Two Years

Exactly two years ago today Debby called me at work to let me know that the homeowner's association president came to our house in West Knoxville and banged on our door and told Debby that some of our pigeons were on his house and in his back yard and he wanted to know what we were going to do about it. He claimed that the pigeons at his house were wearing leg bands and were too beautiful to be wild pigeons.

Debby called me and I came home and checked and found that all of our pigeons were present and accounted for in our backyard loft (we were not flying our birds at that time).

I went and visited the homeowner's association president at his house and brought my son John with me. There were two pigeons on the man's roof and one pigeon on the railing of his backyard deck. These pigeons did not have any bands on their legs and were wild birds that most likely lived about a half mile away near/under the Pellissippi Parkway bridge.

The man had a beautiful backyard garden with a fountain which was obviously appealing to the wild birds on a hot day in July. The man realized his mistake, he apologized to us, and he never bothered us again about the pigeons.

This incident however was very good for us because it pushed us to accelerate our plan to get some acreage or a farm. And now we are living happily at the Rock Dove Farm. A lot has happened in two years.