Today is
the last time I will share Almost Pi with Annie before she leaves for
college. It has been increasingly
difficult to persuade her to abandon her friends, however briefly, to soak in
the beauty of this land and to refresh herself. Yet, away from phone and internet, Annie sleeps well here
and relaxes in the sun. I know she
loves it, too.
Lately two
new species have started to frequent our horse pasture – a great blue heron and
a bobcat. The heron glides in like
a small aircraft, so large I am startled.
And then the bobcat appears from under the scrub at the neighbor’s
fence. I assume that both are
stalking for gophers.
Annie
awakens and pops out of her room to tell me that a second bobcat has crept onto
the horse pasture, a new wrinkle on the dance of the heron and bobcat. And where there is a pair, could
kittens be far away? We’ll be
watching.
We saw a heron and a bobcat when we were staying at Pi for our honeymoon in 2010. It was just about the same time of year. I hope you spot some kittens!
ReplyDeletewe saw the heron too today! sadly, no bobcats, but the badger made up for that!
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