Saturday, April 4, 2026

THEY'RE BACK......AS SPRING CALLS TO THE WILD CREATURES....TO GET OUT AND FATTEN UP!


first, a beautiful fly-eating anole, then, as I was taking out the garbage, a rabbit jumped across the driveway, escaping the hungry hunt of a red fox! In the huge tree, above all this 'action', a barn owl was surveying the scenario......all this made 'the next-door cat' very nervous, as she clawed at the sliding glass door to enter the safer environment of 'Inside'.....only to discover, minutes later, a mass of tiny black ants, carrying away her Sheba luncheon fare.......Lots of Life out there! A possum is, again, nesting above one of the cars in the garage, and my convertible....top down.....is a convenient toilet for her, alas.....and another creature has built its nest on the old Dulcitone that's stored in the garage rafters....Some sparrows are building a nest in the both the front portico and back decks' porch lights, and another variety has taken over the candle lantern on the side porch......This place is becoming a squatter's hotel! So much for tossing the two year old leftover dried cat food into the driveway, too!