Mom's Day

Raccoons: Pros and Cons

PROS:	CONS:
* They look like little bandits.	* They are little bandits. (Sometimes they're big bandits.)
* They love cats.	* Cats do not love them.
* Rascal (boy and raccoon become best friends)	* Where the Red Fern Grows (best friend dogs hunt wily and vicious raccoons)
* They're super cute when they're babies.	* They may have rabies.

And here's the tie-breaker:
I think the PROS outweigh the CONS. What do you think? :)

A Hawk Swipes a Gopher

Evening Hawk Spotting

We've been going to the GGP archery range almost every evening.  One night a hawk landed just a few feet away from me.  The next night a coyote ran onto the field and frolicked around the archers for several minutes before sprinting back into the brush.  After that, I decided that I wouldn't be caught without my camera again, and my nightly visits to the range have become more of a combo arching/wildlife spotting.  Although there are TONS of creatures out and about, the most common sightings are of hawks.  I've come to know their favorite branch hangouts along the perimeter of the range and am at the ready to toss down my bow and pick up the cam if I see one launching toward the open field to pick up a gopher.

    

Bird, Bird, Coyote!

 

Tree Lines

American Robin

Bison in Golden Gate Park

Archery

Weaponry is one of those hobbies I never really pictured for myself; I just kind of married into it.  And...I love it!  Our newest toy: the recurve bow.   I am certainly not a natural, but with the range right nearby in Golden Gate Park we're hoping to go at least once a week.  As my husband likes to remind me, we need to be prepared for when the zombies attack.