The Bold & The Beautiful
Although I wasn't planning on Part 2 of last week's The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, apparently Mother Nature had other plans...
It slept nearly all afternoon until the eclipse happened. And then, when the temperature dropped, and the Moon blocked the sun, it got up and headed toward the feeders.
Convinced that this was our resident killer, I tried to get near it, but it wanted no part of that.
Walking purposefully and casually across the yard, as it got closer to the feeders, the birds now silent because of the eclipse remained hidden.
(While the Pres was outside "watching" the eclipse through his welder's mask, I "listened to the eclipse," as the critters' silence was very noticeable...:)
Anyway, the very healthy looking stray hung around for two days and then, was no where to be found by Wednesday morning. However that afternoon, hearing the thick brush moving right before dusk that afternoon, I thought it had returned. I was wrong.
While sitting on the deck, I was totally taken off guard when this beautiful critter appeared from the thick, overgrown brush.
Before wandering around the "bird sanctuary," it scratched it's face on one of the trees, continually sniffing the air and ground as it wandered, marking it's territory.
because...
The afternoon after all the dead critters had vanished, I spotted something near the cluster of Hydrangeas.
It slept nearly all afternoon until the eclipse happened. And then, when the temperature dropped, and the Moon blocked the sun, it got up and headed toward the feeders.
Convinced that this was our resident killer, I tried to get near it, but it wanted no part of that.
Walking purposefully and casually across the yard, as it got closer to the feeders, the birds now silent because of the eclipse remained hidden.
(While the Pres was outside "watching" the eclipse through his welder's mask, I "listened to the eclipse," as the critters' silence was very noticeable...:)
Anyway, the very healthy looking stray hung around for two days and then, was no where to be found by Wednesday morning. However that afternoon, hearing the thick brush moving right before dusk that afternoon, I thought it had returned. I was wrong.
While sitting on the deck, I was totally taken off guard when this beautiful critter appeared from the thick, overgrown brush.
Before wandering around the "bird sanctuary," it scratched it's face on one of the trees, continually sniffing the air and ground as it wandered, marking it's territory.
just seeing, saying and sharing...
The Bold and The Beautiful
with you and those at
Oh, one more thing. A good friend told me that I should now wear "chaps" when I fill the feeders and wander in to watch the Eagles...LOL...silly girl!!
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Have a wonderful week-end!
(A Shutterbug Explores)
Greetings from the Netherlands
Greetings from the Netherlands
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
All the best, Gordon.
how have you been? good i hope ... i was out commenting today ... have been super busy and just not commenting much ... not the time any more. thinking about my Texans friends. thought about you ... hope you are good ... i never remember you are Vermont, New Hampshire... nuts ... see a mind is hard to keep all those tidbits in there straight. hope you and the fam are all good. getting ready for FALL right? take care and come see me sometime ... miss ya!! big big hugs!! xxoo ( ;
~Sheri