Momma quail with a few babies. We have three different quail families visiting our backyard every day. The tiniest ones are a family with three babies. I spotted them for the first time Friday. They are so adorable! Then there is a family with seven babies and one with eight.
Aren’t they cute?
Today we left the house at 5:15 a.m. to take my husband to surgery. I spent Sunday stressing about it. Not only am I worried about him, I’m worried about my own anxiety getting out of control. I have to drive him home from surgery, plus to follow up appointments and PT. I’m not a fan of driving here and once in a while I get a bout of driving anxiety. I think I’m talking myself into it as I sit and worry.
Hence, I’m focusing on cute baby quail.
Here’s to a speedy recovery for my husband and no driving anxiety for me!
Here’s a video off these little guys:
What’s on your week’s schedule?
Best to your husband EA! Maybe ordering an Uber or Lyft would work for transport and keep everyone’s anxiety lower 🙂
Do these families stay together after the babies are grown and just become a growing flock or will the babies go off to other places and be their own little group?
We can’t get an Uber to pick us up at our house. Once I took one home from the airport after visiting my mom in WA. The driver got on the phone and complained to his wife about how far away I lived. I can get a private driver for a few hundred dollars though 😅 The quail families stay together until they start their own families.
How rude of the driver! Your hubby will be home and doing well soon, Elizabeth. I hope you can have zero anxiety about driving very soon. ❤️😊
Thanks! That was rude of the driver. He didn’t have to accept my ride in the first place.
You can sign up for deliveries from Walmart which is a low cost service, very handy, and saves on driving to and fro and shopping. Also, you get access to Paramount Plus. So far, the deliveries have been wonderful and I love it so I don’t have to shop at a busy Wal-mart for many items.
It helps immensely when we both have appointment for docs and surgeries. Mine is not for awhile bit we still get deliveries. Very helpful!
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We get our Rxs at Walmart and they keep offering free deliveries. That is a not a bad drive for me. It’s up by where we live. But I’ll think about it.
For us, it is more about missing the crowds and the time saved. They do a great job for like a $100 a year or so.
so cute!!! mainly writing. theater tomorrow. book club Wednesday. sneak in Devil wears Prada …
Good for you with writing!
I love how poppa quail jumps on the seed cake and mantles it, just like birds of prey. Mine! He says. Especially when that pesky rodent tries to steal a bite. Too cute.
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I think he’s knocking seed loose for the babies. 😊
There’s a lot worse things to focus on than baby quail. Sounds like a good thing to focus on. Hang in there.Keep the anxiety at bay. And good luck to your husband with his surgery. 😎
Thank you! So far so good.
Maybe the quail are making you quail at the thought of driving.
But I hope everything goes well for your husband.
Thank you! I think the anxiety is under control today. It was the worrying ahead of time that was worse.
So cute!! I hope your husband’s surgery and recovery go smoothly, and I hope the facility isn’t too far from home. I’m with you on the driving anxiety…
Thanks! So far so good. Everything is at least 30 minutes from us but there was little traffic at 5:15 am. I’m patiently waiting for surgery to be over.
I think focusing on the quail is a good idea. Bring a good book or listen to good music. I listen to MJ in the morning. I understand as Mike has had many surgeries and I am the designated driver. I tend to have lots of anxiety when we are also having workmen in our home. Right now, we are having a beam put up in the center of the living room to hide some of the loose wires. I spend the morning running errands, taking the pug to the groomer, shopping for a few items, filling water bottles, and then returned home. Driveway was taken over, work guy was 2 hours late and just left. The pugs (the little black one) did not get out like last time. I took him for a long walk. Then the husband wonders why I stress over people working on the home? Hmmm, wishing you the best.
Thanks! We are back from today’s surgery and I was reading “The Correspondent” while waiting. I’m almost done with it and then on to yours. Yes, when I had my cat Olive I was worried when workmen would come in the house. If she were to get out she would have been a snack for our wildlife within an hour.
I understand. One time the younger pug got out and tried to follow a workmen he liked to his van parked by the side of the road. I about had a coronary. I keep a close watch on him.
When I babysit my daughter’s pug, I can’t let him in our backyard without a leash. It was a neighbor who told me that if I let my cat outside, it would last less than an hour. I decided to not take a chance on a pug either!
I wish the best for your husband’s recovery.
Thanks!
I guess you have to treat the wildlife sanctuary as your next door adventure. You don’t need to travel on safari.
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Ohhhhh….momma! Impossibly cute! 😊❤️😊
I’m glad you enjoyed it! I enjoy watching them every day. Especially since I have new families stopping by.
So good!!!! ❤️😉❤️
There’s two families who just arrived right now!
Oh my goodness!!!! ❤️😉❤️
Ah! The baby quails are adorable.
I am hoping your husband is home and recovering. I’m so sorry about your anxiety about driving him to and fro in traffic. That is one of my biggest fears. The babies are definitely a respite! So darling!
Thank you. I tend to get more anxious when I have a surgery patient in the car! Yes, the babies help.
I would too! I had to drive my husband home after oral surgery a couple months back when we still lived in central Nevada and the three hour drive from Reno to Austin turned into a much longer tour since I avoided taking the freeway.
Incredibly cute quail, Elizabeth. I like your tactic of distracting yourself. I hope your husband’s surgery went well as well as the driving. Sending my best wishes!
Thanks! The doctor described my husband’s surgery as challenging. He also said that most knee replacements are routine and my husband’s was exciting and had all of his cylinders going. But he said the outcome will be good. Not quite sure I wanted to hear that!
Absolutely stunning! The level of detail in this shot is incredible.
Thank you!
When my anxiety gets going I sit down with some coffee or tea and tell myself over and over, “All is well, I am safe, I am loved.” But I have to say, the quails are just as effective. I hope all goes well for your hubby. I’ll be keeping you both in prayer. Fabulous pics – thank you! Hugs, C
Thank you, Cheryl. My husband’s surgery will have a positive outcome. The doctor said my husband is going to hate him for at least two weeks!
This morning I was listening to the daily reflection on Hallow called “Jesus Calms Anxiety!” when two huge coyotes crossed the street in front of me and stopped and stared! I turned off my ear buds and played it loudly, so the coyotes could hear a man’s voice. It seemed ironic. Eventually the coyotes ran away.
Oh, wow! The video capturing the papa (I’m thinking it was papa and not momma) making himself bigger to scare the squirrel was amazing. Driving anxiety is hard; I hate driving to Chicago and I get a little bit of anxiety sometimes, too. Cheryl is right—the breathing exercise focusing on the fact that you are “well, safe, and loved” helps a lot. I practice that and it helps me a lot. Leaving early, taking your time, and driving slow if necessary also helps. Sometimes I get in the zone driving in Chicago and I really don’t care what’s happening around me. I’m just chilling, driving down the road.
Yes, that was the papa scaring away the squirrel. I thought that was really a great thing to see and I’m happy I was videotaping with my phone. I was fine driving after a little bit of nerves. I worried more the day before about it. It makes it worse for me to drive my “patient” post surgery because I’m afraid I’ll stop to suddenly or do something else to hurt him. I drove slowly and it was all okay. Arizona drivers are worse than California drivers. There’s always somebody speeding and someone cut me off one the way home a few miles from home on a two lane road. I was going 50, the speed limit. I laughed when I saw that car stuck behind a big truck going 40 with no where to go! On the freeways there are always trucks going over 100 mph here.
It was a great capture. I had never seen them doing that before. Driving in Arizona is crazy. I remember driving from Sedona down to Phoenix on I-17 and it was scary.
Thanks! I’m seeing the Males doing that to the Curve-billed thrasher if he gets too close too. They are very protective of their babies. We drove up the 17 to Flagstaff in April and it was a nice drive. Going down to Phoenix on the 17 is no fun.
You’re welcome. Yeah, I wasn’t too happy with that drive.
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I pray that all went well with your husband’s surgery!
I understand about driving anxiety. I get that sometimes, too, depending where I am driving. Do not like a lot of traffic or going someplace that I am not familiar with.
Your photos are cute! 💕
My driving anxiety is worse knowing I have a patient post surgery to transport. Also it was a new location for me.
My husband’s surgery was much more complicated than expected, but the doctor said it went well. Double the time and not cut and dried like most knee replacements. Surgeon said it was a challenge and he loved it! The doctor trained with a surgeon in Palm Springs, our former home, and I called doctor friends and they said he was great. I was surprised to see tattoo sleeves on his arms. On they way home, still under the influence, my husband asked me, “Do you think I should get a tattoo?” I called hubby’s sister who was head nurse at a hospital and she got a laugh too. She remembered my husband’s original knee surgery when he was 17 from football where they removed all his cartilage. That’s what they did in the olden days. 😅 I’m glad you enjoyed my photos!