Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Mysterious sounds

There it goes again. By the time day breaks...in the still, quiet time of morning...the semi-constant sound begins. It is not annoyingly unpleasant but the mystery of its source is nagging.

It is not a buzz, and yet that might be the best way to describe it. I asked one granddaughter what she thought it was, and she said "It sounds like someone's cell phone." I had thought the same thing...but one would think the batteries would have worn out long ago. The sound dominates the usual jungle sounds of birds. Last week, when John and I returned from a shopping trip, two little girls were standing in our driveway; when we got out of our car, the older of the two, called to us "We were listening to your birds!" then continued their walk.

Back to the sound...

It could be a neighbor trying to start a small engine, but it is surely not that because it has gone on for days and many hours each day.


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Well, maybe it is annoying. It is not so noticeable indoors though sometimes I notice it. However, as soon as any door leading outside is open, there it is again.
Usually it stops mid=day for a break, bu not always.

Finally, I went to my source for all of life's amswers...No..not God, He is the source of all of Life's Answers. No my greatest source is that walking encyclopedia I married.

"John, do you know what that noise is? Listen...there it is again... What do you think it is?"

"Oh..that? That is a woodpecker working on a dead limb?"

AMAZING!

3 comments:

G.Wyatt said...

I thought the sound might be a sump-pump.

Thanks for continuing to share your thoughts with us on your blog.

Patty said...

You've got the greatest woodpeckers over there. Loud, but defintely entertaining!

Patty said...

I remember standing on a wooden platform with David, watching the hippos sun-bathe in their lake, and barely being able to hear the hippo yells over the rat-a-tat-tat of a woodpecker. Amazing creatures!