A Surprise Evening Visitor
T his evening, we had a surprise visitor. Sheila and I were in our new pergola in the backyard just before dinnertime and I noticed a gray fox just on the other side of our horseshoe pits just standing there watching me from about 40 feet away. Sheila couldn't see him from where she was sitting so I was quietly saying, "fox... fox... fox..." while staring at our visitor. I was careful not to move because I didn't want to startle her and have her run off immediately. At first Sheila thought I was cursing (I was working on a tabletop heater at the time so I could have been cursing if something was going according to plan) but she quickly realized I was saying "fox". She stood up and slowly walked to where she could catch a glimpse of our little visitor. I thought for sure that this fox would dart off when Sheila came into view but she didn't... she simply stood there, about 40 feet away, looking back at us. We clearly were ...