Wild Life

Today was Dollar Day! Larry and I went to see "The Amazing Mr. Fox". It was very well done and fun, the way movies should be. I also did a little clean-up job in our back patio and thought of other forms of wildlife. It's really a pleasant place to sit in the sun under the citrus trees. I noticed that there were many feathers under the orange tree, but no soft tissue from a bird. That must mean that some sort of predator got the bird. I'd like to think it was a sweet little pussy cat, but I'm thinking that hardly any owners let cats go outside here. There are too many coyotes, bobcats, and lions around, though I have yet to see one face to face. I have heard from several neighbors, though, that those critters are around. I'm wondering what got the bird! As a side note, in some of the outlying areas around town, many rabid animals have been found. That's made the news big time. A rabid javelina attacked a lady outside by her home. A man walking his dog was attacked by a rabid bobcat. Ugh! When we go hiking around here, we tend to take the roads most traveled, so I'm guessing we probably won't encounter any wild animal with rabies. I'm going to always hike with my walking poles to have something to defend Larry with.

We also are aware that we need to do a few things here to get ready to drive back to Bellevue. We are contacting the Post Office, making arrangements to stay in San Francisco for a few nights, and are organizing our personal possessions a little more. We need to decide what to leave and what to pack to take with us. What we leave has to be out of the way of our renters. What I really need to do is catalog our growing collection of DVD's here and our growing collection of Corelle dinnerware, so we won't wonder what is in Bellevue and what is here. I've heard other people with 2 homes say that it can be a challenge to remember what is where. Digital photography should help me a little.