Evening walk

We just got back from our walk. We headed out and it is Jenny's habit to find the bachelor llamas and herd them into a circle. Here she is flying across the turf to put this boy along with his mates. The boys steel themselves for her herding. They have learned that if they stay still she leaves sooner.

The woods here are full of saskatoon bushes. Sasks are a kind of wild blueberry, a bit more reddish purple than a blueberry, and they have a different, more complex taste. They are delicious in pie. So delicious!! And now their blossoms fill the woods with a light honey and jasmine fragrance.

The foxhole is still empty. We see the fox in our front yard every day. It beheaded one of my roosters about a month ago, but it hasn't invaded since. I know Chewy is wise to its presence and does a lot of Keep Out pee posting.

This Saskatoon bush (they grow about 11 feet tall) was pushed down by a falling tree. I liked the way it sent up new branches and then bloomed into an arc.

The willow pond. There are several kinds of waterfowl there. Their calls are very different, one variety makes a Mya Mya sound, like an old man's voice; another type makes a RRRow sound that sounds exactly like a cat. When you get several ducks in the pond they gabble away and sometimes it sounds like a bunch of old men playing cards and muttering to one another.  It has caught me off guard a few times. Muh muh muh-muh-muh-muh muh. Mmmm Muh muh. I'll have to try to get closer to see what they are. It's impossible to sneak up on anything with the dogs around, the mastiffs especially snuffle like locomotives.

I l iked the way these poplars caught the sun. They are a favorite perch of hawks.



Have a wonderful evening!