This is the
season of visitations. The creatures
that make up the normal fauna are being affected by the higher than normal
temperatures in several ways. Many of these
animals are making closer contact with us than is normal.
The last several
days have brought moderate rainfalls.
Trips outside are rewarded with the sounds of many frogs begging for the
chance to reproduce. I’m told that there
are frogs with higher-pitched mating calls than I’m able to hear. I’m certain that I heard them once. However, the battlefield damage I carry
removed that portion auditory spectrum quite effectively.
The same
deficit precludes me hearing many species of insects looking for love in our neighborhood.
Looking for
drier, warmer places to shelter, two snakes have turned up in extreme proximity
to the house. Last week we encountered
what appeared to be a very healthy 5 foot long black snake. Since these eat mice, they are considered
welcome. We last saw it on the front
deck. It pushed off to better
concealment and more food. We left it
alone in hope that it will prevent any more mouse/automobile interactions.
Today, Gloria
came in to report another snake visitor.
Sharing space with V’ger the tortoise is a common water snake of about 3
feet in length. This snake is also
welcome.
We continue
to lose bird food to the possum/raccoon gang that thinks anything edible
belongs to it. Some member of this gang
stripped the pear tree of fruit again.
The squirrel
population has Loki continually on alert.
They are objects to watch until they jump onto the platform bird
feeder. At that point, they are inside a
dog-defined perimeter and she explodes into a frenzy of barking and running
between windows and doors in an attempt to chase them off. The squirrels, nearly as wicked in nature as
in Disney animations, will sit just inside the perimeter and tease Loki They seem to know where her defining points
are as if they have a shared map.
Eventually we
grow tired or annoyed at the noise level and let her out to chase the
squirrels. Eventually she’s going to
catch one.
Shabbat Shalom!
This is the
season of visitations. The creatures
that make up the normal fauna are being affected by the higher than normal
temperatures in several ways. Many of these
animals are making closer contact with us than is normal.
The last several
days have brought moderate rainfalls.
Trips outside are rewarded with the sounds of many frogs begging for the
chance to reproduce. I’m told that there
are frogs with higher-pitched mating calls than I’m able to hear. I’m certain that I heard them once. However, the battlefield damage I carry
removed that portion auditory spectrum quite effectively.
The same
deficit precludes me hearing many species of insects looking for love in our neighborhood.
Looking for
drier, warmer places to shelter, two snakes have turned up in extreme proximity
to the house. Last week we encountered
what appeared to be a very healthy 5 foot long black snake. Since these eat mice, they are considered
welcome. We last saw it on the front
deck. It pushed off to better
concealment and more food. We left it
alone in hope that it will prevent any more mouse/automobile interactions.
Today, Gloria
came in to report another snake visitor.
Sharing space with V’ger the tortoise is a common water snake of about 3
feet in length. This snake is also
welcome.
We continue
to lose bird food to the possum/raccoon gang that thinks anything edible
belongs to it. Some member of this gang
stripped the pear tree of fruit again.
The squirrel
population has Loki continually on alert.
They are objects to watch until they jump onto the platform bird
feeder. At that point, they are inside a
dog-defined perimeter and she explodes into a frenzy of barking and running
between windows and doors in an attempt to chase them off. The squirrels, nearly as wicked in nature as
in Disney animations, will sit just inside the perimeter and tease Loki They seem to know where her defining points
are as if they have a shared map.
Eventually we
grow tired or annoyed at the noise level and let her out to chase the
squirrels. Eventually she’s going to
catch one.
Shabbat Shalom!
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