Keeping with my series of blurry pics of skunks taken in the wee hours of the morning.
This same morning I passed by a fox strolling right down the middle of the street but I didn’t have my phone out so I just said hello.
wildlife
The skunks of spring are coming
As I’ve had occasion to say before, it’s hard to take a good picture of a skunk. They’re usually only out during times of day when there isn’t much light, and they don’t like to stand around waiting while you get your phone out and take their picture. Last winter I took some pictures of one trying to climb a snow hill. This may be the same one, as it was near the same place.
Premonitions of spring
You know the story about the frog in the pot that’s brought to a boil? Not true, apparently. The frog will jump out before it gets too hot. Anyway, as the snow starts to melt around here I noticed the head of this frog statue I have in my front garden peeping out of the snow. He’s sort of the reverse of the frog in a boiling pot. Maybe he was hibernating. Or “brumating” as it’s called with reptiles. Can spring be far away?
The deer park
I often walk past these deer when I go downtown but I’ve never taken a picture because they’ve had paint on them or stickers. I guess they got cleaned up at some point so I took their picture yesterday. No, I don’t understand the meaning of the geometric forms. And yes that’s my shadow on the deer closest to you. I didn’t realize I’d put myself in the picture until I got home. (You can click on the pic to make it bigger.)
If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow
It might be this little guy. He seems to really like hanging out behind the ivy-covered trellis in my front garden. Except this time of year the ivy is dying and he’s becoming more visible.
If it looks like a duck
I was out for a walk a couple of weeks ago when I saw this well-dressed fellow giving me some side-eye. But I don’t think he minded having his picture taken.
Goslings on the green
These young ‘uns grow up fast! (You can click on the pics to make them bigger. The pics I mean, not the goslings.)
Deer crossing
“As if the earth in one unlooked-for favour
Had made them certain earth returned their love.”
My sister took this picture of a pair of guests who appeared in her driveway on the weekend. You know it must be spring!
Bundle of joy
Every spring these fur babies show up. Scared of their own shadow so I don’t often get a decent picture.
He’s back
Or really the whole family is back. Yes, it’s groundhog day. The real groundhog day, that is. The return of the sub-porch pirates. But not under my porch, because I filled it with rocks. Still, they like to hang out on my porch steps. Go away!
Alex Good 