I’m trying not to write here so often because, hooray! I’m writing more of that book I’ve had in my head for a while. I have 20 chapters outlined and four in the can. It’s kind of all I want to do right now, which is tricky because there’s all this nature out here.
While I was walking along this wildlife area, aware that a conference of yellow birds was convening,
I flushed out a coyote just a few feet from the path. He (or she) ran across the field away from me, and a raptor (or, Tracy says possibly a magpie) chased him. For a good while that bird dipped and took swipes at the coyote, possibly thinking he could be persuaded to drop whatever he might have just caught.
While I was googling what kind of bird will harass a coyote,
I saw another two coyotes in a different field, these for sure hunting. One ran away but one stayed, and that one looks so much like Banjo when she hunts that I would have sworn it was her.
Later, while I was taking Banjo down to the river to stand in the shallows and drink,
I watched a cow come out of the willows to stand in the shallows to drink.
While I was inside, taking a break from all the “while this then that” outside, I looked up and saw a florescent sunset.
As the sun went down, the color hugged the hills.
And there goes our last night here boondocking in Utah.
Awesome post. Amazing sunset. Keep working on that book!
Thanks for the encouragement – so great to “see” you and Melanie the other day!
Visiting cows would distract me from writing as well.
But oh! That sunset. How glorious.
❤️
It was indeed glorious – good word.
Banjo… cool name. Congrats on making headway with the book!
We almost named her Yodel, which also fits. Thanks!
I’ve already commented on the sunset, but I’ll say it again: just wow. So stunning. Good job on the book, too!
Thanks! The more I work on that manuscript, the more work I realize it needs. You know how it goes!
I do indeed!
Looks like you are in a really great place. The sunset – wow! No other words. 🙂 Good for you to write the book; I think you are a terrific writer and I always enjoy reading what you put down on the page. Thank you!
Thanks so much, Charla!