Today we had another encounter with an animal. Her name is Cocoa the ten-year-old gray
muzzled, creaky, stiff-hipped, attention seeking pooch. Her need for attention is only
matched by Lupin’s lust for fetching.
We’ll get back to her later.
We were told by the food bank man that there is a family of
Sitka black tailed deer that made the mission their home over the winter. These deer have been hanging around the
mission munching on grass and eating the vegetables that food bank man planted
last year. This is why he has made
it his personal crusade to rid the mission of these deer. That and the fact that the mission is
full of small children daily, and no one wants to see one of the deer tromp a
small child.
Well we finally met the deer and I can say two things about
them, they don’t fear humans and they’re tiny compared to the white tail we
have back in the homeland. You can
yell at the deer, but they ignore you and you can throw rocks, but they think
you’re trying to feed them (I’ve been told). I could’ve harvested the deer had I a gun, but again I had
no gun.
However, we did have Cocoa. She chased the deer off with a few barks and the best
chasing an old dog can do. This
was all intentional as Cocoa’s owner let her out of the office to chase the
deer away. My wife was concerned
that Cocoa might run away but she only made it far enough to get rid of the
deer before remembering how old she is, but she looked like a young pup for
just a moment.
Later the same day as we returned to the Kinda-Cottage we
came upon a pair of mallards. Honest to codfish I could have sneezed on them
they were so close.
I don’t think that wild game have fear in the absence of
firearms and cameras.
Once again my gun was safely at home in Indiana with Mr. T.
As I finish typing and look up I see 4 pair of ducks coming
in to land at Mission beach.
