Front yard surprise

When we got back from a dogwalk around the block the other evening, Maggie had a strong desire to go into the bushes along the fence line. It turns out she was smelling this dead raccoon. The next morning I went out to remove it. It was missing most of its tail but had no other obvious sign of injury. It probably got hit by a car over at the busy road and dragged itself back to a quiet secluded place where it died from internal injuries.

Urban Nature Walk preview

I know I told you folks that I would try to keep you in the loop a little better, when it comes to Urban Nature Walks. Well, I'm going to keep to a schedule of every last Sunday of each month. So that means a week from tomorrow is the next one. This would be a lot simpler if you just joined the facebook group: /www.facebook.com/groups/UrbanNatureWalk/
EDITED TO ADD: please let me know if you are signing up! I have to approve it, and I'm trying to avoid phishing schemes. Thanks, Chris!


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3:00 snapshot #1871

I took yesterday off to get some things done, so at 3:00 I got down on the floor next to Charlie. Poor guy, so old and gray and I'm buggin' him.