Showing posts with label dislocated ankle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dislocated ankle. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Here we be: February

🌨 January was a month... Not as much rain as last year. We shall see how February stacks up! 

  

😷 I took my BP, 129/87, which is a good number for me. Still feeling vertigo, I'm wondering if it could be something to do with my secondary cataract in my left eye. We have some COVID rapid tests, set to expire today, and I was negative. This is what I thought. It is good to rule out certain things. I am feeling more energy and did some light housework. 

📺 What do you when the weather is poor, and you are feeling poorly? We watched the funeral of our late politician Ed Broadbent. He had a state funeral. He was an amazing man. It was a lovely celebration of life. He enjoyed classical music, and the musicians were amazing at the funeral. He made such a difference in the world.

♭𝄞 Singing at the funeral were terrific musicians. The NAC Orchestra and the Daniel Taylor and The Theatre of Early Music Choir participated, including Heather Lynn, who sang at our wedding. Can you pick her out?! She was my 38-year-old's girlfriend when he was in gr. 12. She was on a full music scholarship in New York the summer after our wedding in 2002. She's married, with a family. A delightful young woman. Daniel Taylor is a well-known counter tenor, with the red hair.


In the evening, I was playing with Cinnamon, and along came Nutmeg. She likes to sit on top of Clown Pants. Cinnamon likes to sit with his head in it, tail sticking out the back! 

It is the best toy!

clown pants from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


There were quite a few deer, including Duke, our wounded buck. He is doing better. He can put weight on his ankle. He avoided the others the first few day, but is hanging out with them now. There was an altercation, and he rose up on his back legs and was whacking away at another buck. 

Duke the buck from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

I hope February treats us all well. Good luck to you!

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Does and bucks

Sunday there were more bucks with lost antlers! This is Prince William. He's probably lost this antler in the past 24 hours, and we won't be able to identify him. 




Joseph Brian was out feeding them. You can see them waiting and watching from down the hill. They each get a mouthful, not much in the grand scheme of things, but since we feed the birds...


Hurry up, man! 



This must be the last of the trailcam videos of bucks with antlers. 

buck cedar corridor 1 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


Sadly we've a buck with a dislocated ankle. We'll see how he does. At first I thought it was a doe, but Joseph Brian spotted antler buds. He could run, which is a good sign. We shall watch for him. 

doe dislocated ankle from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Maggie last about 9 years  (2011 - 2020) with a similar injury. We made sure she got her fair share of rations:

Maggie in 2020 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Not a good Monday. I was feeling dizzy and nauseous, visited the loo frequently, and had chills. I cancelled my Tuesday afternoon client, JB cancelled his physio appointment. I went to bed and had a nap. JB has a persistent cough. What a pair! This morning I am better, but I'll take it easy. 

Saturday, 23 November 2019

Deer friends: Maggie

Nov. 20 – JB and his friend. I realized, when I examined the trailcam photos, that this is our little doe with the dislocated ankle. Ungulates is the name for these hooved animals. Their lower legs are actually their feet. So her ankle is actually the part we think is dislocated. I don't think it is broken, but I could be wrong.

We are both so happy. She's hung in there for several years. Poor Maggie, as we call her. 

She's had a dislocated ankle since 2011: 
Back when I used YouTube – 2011
Maggie, the dear deer
Maggie, the dear deer – Dec. 11, 2016
Maggie: Broken-legged deer video – April, 2017
JB talks to her. – Nov. 28, 2018
Video: March 16, 2019
Pileated woodpecker, Maggie, et al – April 7, 2019

JB is over the moon, spotting Maggie. We've been keeping tabs on her for years. They won't wear name tags, the only way we can identify individuals is by their behaviour. Tigger was a young fawn we watched for years. He was special, too. We think he's gone.


Watch how she waits as he puts food in the feeder.




They are beautiful critters. This seems to be a mom and yearling.

deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Visit more critters:

Saturday's Critters #310