Tuesday, December 08, 2020

New Foxes

 Updates on last Friday's post.

Foxes are back but it's a new pair.  


They appeared on our wildlife camera last night.  Just look at the rain!
These two seem to have taken over from the two older foxes.  It has happened before when familiar foxes move on and new ones take their place.  They don't have a long life span especially in urban areas, perhaps two or three years.

In other news the gas people are stopping at the house next door and the rest of the road have to wait until after New Year. 

Still no post, not even junk mail.  The parcel of fruit teas cannot be tracked and the parcel from a friend, sent on 26th November, still hasn't arrived.  We posted all our cards on Monday morning so lets hope they get there in time.

Last year we couldn't be bothered to struggle to get the Christmas tree out of the roof space since then it has been cleared out and the tree left where it could be easily retrieved.  Today it was brought down from the roof space so that we can decorate it a few days before Christmas.

I've found one of the boxes of decorations for the tree.  Now where is the other one?

There was a letter in our newspaper this morning which ask the question 'Do I have the oldest artificial Christmas tree'  the writer's tree was thirty years old. I have an older one. 


Tucked away in a cardboard box alongside my childhood teddy bears is a very small tree bought for my first Christmas in December 1950, I would have been almost four months old. 

 

23 comments:

  1. What an amazing video. Poor things in all that rain. Glad you aren’t having to much disruption in the gas connections before Christmas. Hope the postal service improves soon. Happy decorating. We'll probably put up our tree at the end of the week. B x

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    1. Thank you Barbara, we usually do our tree the weekend before Christmas so probably a week on Sunday. I feel so sorry for all the posties and delivery people they work so hard:)

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  2. It seems the foxes are making do in the rain.

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    1. Thank you William, I bet the foxes soon hurried back to their den:)

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  3. Thanks for the video & we saw a fox a few weeks ago in an outer Melbourne suburban park with a bird in it's mouth. Quite a sight. I've just realised our artificial tree must be pretty ancient as we've only ever had one, though occasionally we've used a bare gum tree branch & that looks good. Take care, stay safe & huggles.

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    1. Thank you Susan. I think these foxes are being fed elsewhere or catching their own food as they didn't take many of the dog biscuits from the bowl. Crows and magpies took them the next morning. Take care:)

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  4. Great news about the foxes, it just goes to show that so much is going on outdoors while we're all asleep. I love your box of teddies, so snug inside with their tree. At least you know where you are with the gas connectors, if not with the post. Let's hope those parcels arrive soon. Happy decorating! 🎅

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    1. Thank you Karen, we were worried that the foxes had moved away because of the roadworks but it could be that the older foxes were moved on by the younger ones. One parcel (tea)arrived at eight o'clock one evening the small package sent letter post is still to come:)

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  5. Lovely to see the new foxes. B actually mentioned the other day the possibility of buying a trail type camera for the garden or perhaps caravan to see what visits at night. I do hope your postal service improves soon. I love the little tree and teddy bears from your childhood. Take care and stay safe and well.

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    1. Thank you RR. We bought our camera as a joint christmas present this time last year and have had so much pleasure from it. I need to find a good home for my teddies and little tree. A childhood museum perhaps? There is one at Sudbury, not too far away but it isn't the right time to be doing these things. You too take care:)

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  6. Amazing how quickly foxes realise there's a territory up for grabs and move in. If only the gas men could move so quickly! I shall be decorating the tree that my mother bought in the 1960s from Woolworths as I have done for more than half my life. The funny thing is that I used to complain about the task almost every year when Mum was alive, but now I do it willingly. Must be getting soft!

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    1. Thank you John, the gasmen were supposed to be finished by 30th November. I said yesterday what's the betting that when they come back in the new year they will start at the bottom and work their way up making us the last house to be done. Christmas trees hold such happy memories don't they?:)

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  7. Do you think that one of the foxes has the beginning of mange around the base of the tail or is it just the light. We have had so many foxes visit over the years and we usually identify them by the tip of the tail, so many varieties of tip. lol
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    1. Thank you Briony, I noticed the little patch too and wasn't sure if it was the way the light was catching the fox as it moved. We haven't seen them since and the biscuits we put out have been taken by crows and magpies. Our last foxes had white tips to their tails, these ones haven't and also seem to have darker legs. We have mange treatment to put out if they come back:)

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  8. It's intriguing to think about what's going on in your garden at night. Capturing wildlife on the camera must be interesting. I'm sure you're glad to know what's happening with the road works and I hope the mail you're waiting for arrives soon.

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    1. Thank you Linda, another world under our bedroom window, we hear the foxes calling also owls in the trees beyond the hedge. One parcel arrived yesterday really late in the evening but still no letter post, the postal workers do work hard expecially in this most unusual year.:)

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  9. Loved your bears and the lovely tree how wonderful that they have been kept.

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    1. Thank you MM, I've taken my bears with me each time we'ved moved I kept the tree when we cleared Mum and Dad's home as I remembered it from being little. I need to find a good home for them now:)

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  10. Love to see the fox's eyes glow in the dark! Your childhood teddy bears and tree are so lovely. I expect somewhere like The V&A Museum of Childhood would be happy to have them when you feel like letting them go. Thank you so much for the lovely Christmas card. I have sent your card and hope it arrives soon! Hope you are having a lovely weekend x

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    1. Thank you Simone, I received your lovely card yesterday in the first batch of post we'd had for over two weeks. It was such a joy to hear the post box rattle, it felt a bit like normal again. The weekend has been frustrating so far as we have wanted to go for walks but it has been too wet. Hope you are enjoying your weekend:)

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  11. I love your little tree, it's adorable. Do you put it up for Christmas? x

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    1. Thank you Mrs T, no it stays in its box as it is so delicate. Even just picking it up leaves little green bits all over and the red berries fall of. I'm loath to throw it away though:)

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    2. I would be the same. It's a precious thing. x

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