Jun
13
2011
The Creatures Around My House
Author: siggyYou never know what creatures you will see around my house. Last week I flushed a deer in the woods out back. It must have been drinking water from the tiny creek there. It is not unusual to see deer in the area although that was the first time I spotted one in our yard.
A few days ago I moved my mower which was on our front porch and a two inch black toad hopped away and disappeared into a crack between the porch and wall. I had never seen one that color before although I have seen many toads of all sizes on our porch that are attracted by the bugs the porch light brings.
Just today I saw a chipmunk on the limb six feet up on a branch of our white pine viewed from (???) of our living room. Usually he is only seen scurrying on the ground helping himself to the bird seed scattered on the ground. I know they can climb but that was an unusual spot to see him. You never know what animal you are going to see. We live on the edge of the countryside.
