TREE HUGGER

A few weeks ago we decided to let

Bing experience the outside world

He was quite timid at first

but then got a taste of

the beautiful world out there

and liked it

The deal was

summers on Stag Island

would be spent outdoors

during the day

winters in Arizona

would be entirely

indoors

I took this shot through the window

Bing was checking everything out

Even sat under the bird feeder

Bing and his buddy were

on their way

down to the river

Lounging on the deck

Back down to the river

Hope he doesn't have a tick!

Yesterday afternoon the wind

was wild

Around dinner time I saw this 'Salty'

(Ocean going freighter)

movin' up the river

AND

I mean movin'

When the freighters 'travel' the river

they push the water

thus

causing the water to be sucked out

The faster they go and the bigger

they are the more the water

gets moved around

The water went out again

Here come the waves

When it was time for Bing

to come in for the evening

he was no where to be found

We kept going outside

and calling

Bing Bing Bing

NOTHING

Again and again we called

We left the outside lights on

We left the inside lights on

We were up in the night

We were awake during the night

We were up early this morning

We checked outside

calling

Bing Bing Bing

Nothing

By this time I was a mess

I thought maybe he was down by the river and got

caught in the swirling water

caused by the Salty

My mind was swirling

We had appointments in town

today so off in the boat we went

I held myself together until

we got home then the flood gates took over

When we came home

Joe went one way

I went another way

Bing Bing Bing

JOE HEARD HIS MEOW

There he is up in the tree

This is no small tree

IT IS A BIG BIG TREE

Bing is up at least 36 feet

Joe grabbed our ladder but of course it was not long enough

Gwendolyn and I stayed with Bing

while Joe went looking

for a bigger ladder

Bing changed his position

many times

trying to get enough

nerve to make his

way to the trunk of the tree

While I was sitting there I heard a lovely bird song

It was a soothing moment

A second ladder is brought in

Longer than the first but

still not long enough

This is the tree!!

We checked with the fire

department however

they would not come over

Thank goodness for

Sarnia Rental

Joe was now on a mission to pick

 up a 36 foot ladder

You can see Bing sitting on the limb

While Joe went to Sarnia

Gwendolyn and I camped out near the tree

I brought a lawn chair, my book

and a blanket to wrap around me

It was dang cold

I kept talking to Bing

and he would talk back

Gwendolyn was a trooper

she stayed right by my side

Up goes the ladder

A young fellow is helping us

So close .............

BUT

 Bing moved over to the narrow part of the limb

Now that was scary

We decided to leave him

for a bit

Came back about an hour later

Joe was now going to go up the ladder

I went looking for someone

to help me hold the ladder

Donna who has a cottage

in the grove rode her bike

back to 'the tree'

and the two of us did our job

WHEN JOE GOT TO THE TOP

OF THE LADDER

BING EASED HIMSELF

ALONG THE LIMB

UNTIL HE WAS WITHIN

AN ARM'S LENGTH

BING MOVED IN A BIT CLOSER

JOE SCRATCHED HIS HEAD

TALKED SOFTLY TO

HIM

AND BINGO

HE HAD HIM IN HIS ARMS

Down the ladder they came

Bing clinging to him

Once everyone settled

I looked over

and

there they were

two buddies side by side

Oh My

What a day

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