How are we coping with life five months into this strange restrictive reality? My attitude fluctuates, but I’m trying to see what options I can exercise.
Staying home has benefits
I’m here when things happen. Yesterday, I watched a doe and a young fox play in my back yard. The fox apparently transgressed some boundary the doe had defined for her fawns and the game was on. Fox could just run a hundred yards and allowed the doe her space but it was a cool morning.
They ran around the spirea once and Fox sat down just out of her reach. Doe huffed and lowered her head. Fox jaunted to the mimosa tree twenty yards away. Doe’s tail raised in alert position, she trotted toward him. He sat again, looked over his shoulder then back at her. Stood and lowered his chest like a puppy. Pounced side to side, paused for her response, then gave up their game to trot into the woods. Doe watched him go, lowered her tail, and walked away, happy her domain was recognized.
I would have missed all that.