A Visitor Comes Calling

It was quite late at night. Mui was already sleeping. I had finished my writing for the day and moved over to Mui’s side of the dinette. I was reading a Kindle book ... which was taking longer than usual because I was getting distracted by the spectacular view outside the window. I caught a bit of movement out of the corner of my eye. “The shorebirds wading in the water,” I thought.

Nope … it was a red fox, coming over to check us out and get a drink of water. It tiptoed to the slight dip behind the fire pit … lapped at the water … turned around … and we made eye contact. Wow! Before I could even call out to Mui, the fox was trotting up the road. Seconds later … it was out of sight.

The whole experience lasted a minute … maybe less. Certainly not long enough for me to get my camera out. And my phone was in the basket … out of the way. I managed to get a “this is the end shot, through the windshield, but that was it. Another lesson learned … keep the phone handy at all times.Read more