It has been snowing off and on and then mostly on for the last few days and this morning we had about a foot of snow in our yard. I think a lot more than that has fallen, but it has melted and settled a lot in between storms because it's really not that cold. One of my friends was inviting all her kids and their families over today for Christmas dinner on their Christmas dishes.
For some reason the critters were out in force this afternoon. Besides our striped friend and the foxes, we saw pheasants, Canadian geese (who disappeared as soon as the foxes appeared) and some circling hawks. We saw all of these in the 20 minutes or so that we were doing the dishes after our Sunday meal. The water district pond in back of our pond is an attractive place for the Canadian geese in the spring, but I think it is obvious why we never saw any baby geese last year. Too bad the geese didn't learn their lesson because at least two of them are back so far this year. They are fun to watch, but I don't think it's a very safe place to nest. The fox in the last picture is just staring at the pond. Between the foxes and the skunks I'm sure any eggs don't stand a chance. Ahh, nature.
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