Hot Cocoa

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.