Foxy Who?

 It was running day.  UGH was my first thought.  It's always so hard to get out there, but once you are actually out the door, you get just a twinge of exhilaration.  Sometimes my coffee does the same thing.  I have to admit the coffee twinge was winning on this morning.

As soon as I looked out the window, coffee won.  It was raining pretty hard and kept up for quite some time.  I'm definitely not complaining as we need the water and my body thanked me, though my brain kept saying GET OUT THERE!!!  It's hard to quiet that little gremlin.

This is the last video of Foxy I took from the camera.  I'm afraid since I last saw him/her, just my presence has maybe scared them away.  I haven't put the camera out every night like I should, but when I have, there's nothing but kitty kitties.  That makes me sad.  Maybe it's just the time of year.

Knowing that Sierra Red Foxes are very rare, I decided to do some research on them.  This is a Red one with black ears and a white-tipped tail.  It's hard to identify that in nighttime videos.  Years ago we had one little girl on the ranch that built a nest in one of our barbed wire rolls.  I caught her several times during the day going into the pile of old posts and wire.  She was definitely RED.

The Grey Fox has no black on the ears and a black-tipped tail.  When I watch the video of my visitor, I see no black on the ears, so it's probably a gray fox.  It's really hard to tell since black doesn't show up on the video well.  Either way, I'm blessed to have these sightings.  Most people don't even know they exist around here, and who would think they would be in your back yard?

It is springtime when babies arrive, so that may be why no one has graced my yard recently.  I'll have to work on getting that critter cam out more often.

I did finally get up off my you-know-what and cleaned yet another gutter.  I'm happy to say that the bedroom window did not get drenched as in the past.  My screwdriver skills worked like a charm.  Too bad I can't say that for two other sections.  Since I'm out of screws, there will be a run to the store today for longer ones.  

After lounging for way too long, it was time to head out to the Elks Lodge for dinner and the initiation of 28 more people.  On the way, wasn't I surprised to hear that familiar weird beeping over the radio ... THIS IS A TEST ... only this time it wasn't.  

Seems there was a tornado warning ... right here in California ... in four counties from the top down to the middle, directly North of my location.  It was the GET TO COVER notification too.  I don't think I've ever heard that in all my years here!!  When we do have tornados, they look like this.  Small in comparison to those back East.

The night moved along slowly.  I didn't eat since I'm pretty "steaked" out!!  If you've eaten as much steak as I have living on a cattle ranch, you would rather have chicken!!  By 9:00 I was yawning like crazy.  At long last it was over and I was headed home to my welcome reception from Mr. Cooper, who is now feeling better.  Yup I'm happy about that!!  Even happier to get that tuxedo off!!!

If it quits raining, I'll be out slapping my soles on the pavement for a bit, happy that I can still do it!!!