Creature Feature
Welcome to the creature-feature edition of Creative Kinesiology News! I get so much joy from observing the animal activity around my home and hope these stories bring you a sprinkle of delight from life in Gippsland..A blue tongue lizard appeared in my garden recently. I have bluestone edging around the veggie patch and it loves resting near the hot rocks. Smart Lizard. He doesn’t seem particularly bothered by me anymore, and I’m getting used to his presence too, I no longer get a fright and mistake his scaly skin for a snake.
I love naming the animals around here and the first name that jumped into my head was Larry. Larry the Lizard. But then I thought he looked so happy - happy as Larry - and from there his true name was born - Happyaz.
Happyaz, the blue-stone-loving blue-tongue.
Happyaz is entitled to be called a smart lizard not only for being a hot rock connoisseur but also for being a self-care advocate. When it began to rain the other day, I expected him to scuttle off under the deck, but instead he curled himself into a big self-hug and just lay there, waiting for the rain to pass. Very self-soothing by the looks of it. Five stars for innovative self-care techniques!
I love naming the animals around here and the first name that jumped into my head was Larry. Larry the Lizard. But then I thought he looked so happy - happy as Larry - and from there his true name was born - Happyaz.
Happyaz, the blue-stone-loving blue-tongue.
Happyaz is entitled to be called a smart lizard not only for being a hot rock connoisseur but also for being a self-care advocate. When it began to rain the other day, I expected him to scuttle off under the deck, but instead he curled himself into a big self-hug and just lay there, waiting for the rain to pass. Very self-soothing by the looks of it. Five stars for innovative self-care techniques!
On the chicken front, I got a surprise one morning when opening the chook house. I became aware of a possum sitting in one of the laying boxes. It stared back at me with its big eyes, quite unperturbed and then I saw it - a baby possum nestled in beside her. They stayed longer than I expected, and the mother enjoyed eating the chicken food from the hanging feeder.
Just like Happyaz, Poss Poss is a smart one - she found the best bed and breakfast in town with a morning feed, a night feed and a soft straw bed to sleep on. After a few days they disappeared, and have reappeared a couple of times since - only for one-nighters though. And the baby is growing exponentially. The chickens seem at ease with their possum guests - though they make squealy alarm calls when they spot Happyaz sunning himself by the bluestone day spa.
Just like Happyaz, Poss Poss is a smart one - she found the best bed and breakfast in town with a morning feed, a night feed and a soft straw bed to sleep on. After a few days they disappeared, and have reappeared a couple of times since - only for one-nighters though. And the baby is growing exponentially. The chickens seem at ease with their possum guests - though they make squealy alarm calls when they spot Happyaz sunning himself by the bluestone day spa.
The only other newsworthy animal story is dear Scrubby - a gate-crashing white-browed scrub wren that took itself on an indoor tour when I left the door open. If spirit were trying to give me a message - this bird left its mark - quite literally - on my squeeze box and the piano - both instruments that I sing with. So perhaps, just perhaps, there’s a gentle nudge to start singing more...
So that’s the latest from the farm - a little chorus of creatures modelling presence, comfort, sharing, curiosity and self-care in their own ways.
And maybe that’s the quiet wisdom here: when your internal weather gets a bit rainy or cloudy - just like Happyaz - give yourself a hug and curl up for a while until the sun returns :)
And maybe that’s the quiet wisdom here: when your internal weather gets a bit rainy or cloudy - just like Happyaz - give yourself a hug and curl up for a while until the sun returns :)