A Squirrel, a Mouse and a Visit to the Beaches and I found a Ball

OK, Molly is a killer dog. She got that squirrel from the roof of the shed today. First I heard the squirrel mocking Molly, who was on the ground looking up. When I knocked on the ceiling from the inside of the shed, the squirrel fled into the tree, continuing mocking Molly. It squirreled out on an outer limb and tried to jump in the brush pile beneath, but missed. That was Molly’s chance and she was lightning fast. First watching the squirrel… ..then hitching a ride Later I took her on a walk up Hutchins Road. She must have heard a slight rustle in the grass, cause she jumped up and stuck her snout deep, deep into the fresh grass. When she got out of it she had a mouse. How she does that, I have no idea. She certainly has an excellent sense of hearing. While the sun was out and it began warming up I decided to put Molly in the back seat of the LTD and head out on the search for more beautiful nature. I drove down into the Roosevelt Park’s Natural Area and took the gravel road ending up at Liberty Point.   at Liberty Point This is the South side of Campobello Island and it offers a stunning view across to the coast of Maine. With the NIKON Tele lens I could get a fairly decent view of the West Quoddy Lighthouse. It is administrated as a  Maine State Park and just another beautiful area to go on a hike on a sunny day. West Quoddy Lighthouse  The air was also clear enough that the Island of Grand Manan was visible as a dark land mass way out in the ocean. Another whole group of islands are the “Wolfes”. The islands are small and probably without fresh water, so nobody lives out there.   The “Wolfes”:   Grand Manan in the background   South Beach On our way back we stopped at Raccoon Beach and walked down to the ladder to the water. I couldn’t but notice that big round rock, looking like a ball. I picked it up. It was heavy and had almost a perfect ball shape. This would look good in Bea’s garden wouldn’t it? So it ended up in the car and was brought home.    An old rusty 6cyl. motor block buried   Molly found something to nibble on In the afternoon two neighbours came over for tea. They are from Denver, Colorado and are part of the “summer-birds” which own a summer residence on the island. It sure turned out to be a very nice Sunday. Thanks for stopping by again!

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