Fox, Lilac

This morning at 5.30am I head this loud barking/yelling outside my window. I grabbed my camera and sure enough the fox we had spyed a couple days ago, was back, jumped up on the big rock in the back yard, and let lose. She went around the back and as I followed her thru the house I passed the guest room, and K. came out holding her camera as well. I think she got few seconds of video of the creature vocalizing. This is the first fox I have seen here and it feels good to know they are around.

The sound was like anything I'd ever heard. My sister in law, who fortunately got a 3 second video of the fox vocalizing which I'll post soon, said it sounded like a two year old child yelling " no no no no no no no." To me it sounded like a bark/scream/yell. Very hard to describe. I think she was calling to another fox cause she kept facing the same way and making that call. I took the photo thru my bedroom window which was closed, before I was even awake. I'm so pleased that the photo turned out as well as it did. Divine cooperation, I'd say. What a blessing for me to have seen this. Fills me.

The sound was like anything I'd ever heard. My sister in law, who fortunately got a 3 second video of the fox vocalizing which I'll post soon, said it sounded like a two year old child yelling " no no no no no no no." To me it sounded like a bark/scream/yell. Very hard to describe. I think she was calling to another fox cause she kept facingthe same way and making that call. I took the photo thru my bedroom window which was closed, before I was even awake. I'm so pleased that the photo turned out as well as it did. Divine cooperation, I'd say. What a blessing for me to have seen this. Fills me.

The sound was unlike anything I'd ever heard. My sister in law K. said it sounded like a two year old child yelling " no no no no no no no." To me it sounded like a bark/scream/yell. Very hard to describe. I think she was calling to another fox cause she kept facing the same way and making that call. I took the photo thru my bedroom window which was closed, before I was even awake. I'm so pleased that the photo turned out as well as it did. Divine cooperation, I'd say. What a blessing for me to have seen this. Filled me.


K. and her daughters have been here helping me for a few days, cooking, shopping, driving. We went to Hammonassett one day to lie in the sun when the temps were high, then K. and ICat and Seven in the sling climbed the Tower Trail at Sleeping Giant while I went to physical therapy on another day, and yesterday we went out to Rob's so ICat could climb the interesting rocks on his property. Rob had a drawf lilac tree on his property and he let me pluck some branches with some buds that still had not opened. Seven is all smiles and joy, and was very loveingly attended to by all. ICat spent lots of time on the computer chatting with her friends back home.

Photo of Seven and ICat.

Sunset at the North Pole

One of my knee replacement buddies sent this captivating photo. Would that it were easier to get to such a place.

Extremely tired this morning, lightheaded, but the house cleaning person was coming so couldn't stay in bed; had to get up and clear some of the clutter so she could actually get to surfaces and clean. Then saw a client, then the dog walker came, then I went to the pharmacy and the natural foods store, then i had to nap. It's been very cold all day, supposed to get into the low 30s tonight.

Yellow Azaleas

The pinks and reds and whites are more common, but at the park yesterday there were two kinds of yellow azaleas and I just had to have a few branches of each. Being camera-less, I took the real thing, and they are so lovely in my house. I sat on two bags of mulch so I could easily get to the soil in my plot, and planted borage, that beautiful herb with the deliciously blue flowers.

It's six weeks since my surgery and I just began driving short distances last week. I've had no desire to blog: too tired, too spaced out, too redundant. Recovery is a long uphill struggle. One day at a time.