen,,,,it seems things went very fast.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry about your friend but glad that his suffering was short and he was able to die in his own bed. I am sure Olwen was thankful for your visit yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for your loss.
ReplyDeleteThat strike was too close to the eye. Will there goose for dinner?
Words of condolence never seem enough when someone dies. I'm truly sorry.
ReplyDeleteI suppose hell hath no fury like a goose named Camilla. That was dangerously close to your eye.
I had a worst battering once by a six inch cockerel
DeleteI am sure it was a kiss of affection - nay love.
ReplyDeleteOne of the hardest things to bear when there is the death of a loved one is the world going on as before.
Me thinks Camilla was trying to tell you something, John.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the loss of your village friend.
Has anyone ever told you have 'the devil in your eyes'? You look very mischievous!
I am so very sorry for the loss of your friend.
ReplyDeleteI expect that Prince Charles gets a similar reaction when he is investigating the condition of the real Camilla's eggs.
ReplyDeleteYou can say that again!
DeleteI just threw up in my mouth a little.
DeleteI expect that Prince Charles gets a similar reaction when he is investigating the condition of the real Camilla's eggs.
ReplyDeleteBoom boom
DeleteAre you turning into Basil Brush?
DeleteIt's the loneliest feeling in the world when personal tragedy strikes and everyone around you is carrying on with a normal ho-hum day.
ReplyDeleteI,too, am glad to hear that your friend slipped away peacefully in his own bed with his loved one at his side. May we all be so lucky.
Yes.....he recieved excellent nursing care from his family.......
DeleteSorry to hear of Bob’s passing, but am glad that Camilla didn’t get any closer to your eye perhaps you should invest in a welders mask.
ReplyDeleteThere was a song written about exactly that, "The End of the World" by Nina Gordon I think....
ReplyDeleteQuite unpleasant thing for the goose to do, but if I caught you rummaging in my fridge I might do the same.
Gawd..i have not heard that song for years!
DeleteOuch
ReplyDeleteAs I petted one of my male geese one spring day, he grabbed one of my fingers and clamped down. It was like a vise grip, I couldn't get my finger out of his mouth no matter what I tried. It was very painful. Guess he got it back when coyote bit him up.
ReplyDeleteLol..thats karma
DeleteCamilla has always been my favourite goose..... She came to me as a baby.....after an old man found her in his garden
All sympathy to you and to Bob's closest on his parting. Such events always pulls one up short (at the very least), providing food for serious reflection.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Camilla's taking on some of the impatience that her namesake must be feeling while trying to look as though she's just biding her time as Queen-in-Waiting. And, dammit, it's turned into a right royal long wait!
I read this and think how lucky are the people that you are their friend.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for Olwen's loss - and yours.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky to still have your eye.
Yes, it takes a bit of getting over when someone dies.
ReplyDeleteUnderstatement of the day Rachel
DeleteThat is exactly as it would be said in these parts, believe me.
DeleteSorry to hear about the loss of your friend.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about Bob, if my Dad was still with us he would have been 83 today :( when he died I remember thinking how can everyone still laugh and the sun shine.... hope your eye is soon better x
ReplyDeleteCamilla Parker Bowles would do that at a sad time.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Sorry to hear the news of Bob's passing.
ReplyDeleteCamilla is pretty spunky !
cheers, parsnip
Camilla isn't homophobic is she? My brother was assaulted while walking his dogs a short while ago…..he says it was ostensibly about dogs barking, but was undoubtedly a homophobic attack. He was " nutted" and fell to the ground. He suffered a week of concussion and the court case is in September. Luckily a lady witnessed the whole thing and is prepared to stand up in court.
ReplyDeleteFrancis do you know camilla is a goose?
DeleteYes! I did.
DeleteI'm sorry about Bob, John his passing was very quick, I hope he didn't suffer. My condolences to Olwen and family.
ReplyDeleteCamilla is a very good shot!!
Jo in Auckland, NZ
How wonderful to have such love for another person. As for the goose- a tap on the beak with a finger and a warning about Christmas should do the trick hehe x
ReplyDeleteI'll bet Bob would have loved this story about Camilla. Curious minds want to know......Did you manage to keep from dropping the egg during the goose attack?
ReplyDeleteAlways expect the unexpected! Especially where animals are concerned...
ReplyDeleteAs you say, it's most disorientating when you're grief-stricken and the rest of the world just seems to carry on as normal.
So sorry to hear of your friend's passing, I'm glad it was peaceful.
ReplyDeleteYou should know by now always to come out of a goosehouse backwards, yes they still peck occasionally .... but the bruises are not visible for most people to see ;-)
I am so very sorry about your friend. My condolences to you and his family. I know he will be missed.
ReplyDeleteThat was some kiss by Camilla!