Flying Poodles

It Must Be Spring

At noon today, I saw the neighborhood bobcat (he’s seen regularly in the neighborhood) walking down the neighbor’s driveway. I’ve only caught glimpses of him before, but this was close (the dogs were yelling at him from the safety of the house). He is huge–imagine the biggest housecat you’ve ever seen–and double that.

Then a few minutes ago, I stumbled upon two hummingbirds (Anna’s hummingbirds, for you bird-lovers) squabbling over territory. (I was trimming back a bush.) For a moment, I thought I’d disturbed a hornet’s nest. Loud buzzing. It scared me, because they were about six inches away from my head.

And Elly caught and ate, not one, but two voles today at the dog park.