It was an unseasonably warm (79 degrees!) "hump day" today so I decided to take the cats on a forest walk after school. The route usually starts by a few quick steps to the dock. There we can inspect the water level, beaver pond, and estimate how much time left before the sun sets. There's almost barely an hour right now before the sun sets, so from the dock it's time to head out to one of our other usual destinations. We normally go either to the beaver dam (or across the dam and beyond), or past the beaver dam down the deer path. Or, like today, out to the tree diamond (or tree square, depending on your point of view). In the pic Sidney has finally caught up and both cats took the opportunity to scratch that log. Sidney usually lollygags brining up the rear.
Here's Harley at the entrance to the tree diamond. We call it the diamond (or square) because of the square pattern formed by the fallen trees. Of course the cats like walking on these logs and climbing up anything still standing. Beyond the tree diamond is more forest bordered by a narrow creek. Sidney likes to explore this area of the forest. She hung around there today in fact, and I had to double-back from the dock to find her and coax her back to the house.
Good thing I got a chance to get out there today—the warm spell might be at an end...tonight we're expecting showers, a windy night, and a high of only 61 degrees tomorrow. Winter here already?
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