{"id":3653,"date":"2022-09-12T07:20:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T11:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2022-09-12T21:43:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T01:43:52","slug":"altered-horizons-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/altered-horizons-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Altered Horizons 69"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cYou\u2019re gonna have a great new life, Meena-Mouse,\u201d I told the quivering mouse in the Hav-a-Heart trap as we approached a nice shady spot in the grass by a stream. \u201cYou take care of yourself little-one. There\u2019s a food store right over there and if you follow the stream you\u2019ll come to houses nearby.\u201d I held the cage up to examine Meena one last time.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the Trader Joe\u2019s Organic peanut butter I\u2019d used to lure the poor creature into the trap, I\u2019d fed it oats, bits of chocolate, and blueberries cut in half. I\u2019d stuffed pieces of tissue through the top of the trap so it could have a soft bed. And first thing in the morning I\u2019d driven down off my hill with the mouse in the trap, carefully secured in the passenger seat, so it wouldn\u2019t be caged up any longer than necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last few mice I\u2019d let loose had frantically clung to the trap with their tiny feet. That had freaked me. I\u2019d had to clunk the trap on the ground several times to get the mouse to drop out, to go free. This time I was prepared for that. But what I wasn\u2019t prepared for was the mouse immediately springing out with a fast flying leap\u2014right into the water.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this week\u2019s fabricated landscape, I flipped a photo of trees reflected at the edge of my pond. The frame was pieced together in Photoshop from a warm scarf.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“You’re gonna have a great new life, Meena-Mouse,” I told the quivering mouse in the Hav-a-Heart trap as we approached a nice shady spot in the grass by a stream. “You take care of yourself little-one. There’s a food store right over there and if you follow the stream you’ll come to houses nearby.” I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2254],"tags":[2422,2419,705,2256,2271,976,2421,2297,2420,2351,2270,2255],"class_list":["post-3653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-h","tag-altered-horizons-69","tag-coping-with-changes","tag-dealing-with-depression","tag-due-to-loss","tag-fabricated-landscapes","tag-grief-and-loss","tag-humane-mouse-removal","tag-photoshop-for-healing","tag-setting-a-mouse-free","tag-therapeutic-photography","tag-upended-life","tag-upside-down-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t