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Something to Ponder

Things around the pond have been very quiet lately. Calm, beautiful weather with idyllic sunsets. A gibbous moon.

It’s been 2 weeks since we‘ve seen a bear–a mom and two cubs. 9th, 10th, and 11th bruin sightings of the season. We managed to photograph mom. But the cubs disappeared into the woods before we could lay a lens on them. Stealthy little guys. They slipped by 20 ft from the porch while we were distracted by a buck on the opposite side of the pond. Che sera.

A doe and her two fawns, former daily visitors, haven’t shown up for a week. The last time, one fawn left the other two deer and grazed by itself in our front yard . Mom cast an occasional nervous glance in its direction. I suspect that our solitary fawn is about to seek a home elsewhere. It’s the time of year when maturing fawns lose their spots and establish a new life. Cursed, I’m sure, with the fear and anxiety of sudden cervidaen adulthood. Gone are the days of wine and roses.

The turtles, not known for a raucous life style, sleepily sun themselves next to the pond. And the fish, wrapped in total silence, cruise in their liquid home. By the time the snow flies, they will have settled into the “warmest” spot at the bottom of 40F degree pond. In their annual torpor, the fish version of hibernation. What a great life.

So we find ourselves in a quiet interlude between wood critter activity and the arrival of migrating water birds. A few photos are attached to freshen memory. Or whatever.

A pause in action offers something to ponder. At this time of floods, hurricanes, conflagration and pandemic (not to mention the blazing tonsorial bonfires of present day politics). Do the critters know something about the simple life that‘s well out of reach of homo sapiens?

I asked. They absolutely abhor politics and forbid it in the Hideaway. Who’s to argue?

Of course, the critters do have the nasty habit of occasionally consuming one another. But that’s for sustenance. Not greed, animosity or religion as is too often the case with their two legged planetary co-habitants. The pecking order. Or in this case, the chewing order, as it were.

And lest we feel too self righteous as a civilization, according to history, even homo sapiens once had the habit of snacking on one another. Grim subject, I suppose. But legend states that with a little coconut milk and a dash of sea salt it offers–well, something to ponder.

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