Having dodged a major bullet, the States now is heading into the darkness of chaotic unchecked pandemic. That will be the near-term catastrophe, then climate change will take over long-term. Not an original thought, but one I share...
So in a metaphor of the States this morning we have both drenching rain and inner fire. Nowhere to go this winter so the car got rust proofed against inevitable road salt. Kitchen Queen keeps serving up the goodies!
Out in the yard we had early-week heat wave. Massive piles of dried up leaves are light weight but still have to be barged away. Desperate critters have ripped a pile of old carpet underlay to shreds --- bedding for the winter?
The winged migration continues with more waves of yellow evening grosbeaks. Nuthatches and woodpeckers try to muscle in on the feasting. But the beaks are at their peaks!
We have been gobsmacked in awe of the fox(es?) patrolling outside our windows. More sightings in a week than in a whole decade before. On one round, the fox sniffed a squirrel right through the black pipe hiding place. Good hill hunting!
On another sighting, the fox sensed some furry food near garden mesh. Always alert, always chasing. Then it scared the shittake out of scavenging turkeys. I've never seen turkeys scatter in alarm --- some flew up a 70 foot pine tree to be safe!
Then our quick brown beauty treed some chipmunks and kept them there. It looked like the fox was also finding something in the split rails --- maybe some yummy bugs to lick? So alert in posture and focused in eyes. Judging by the way this one marked her turf, we're saying it's a female.
So the bushy-tailed flash of sleekness is out there and we're hoping she stays, well-fed and burrowed on the hill. And that's Fox News you can actually believe...
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