Am…musings

This morning, I opened to door to let Chewy out and spotted a small, dog-like animal. It was far enough away that I wasn’t really sure what it was, but as it got closer, I decided it was a fox. Chewy was oddly and thankfully quiet (or I think Mr. Fox would have bolted sooner than he did). And I uttered what is apparently my go-to word for unexpected wildlife near my house … the eff-word. This time it was a disbelieving, “shut the eff up.” (See here for the last “wildlife potty mouth” phrase of the day.)

I guess it just shocks me to see fox, raccoons and hawks in my subdivision. I just never guessed when I moved to SoCo (a fairly populated suburb of St. Louis better known as South County) that I’d see so much wild life. I grew up in a less populated suburb, just south of South County and really never saw many animals at all, despite our house being a across from a large wooded area. Perhaps I paid less attention as a kid, or maybe the animals were able to hide in the woods … and here they really have no choice.

It’s kind of a nice surprise (see … who needs theme parks?). This little guy (smaller than Chewy I think) was super cute and looked beautiful running through the brush behind my neighbor’s house.

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