Friday, February 25, 2011

Guest Poster: June "You Don't See This at Busy Solitude Farm!"

Where to begin?  On Wednesday I was visiting my sister who lives 7 minutes away from me on 9 mile Road, guess what happened??  We had a visitor.  My sister has lived there for over 37 years and in all those years, I had never seen a moose.  That is, until about a month ago I saw one crossing the road. 

My sister went to the counter, looked out the window and exclaimed, June, come here, but don't scream...I scream when I get excited!  There right before my eyes was a Moose.  My brother-in-law said she was about 1 year old.  We grabbed our coats and quietly went outside cameras in hand.  I was absolutely thrilled to be part of the experience!  We named her Eloise.

The next day around 3:00 p.m. the phone rang, it was my brother-in-law saying get up here, Eloise is back!  Off I raced to be part of yet another exciting moment.  That afternoon I took 75 shots of Eloise and at a lot of points I was 10 feet away from her. 

People were stopping and getting out of their cars to get a close up look.  Eloise didn't seem to mind, but seemed to be enjoying her moment of fame!  The fact that she was nibbling on my brother-in-law's apple trees was neither here nor there, we told him to chill!

And that, as they say is that!

Editor's note:  June lives in Wendover, Ontario.  Our dogs are related to each other.

2 comments:

Michael, Chicago IL said...

I'm soooooo jealous! I've been going to remote parts of Canada my whole life and I've never seen a moose.

Rose H (UK) said...

How beautiful, certainly moments like that are to be treasured - happy that you've had such a lovely experience. Hope Eloise will keep visiting :o)