
Shall I rename this "The Coyote Blog?"
Around 5 am, Victor and I awoke to the sound of a dog barking right outside my deck. My neighbor has a dog but this sounded different, and, well -
close. The 4 of us got up and went to the deck in time to see the dog face off with one of the coyotes. I ran out the front door and down the sidewalk to try and reach the dog before any actual fighting happened, and tried to get the dog to come to me. He saw me and heard me but I think he was just so freaked out that he took off running up the road, and the coyote followed him. Damned if that coyote wasn't
two feet from where I stood in my pajamas and bare feet. A few moments later he made his way back down the hill, giving up on the dog and
disappearing into the woods. Victor grabbed the camera by this time and told me he was going to go and "scare the coyote with the flash, like Rear Window" which made me laugh for a very long time. We didn't get any good shots, and headed back up to greet two freaked out indoor cats. This morning I opened the front door to check the temps and Raleigh wouldn't even go near the door. I'm hoping there is a memory chip somewhere in her pea sized brain recording these events so that she wants to stay indoors.
A little sad that the holiday weekend ends. Victor is putting the bike rack on my car as I write this so that we can head to a local trail for one more ride. I'm going to take my small camera with me to see if I can get some photos of the trail -
here's to hoping I don't land on it during a fall.
We met our neighbor friends at the gazebo last night for wine and apps...fun to be able to walk up the short hill to the house rather than get in cars to visit people. Lots of political talk and plans to meet up again around election time, if not sooner.
The computer is letting me know in no uncertain terms that
additional memory is needed, so I will most likely be offline for a few days this week while I get this fixed. I'll check in once I can.
Happy Sunday all.....