Faith: What are you watching?
Me: The Great Annual Migration of the Swedish Moose.
Faith: What's that?
Me: Swedish TV has set up 29 cameras along the annual trek of the moose and show them on TV, walking through the forest.
Faith: How far do they walk?
Me: About 400 miles.
Faith: That sounds like a very long way to walk. Why do they do it? Is it for excercise?
Me: No, they spend the winter in the coastal areas and then they trek back to the mountains for the summer. And it's all for food
Faith: So their food doesn't come in a can or a bag, like ours?
Me: No they eat grass, weeds, and leaves off trees.
Faith: Like the cows next door?
Me: Yes, but the moose have to walk through deep forests and swim across a wide river that's very cold. I just saw that the water temperature is 32F. I'm just watching it now, this is a very big river with a long way from shore to shore.
Faith: Do you see any moose.
Me: No, just a Swedish forest and the river.
Faith: No moose. Sounds boring.
Me: No, it's not boring to me,
Faith: Do you miss Sweden?
Me: A lot sometimes.,
Faith: Any moose yet?
Me: No.
Faith: Sounds like a good show to go to sleep by.
Me: It's called Slow TV, I think. And you're right it's a very good show to go to sleep by.
Faith: Wouldn't work in America, people want fast-moving shows here.
Me: You can click at the bottom and move forward to where the moose are. Little squares show you where they are and other animals too. I saw a herd of reindeer, and a red fox running on the rocky shore of the river, looking for something to catch for dinner. And I've seen cranes too, and many water fowl. And just now I saw a beaver working on his house.
Faith: Good, but it still sounds pretty boring. I think I will take a little nap now.
Me: OK, sweet girl, mama loves you.
Faith: You forgot my birthday.
Me: I know, but I remembered later and gave you some ice cream to lick on.
Faith: But nothing on your blog. Nothing like what Samson gets every year.
Me: I'm sorry, but it doesn't mean I don't love you.
Faith: It just means your'e old and can't remember stuff.
Me: That's what it means.
OK, here it is: On April 28, 2021, Faith had her 7th birthtday.
Happy Birthday, dear Faith, Happy Birthday to You.
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Note:
The moose is the National Animal of Sweden and Swedish TV documents the annual migration of some of the moose from their winter home in the coastal areas to their summer home along the slopes of the mountains to the west.
The migration of the moose, as documented on Swedish TV, covers about 400 miles with 29 cameras set up along the way.
The most exciting part, I imagine, is waiting for the moose to show up at this wide and very cold river. The first moose arrived at the river on Sunday and began to swim across. This was duly noted in the newpaper part of Swedish TV at svt.se.
I took some photos, but right now I'm having problems with Google photos. So no moose today.
Link to the Great Swedish Moose Migration
