Morning Excursion

It’s been a busy morning, full of unexpected company.

It began as I took my dog for a walk along a nearby back road. I had just stopped to say hello to a butterfly, when I notice a red fox up ahead. Fortunately, I saw it before my dog, so by the time she threw herself to the end of the leash barking hysterically I was ready.

We had just recovered from that when a fawn spooked out of the meadow. Perhaps by the fox which had headed that way. It’s amazing to watch deer run. They leap, float and rebound so gracefully it seems they are barely moving. However, it didn’t take long for the fawn to disappear.

I decided to concede the road to the wildlife and hustled my dog back home. Since we hadn’t had much of a walk we proceed to circle the yard. When the wild turkey flushed under my feet I confess I yelled.

It was not a peaceful morning.

I left the dog inside and headed back to the dirt road. There I spent an enjoyable hour making friends with a butterfly. Perhaps the same one I had stopped for recently.