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Isle of May
A few photographs I had the pleasure of taking on the Isle of May yesterday...
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Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Some of my photographs of foxes collected into one ... read more
Fox Haiku
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Standing on the fence Sniffing possibilities Blink and fox is ... read more
I Rock, Apparently
Misssy M aka She Who Numbers Snails has nominated me as a Rocking Girl Blogger. See - I have a sparkling pink button! I am so touched and shocked and over-flowing with emotion about this (is that out there enough? ;-p) I will be back with my own nominations later. It's late and I'm all moused out ~ last night I was on my way to bed. I rounded the corner in the hall and became aware of a blob where no blob has been ... read moreWhat Is That Mark On The Carpet?
I decided to have a late afternoon shower, as those of us who are self-employed can choose to do. So I did the whole naked and soap thing and once I was nice and shiny I pushed the shower curtain back and as I reached for the towel to wrap my hair, I caught sight of a small brown mark on the floor. It was about an inch in diameter. I thought "What is that, I'm sure that wasn't there before..." (it should be noted that I do not wear my glasses in the shower). As I wrapped my hair in a towel, ... read more
Red Fox Rearing
At the risk of having to re-name this blog The Fox Saga, I can tell you that the little darlings were around today. I've been hearing them tonight after dark too, it's great when you know for definite the sound you are hearing is fox. They were not as active as yesterday, but given the piddling rain who can blame them, and so here is another of my favourites from yesterday. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes Rearing"][/caption] She has no idea I ... read more
My Foxy Home Video
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Blurry Red Fox Kit Vulpes Vulpes"][/caption] This is the best example of any of the frustrating photography of the evening. The truth is that I have no idea what I am doing with a camera and so, when faced with challenging conditions (like fast fox kits as the sun goes out), I tend to fail (and wail) miserably. I mean just after this episode there was a gorgeous scene right in the middle of the grass (the choicest of places for a fox to ... read more
Garden Drama
I haven't been successful in getting a pic of any of the fox kits so far. They are only appearing right at dusk and they are very quick on their tiny toes! I suspect they were less visible last night because a neighbour left his wee doggie in the garden ~ I don't understand folk who pay more than I earn in a month on a posh pooch and then abandon it outside until long after dark... Anyway, the posh pooch (who is actually quite a fine wee being) was doing her thing lying on the path watching ... read more
Grandma By Default
I announced this elsewhere as "I think I'm a Mum again" and it was suggested that I'm actually a Grandma since the parental units are present... OK! Just before 10pm tonight, as the night was creeping in, my eye was caught by movement out in the back gardens... A fox! But not just any of our three regular foxes - this one was small! Over the next half hour or so, we watched more fox activity than I have ever seen. I think there are definitely two youngsters, at least, but they are all ... read more
Foxy Foxy
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes ~ Leaping Fence"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="270" caption="Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes ~ Leaping Fence"][/caption] [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Red Fox Vulpes Vulpes ~ Graceful Landing"][/caption] This is one of our local dog foxes and the one most often seen in the gardens viewed from my den. It has been a damp and musky day today, the heaviness in last night's ... read more
Of Mouse and Woman
So I'm sitting writing my Morning Pages in my bed and two or three times I think I see movement out of the corner of my eye. Every time I look across to the doorway there's nothing there, but I say good morning to the ghost cat :) Something catches my eye again and as I look up a small dark beastie looks back then darts away up the hall!! I jump out of bed and run after it but there's nothing there. I send Allan a text "there's a moose loose aboot this hoose" and he replies ... read more
