Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Wildlife.....

Out by the barn, I saw that something had been digging into a dirt bank. 
Maybe a raccoon or a skunk.  

Looking closer, lots of eggshells.  

About an inch and a half long, and an inch wide.

Also, found a large snake skin.
Thinking that these might be gopher (aka bull) snake eggs.
They are the only snake around here that lays eggs rather than having live births.
No idea what got in here and rummaged through the nest for dinner.

More and bigger wild life.
Lots of elk out today.
Cooling off in the pond.
May all of our lives be a bit wilder!

Thursday, July 11, 2013

stay together, learn the flowers, go light....

For the Children

The rising hills, the slopes
of statistics
lie before us,
the steep climb 
of everything, going up,
up, as we all 
go down.

In the next century
or the o­ne beyond that.
they say,
are valleys, pastures,
we can meet there in peace
if we make it.

To climb these coming crests
one word to you, to
you and your childern:

stay together
learn the flowers
go light


Gary Snyder