This may sound a little strange, but I love how animals bulk up and their fur grows thick as the winter approaches. I’ve been aiding my little squirrel friends in their winter prep with sunflower seeds and corn. I find them waiting on my deck railings every morning as the sun rises, knowing that I’ll be fixing them up soon.
I spent last night at my mom’s house hanging out with my cat (my family tends to think I come just to see the cat) and since I don’t see him regularly, he looked like a giant — at least 1/3 bigger than he looked over the summer– he’s been gradually increasing weight and fur as the temperatures decrease. In fact, he got so scraggly during the summer that I almost took him to the vet, but I suppose it was just his way of adapting to the environment (hot as hades). There’s no question about his health now.
I was on the road back home by 5:30am this morning, and as usual, I hit the country roads, except there was a very dense fog, and since there were no lines painted on the roads, I could hardly see where I was driving. I even had to hit my brakes for a family of bunnies that I didn’t see until I was almost on top of them. Anyway, I rerouted myself back to the main highway since it took me an hour to go 20 miles and I had an art fair to get to. And not long after I got on the highway, I spotted a coyote right alongside the road, bulked up for the winter with a thick, full coat. It was so beautiful. The end.