Tuesday, July 8, 2008

A Bobcat in the yard!





Yesterday afternoon we saw something under the suburban. At first we thought it was a fox but then when it came out and stood by the wheel we could see it was some type of cat. It was scoping out the goats. He stayed there for a good 5 minutes. We went out on the porch to try to scare it away and after another few minutes it finally gave up and ran across the field into the trees, then across the road. I had James get his paintball gun just in case, because I didn't feel comfortable getting the 22 out. So if you can picture it, we are all standing on the front porch, James ready with the paintball gun, Thomas and Emma freaking out because of 1. there is a storm coming in and 2. the bobcat wanting to eat the goats. Because the storm was blowing in we had to get everything tied down and taken care of. James and I went to bring the horse into his stall because there was thunder and lightning in the distance and we saw out in the field the bobcat. He was watching us, just hanging out! Tonya was getting the porch swing down, rocking chairs laid down, plants in the house. It was an adventure!

The day before Tonya and I took a day trip up to Lexington, VA to drop Elizabeth and some friends off at EFY at Southern Virginia University next door in Buena Vista. After dropping her off and getting her settled, Tonya and I toured Lexington, did some shopping and just had fun being together by ourselves. It was a fun day. I'm going to miss my sister.

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