I spent most of my day outside today. I mowed half our yard with my reel mower while I contemplated letting the grass in the back yard restore itself to its natural savanna state. I think the village would catch on or someone would call me in for an unkempt yard... nonetheless I'm considering it. I turned the compost pile from it's winter slumber as well as other odds and ins around the yard.
I now have my tracking box set up out back so that I can start getting deeper or more scientific about my tracking, I've already seen the difference in tracks that my dog makes when he has a full bladder and when he's just peed.
Today was also insightful because I have been stalking the squirrels. I mean I am getting really good at my fox walking and movement! I stalked up to one particular squirrel and got close enough I could have touched him if wanted. He just sat there and didn't notice me. When he did we must have looked at each other for nearly 5 minutes. From the time I started stalking him to the time I went back into his house was almost a half an hour! I knew because I had previously decided to go in the house and had looked at my watch before my adventure. Have you ever gotten so close to a squirrel that you could see the color variations of single strands of hair?
Grateful for moments like these...
No comments:
Post a Comment