The Cows Are Back!!!

We saw Winton Hillis's cows across the river today for the first time since last fall. There were some calves who were really fun to watch. I saw a beaver yesterday as I was walking along the river -- scurried out from underneath a hill and dove straight into the water like a bullet. A little startling! Earl (the Popes' dog) obviously had had a wildlife adventure of his own which included a skunk. Yesterday he was fine. Today, we could smell him coming and DID NOT encourage him to stick around! It was dark when we left out there tonight and there was a bowl-shaped sliver of a moon. Off in the distance, we could hear the coyotes. Eerie.