I was making great progress, as I sat in my favorite stitching spot. This wing part will be completed soon.
I take frequent "stretch" breaks for the benefit of my legs, back, and hands. Sometimes I get up and make a cuppa tea (or grab a snack), and other times, I stretch in place and check to see what's going on outside our dining room windows.
Yesterday, I was looking out the window more frequently because we had storms rolling through and it got really windy and rainy. I noticed movement in one of the dark tracks you can see in the field. At first I thought I was seeing deer because of white tail flashes. I was wrong.
Handsome grabbed our binoculars and we realized I'd been watching two foxes playing with each other. Even as it started to rain, they continued running up and down the right side, chasing each other. It was adorable!
Coincidentally, I'd also seen gophers running around in our yard, and had really just been wishing we had foxes.
I hope they're denning nearby, because those gophers are digging holes in our yard. You can just imagine how that could harm Bella or Carly if they stepped in a hole while running around. They could do catastrophic damage to a leg or foot.
I think these critters might be the perfect meals for the foxes, and a much better alternative to us trying to get rid of them (the gophers, not the foxes). I think we need to put up a sign saying, "Foxes Welcome". In the meantime, I hope they'll continue to hang out nearby!
ReplyDeleteWe see a Fox here occasionally, they are to cute!
Our downtown had a lot of damage from the storm, but we were safe, although we are very close to downtown.
Marilyn
Oh, foxes at play are just adorable! But foxes doing "gopher duty", even better. Well, not to watch, but you know what I mean. 😄 Just thinking about Carly or Bella getting hurt by one of their wretched holes makes me want to do "gopher duty." The butterfly is coming along marvelously!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the foxes might stick around if there's a ready food supply for them. Gopher holes aren't fun and certainly can be dangerous, so hope the foxes enjoy several good dinners.
ReplyDeleteFoxes are lovely creatures. We have them around but mostly hear them instead of seeing them. They are very nocturnal. Lovely picture out your window. Are not the fields so lovely and green this time of the year!! God Bless!
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