Just Another Fall Day in the Humboldt Hills
Here, in the hills of Humboldt, I am watching the maples hold the excess summer sunlight until they grow too heavy with liquid gold and fall in heaps of treasure on the ground.
Here, the squirrels live in fear of Sleeker, my small semi-domestic black puma. Sleeker lives to hunt and no squirrel dares to come close to the house. But when I walk up the dirt road through the oaks and bays that line our long driveway, they slip out on branches to stare. And Sleeker who follows me, not like a pet dog on a walk but like predator tracking its prey, pretends not to notice. But, if one dares to dart down among the leaves on the ground, she shoots forward, a black streak scattering gold. As yet the squirrels have escaped panting onto the highest branches and Sleeker in a frenzy attacks the leaves, throwing them in the air and twisting her body in acrobatic shapes trying to catch them.
Or, perhaps, she is communicating through savage dance how squirrels should fear her.
And eyes wide and gray breasts heaving, they do.
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Thanks for that slice of autumnal southern Humboldt.
Thanks for that slice of autumnal southern Humboldt.
Oops! I meant to say, thanks for that “wonderful” slice.
Oops! I meant to say, thanks for that “wonderful” slice.
Nice.
Today here, in the hills of Humboldt, I watched apples lose hold of their excess summer sunlight in the form of liquid gold when pressed into an amber juice to quench our thirst.
Nice.
Today here, in the hills of Humboldt, I watched apples lose hold of their excess summer sunlight in the form of liquid gold when pressed into an amber juice to quench our thirst.
Took me a long time to learn how to spell squrrill… uh squirrel… When we sit on the back deck, we have a squirrel who tosses acorns at us and from 40 feet up, an acorn hurts… Our big old gray tom, Caruso, has been catching rats and leaving them on the walk to show me he appreciates the kibble.
What a spectacular photo!
What a spectacular photo!
Beautiful photo!
Beautiful photo!