Thursday December 1, 2011

 

 

What a Difference a Day Makes

 

This morning awakened bright, sunny and cold.

Yesterday was dark, cloudy and cold.

 

 

From inside it almost looked springlike.

 

 

There was not a cloud in the sky.

 

 

This afternoon when I went to the post office, I noticed that the owner of the next property was having the trees in a small woodlot removed.

 

 

I remember that woodlot when I was a child, because the property in the foreground was my dad’s (now owned by my three brothers). I remember it as a place where foxes always seemed to have a den.

Did you know that a group of foxes is called a skulk?

I just googled it, and found about half a dozen names, the most common names are skulk, troup, or earth. Other names I found are lead and leash. 

Skulk seems to be the most popular and is derived from middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect skulka to lie in wait, lurk, to move in a stealthy manner.

That does sound like a fox.

That is your lesson from the animal kingdom today.

 

 

I came upstairs (from my basement office) just in time to see the sunset.

 

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Stay tuned to see where I will be posting from tomorrow night.

Cerwin is in West Virginia hunting (shot a six-point buck this evening), so I might as well go somewhere.

My trip begins at Lancaster’s small airport – then Baltimore – then LaGuardia – then….

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