Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Keep Moving
Although strictly an amateur, I'm a fair observer of nature, so most days I know what's going on in our woods... then there are days like this, when I haven't the slightest idea what's up. This morning as I walked one of the back paths, a shadow so large it almost made me jump, momentarily blocked the rising sun, and I looked up to see a female bald eagle just clipping the treetops right over my head. Soon more shadows flitted through the woods, and I looked up again, to see numerous turkey buzzards, also flying rapidly across our woods, just above the treetops. Other buzzards now flew in lazy circles higher up in the sky, and then a stocky broad-winged hawk blew straight through the woods. I thought perhaps, due to the drought, we'd had a fish kill in the pond. Then, I decided maybe I'd just wander up and check on Toaster, our ancient cat. I felt a little silly doing it, especially as I'd just fed her breakfast in the kitchen a couple of hours ago, but you never know... she kind of looks like roadkill even when she's hobbling down the driveway. She was, as usual, sprawled under her favorite tree, but woke right up for me... I just petted her, and didn't tell her why I'd awakened her; then I walked slowly back down the hill.
// posted by IBOY @ 5:56 PM 
