And on Monday we saw...

Today's walk started out with a strong whiff of skunk as we went through gap#2 in the fence row into the soccer fields.  Just seconds later, Scrappy turns around and goes the other way, and I said, "You're going the wrong way."  Little did we know that not ten feet away, a doe napped in the fence row- until I scared her (and she us), and anyone watching out their apartment's back window probably got a good show.  Just then, far ahead, I saw this...

Without a doubt, the biggest ground hog I ever saw- about the size of a badger!  This dude was 425 feet away from us!

Moments later, Scrappy found that SOMEBODY had had a meadowlark for a midnight snack in the soccer goal...

The woods was quiet and peaceful, and even a squirrel stopped to pose...

 

 

This little nut's timing pretty much sucks...

Here we are at the ravine, listening to falling acorns and hickory nuts....  Scrappy, ready to go?

BOWWW-ROOOOOOO!!!!!

Then we honest-to-God ran into a field full of people sweeping the field with nets!  An entymology class, I was told.  I tried passing Scrappy off as "a big, four-legged bug,"  But had one girl call him "a love bug."  I answered, "He is that..."

And there they go!  I guess we "bugged" them... ba-dum-DUM!

This was truly a picture perfect afternoon...

 

Scrappy adds a squished snake to his "dead reptile" collection...

 

Nature's still-life of fireworks.