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Back yard neighbors
My house sits on a cul-de-sac and backs to a small retention pond. On the other side of the pond the land is split by conservation on the left and houses on the right. I took these pics of my backyard neighbors a few weeks ago. Forgot to post them until I heard a sandhill crane out back just now. I love their calls.
Anyway, here are a few of the creatures living in my back yard — okay they live in the pond behind my back yard, but you know what I mean.
I took the pic through my office window, so it isn’t the best. But when he stuck out his neck like that I couldn’t resist grabbing my camera.
In this pic our gater is sunning himself across the pond from my kitchen window. About three days later, I looked out and saw him sunning my yard. Pretty cool!
We also have a very fast and active otter, but everytime I try and get a picture, the little guy darts and dives. Never knew those things could move so fast. Of course, I guess you have to when you share a pond with a gater.
And the rains came
Well it finally rained yesterday. It had been so unbelievably dry for the past month or more (I’ve honestly lost count). We got a good 2 hours or more of rain last night.
The pond behind my house no longer looks forlorn. Water covers the dry sand that ringed it, stretching up to meet the grass that dons a brighter shade of green. The air smells fresh and clean and I just want to stand out back and breathe deeply.
Another month or two like this and maybe the water level will start getting back to normal.