Sunday Sunday

[mondhasen]

Today we had a red fox trotting through the woods out back. It has been quite a while since we saw any foxes hereabouts. There were tracks outside the dog's fence the day before, and The Huntress was quite anxious both yesterday and today when out with me, sniffing the air and listening intently. The tracks led from one of the rabbit thickets to the other's. And funny that this critter appeared so close to the raccoon's arrival as both species are rabies vectors and have had their populations decimated in recent years. This fox looked quite well, fortunately.

And deer! Too bad the camera malfunctioned yesterday as they were gallivanting and gamboling about in the wild winds and cold temps right out next to the driveway. Today I got a shot or two when they crossed the back yard, but these pictures were not so good as the deer were on the move and many trees separated us.


Best I could do. The other shot that came out was basically a butt/flank ;o)

We are due for a large storm Tuesday, so I made sure the snowblower had fuel and the cables were adjusted. Our storm Friday left only a few inches of snow but I used the blower anyway just because it had been almost a month since the last storm. I had gravel shooting 30' because although we had accumulation the driveway was still not frozen after all those 50 degree days.


The calm before the storm.

I had to shop today because tomorrow will be panic at the stores as folks remember they only have limited foods packed away for the 'event.' I also topped off the gasoline in the truck because it adds more weight for traction ;o) We now have our recommended 4+ gallons of milk, four loaves of assorted breads plus English muffins, two dozen eggs, lots of coffee (and Kahlúa, just in case). But this is normal for us anyway.


To hell with French toast!

And in a very loosely related note- Google photo picture search gives a kind of Sesame Street array of results here:


One of these things is not like the other... presented with no more comment :D


Who is Blur anyway? I was actually thinking of this song when I rhymed the subject ;o)

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Comments

[sunfire.livejournal.com]

I don't know what kind of plant that is, but I can definitely say that a Care Bear's butt is not food! Well, maybe dessert for some! *chuckles*

[allaboutweather.livejournal.com]

They're talking over a foot of snow! :O

[schnee.livejournal.com]

To hell with French toast!

Well, beer is liquid bread, isn't it. :) Good luck for the storm, I hope you're all stocked up on the essentials. (And the not-so-essential-but-nice-to-haves, too.)

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

One should always be prepared, of course: a box of a good porter, a gallon or two of oak-aged cider.. ^_^

Blur? They sort of gave birth to Gorillaz. Strange how that works.