Wilds of Ohio

We have always considered our neighborhood to be "in town". Lately, we have begun to rethink that notion. Along with the mandatory chipmunks, gray squirrels and black squirrels, we have recently seen, in our fenced-in back yard:

1.) A groundhog
2.) An opossum
3.) rabbits (ok, not so strange, but the number of them is more than usual)
4.) Large hawks, on the fly. (where's Wickett?)

We have also seen deer in the front of the house, strolling around our circle, and yesterday, on our way out for some shopping, we saw a large, red fox. I don't remember seeing one of those, especially this big, since I left the farm.


Unrelated FYI: On this day, in 1963, Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote the song, "She Loves You", in a hotel room in Newcastle, England. Coincidently, Pete Best was writing, "Ringo?", on the men's room wall at the Cavern Club in Liverpool.

Slightly related FYI: We did not see this guy in our neighborhood.