A post-storm interlude for a recent storm of another form

Meet Bob and Cat

Several Steller’s Jays screaming their most aggressive intruder calls alerted me to these two young bobcats hanging about in the trees around my house. Despite the storm of jays and my rapidly firing camera shutter, their patterns, tufted ears, clear eyes, calm demeanor, and poise led me to fall in love.

Ashland, Oregon, bobcat, wildcat, animals, wild, oak, oak woodland, I live in a bird blind

Bobcat kitten chilling in an oak outside my front door.

 

Ashland, Oregon, bobcat, wildcat, animals, wild, oak, oak woodland, I live in a bird blind

A young Bobcat watches warily as I fall in love.

Spring reflections on Emigrant Lake

Spring arrived on Emigrant Lake recently. The lake is calm and beautiful and rowers are again plying its waters. Larkspurs and biscuitroot are blooming. The oaks are pushing leaves. The Siskiyous create a misty, almost-mythical backdrop.

Ashland, Oregon, spring

Morning row on Emigrant Lake.

Siskiyou Mountains, spring, clouds

Reflections on Emigrant Lake.

Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Inundated island of oaks in Emigrant Lake.

Emigrant Lake, Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Yellow-rumped warbler in spring oaks.

yellow-rumped warbler, Siskiyou Mountains, Ashland, Oregon

Topsy-turvy. Can’t.quite.reach.

The Road not Taken Enough