Outside My WIndow

By Laurel Erhardt, Skyline Blvd.

Memories of creatures seen last summer...

A week or so ago - a doe

This weekend - Ms. Elk

A well fed snake. He was having trouble moving on a nice warm day.

The hummer nest must be near. I see them a lot and there's no hummingbird feeder.

They lightly land on the clothesline where the bird feeders are hung and snicker at the grosbeaks who try and do the same.

And this evening, with the alpine glow  in its subtle grandeur, the bobcat creeps in, changes his mind and retreats