OWLS!!!

The other night I was sitting at my new patio table on the deck.  I was trying to read one of my True Blood books and was enjoying the quiet all by myself.  It was getting dark and hard to read so I sat up and lit the citronella candle on the table.  When I did, I noticed that there were two birds sitting on the fence posts out in the yard.  I thought they looked bigger than normal.  It stared but since it was dusk, it was hard to see.  I thought they looked like miniature owls....but those don't exist.....or so I thought.  See, for years now, I have been telling Jeremy that I wanted a pet miniature owl.  We both thought it impossible.  Anyway, I stared and stared and figured that the light was playing tricks on my eyes but then.........THEY BOTH FLEW OVER TO THE DECK AND LANDED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!!!! I JSUT ABOUT CRAPPED MY PANTS!!!!!!!!  I stood up slowly thinking that they would surely fly away and no one would ever believe my cockamamy story.  But, they didn't move!  I walked to the door, they followed me with their "spinnie" heads the whole way.  I whispered-yelled to Jeremy to "get the freak out here, right now!!"  He did and they flew away, but only back to the fence posts in the yard!!! We walked up to them....they let us get VERY close!!! But, it was too dark to get pics.  Every night since then, they have been on our deck.  There are three or four of them.  I LOVE THEM AND THEY WILL BE MINE.  (unless I move to Florida!, lol!)  We did some research and the best we can figure out is that they are Saw-Whet Owls.......more info and pics to come.  This is a dream come true!!!!