I don’t drive much anymore, either, which does reduce opportunities to listen to audio books. During the spring and summer months, I had an enormous amount of work to do in my yard for months on end, so I listened while I was working. It’s harder to find opportunities to listen during these isolated, pandemic winter months. I have actual…
I don’t drive much anymore, either, which does reduce opportunities to listen to audio books. During the spring and summer months, I had an enormous amount of work to do in my yard for months on end, so I listened while I was working. It’s harder to find opportunities to listen during these isolated, pandemic winter months. I have actually been listening to Heather’s video chats while I exercise or do necessary housecleaning, which makes the time pass more quickly and enjoyably.
Listening while gardening - I hadn't considered that. My only concern is that it might hinder my conversations with the small robins that follow me around from bed to bed, waiting for the insects, seeds and worms I unearth while planting or weeding.
You talk with the small birds in your garden? Isn't it fun. One of the beds I care for is a mature rose bed with 30+ bushes, and in summer, you have to crawl around under the thorny branches to weed. We have a small community of European Robins (Rotkehlchen, in German) and inevitably one of them will become curious and visit me while I’m digging. They come quite close, and I can’t resist talking with them. It’s mostly a one-way conversation, but the more one talks to them, the more comfortable they seem to become.
I don’t drive much anymore, either, which does reduce opportunities to listen to audio books. During the spring and summer months, I had an enormous amount of work to do in my yard for months on end, so I listened while I was working. It’s harder to find opportunities to listen during these isolated, pandemic winter months. I have actually been listening to Heather’s video chats while I exercise or do necessary housecleaning, which makes the time pass more quickly and enjoyably.
Listening while gardening - I hadn't considered that. My only concern is that it might hinder my conversations with the small robins that follow me around from bed to bed, waiting for the insects, seeds and worms I unearth while planting or weeding.
And the chipmunks, finding the seeds. Chatty critters they are.
We don't have chipmunks here ... and I rarely see squirrels. Love chipmunks!
That’s a wonderful image R. Dooley.
I do the same thing! btw, that’s an impressive reading list that you and R. Dooley are tackling.
You talk with the small birds in your garden? Isn't it fun. One of the beds I care for is a mature rose bed with 30+ bushes, and in summer, you have to crawl around under the thorny branches to weed. We have a small community of European Robins (Rotkehlchen, in German) and inevitably one of them will become curious and visit me while I’m digging. They come quite close, and I can’t resist talking with them. It’s mostly a one-way conversation, but the more one talks to them, the more comfortable they seem to become.