Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Moose!!
Well, there's a moose family that's been hanging out around the neighborhood lately affecting my life in all sorts of ways. I've bumped into them once on my way to work, walked my bike past them after a bit of a standoff, crashed coming home one night when one of the kids surprised me and had a couple close encounters at home. The night of the Carhartt ball they surprised the heck out of me when I saw their shadows outside my house, they were just outside my downstairs window, a momma and three calves.
There'd been some people shooting off fireworks earlier and at the time it sounded like gunfire just nearby so I was kind of edgy and then to see their shadows, man! Freak central.
So, I've been pretty careful about letting the dogs out, don't want any encounters or anything. Well, tonight the moose were in my neighbor's driveway when we got back from Freddy's so I kept the dogs on the leash when I let them out. However, just before bed I wanted to let them out one last time. Well, I popped my head out the door, no moose. So out goes Midge free and Bergey on a leash. Whoops! This calf was hanging out about 20 feet from my door, I totally missed him!
Lucky for me my dogs aren't that smart sometimes and hadn't yet picked up on his smell. So, I got Bergey in right away, she didn't know what the fuss was about. Midge though was all happily playing outside oblivious to the moose. It was a tense few moments until she came back inside. So, then I snapped off a few pictures with the moose happily chewing away on bushes.
There'd been some people shooting off fireworks earlier and at the time it sounded like gunfire just nearby so I was kind of edgy and then to see their shadows, man! Freak central.
So, I've been pretty careful about letting the dogs out, don't want any encounters or anything. Well, tonight the moose were in my neighbor's driveway when we got back from Freddy's so I kept the dogs on the leash when I let them out. However, just before bed I wanted to let them out one last time. Well, I popped my head out the door, no moose. So out goes Midge free and Bergey on a leash. Whoops! This calf was hanging out about 20 feet from my door, I totally missed him!
Lucky for me my dogs aren't that smart sometimes and hadn't yet picked up on his smell. So, I got Bergey in right away, she didn't know what the fuss was about. Midge though was all happily playing outside oblivious to the moose. It was a tense few moments until she came back inside. So, then I snapped off a few pictures with the moose happily chewing away on bushes.
