In Feb you’ll recall I suffered with lack o focus, malaise, ennui. Then March came trotting in. Oh mad as a March hare? More like mad as a March herring! Our wee port was over run, biggest herring run in memory…So Big that there was enuff “milt” (look it up) in the sea to change about 100 feet of water off shore to turquoise colour. Seriously. These herring are Food for many birds, so one morning dozens of eagles, along with gulls, and many many other seabirds had a feeding frenzy! It was stunning to see! Queue Act II: enter the Sea Lions Dozens of big, sleek, relaxed Stellar as well as some California sea lions. Weighing up to 2,200 lbs, they are impressive! The first warning of their invasion was me being awakened by the Ork ork ork and various growls and howls at 2 a.m. it was wondrous to watch groups of a dozen rolling in a big raft eating herring, like teenagers at a KFC buffet. Lol 😆 having a birdseye view from our bedroom window was a gift.
While all this was taking place, the bears came out. How do I know? Well the night before the sea lions serenaded me, I heard Big Growls from what I can only assume was an angry or impatient mama bear and then the high pitched bleat of a cub, as well as a lot of thrashing in the bushes. We’ve had bears nearby before, but this was loud, so of course up I jump, shining me handy dandy headlamp out the window. Of course by this time the family of bruins had moved along.
Back to ocean life, guess who showed up to the party now? Yup, a pod of Transient Killer Whales. These bad boys are ravenous for sea mammals, who feature top of their menu. I didn’t get a glance at the murderous gang of Orca, tho the local whale watcher said they had a feeding frenzy on well fed sea lions. Yikes!
A week or so later, the sea lions moved on, as did the herring after laying zillions of eggs on the kelp…we live in a wild kingdom episode!
During all of this milt, whale and sea lion madness, I applied for an executive director job. It sounds fascinating…and not related to Muni Gov by any stretch of the imagination. More like where I worked in Dawson Creek, or at the school in Lomond. My interview is this week, so now I’m obsessed with finding something to wear. Lol yes I know, I was retired. Lol But the job needs me…and I think it would be a good fit. Lets see..if I get it..awesome. If a better candidate gets hired, well I’m already in retirement mode eh? Play it one day at a time and what’s meant to be…will be!
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