good morning, I spoke softly to the zig zagging rabbits on my predawn rambles

where are the coyotes? have they had their fill of rabbits this year?

a heron, walked dinosaur-like through our yard…pure awe

then pooped on my shed

I often witnessed the seals still snoozing

they sleep later (& maybe better) than I do

sometimes I would sing…good morning starshine, the earth says hello

they watched me, do they know my voice?

I whisper to shore birds that I would never harm them

or their eggs…together we all relaxed a bit

one morning loads of squid were nestled in the high tide mark

what happened to you funky creatures?

ecological disaster?v I asked Jack

well Lisa, there are many possible explanations

I’ll be right there

Jack’s bait

MORE ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS…

A deer walk by my mother-in-law’s window…magic for us both.

I spotted an elusive oriole twice…come back please.

I tried to befriend a crow, we aren’t quite there yet. Maybe next year?

We watched osprey parents trying to get their kiddos to fledge.

“We’re not, after all, separate from the animal kingdom. We’re part of it.”

—Jane Goodall