The quick brown fox(es) that got away

I could kick myself today because the camera needed new batteries, and rather than wait for them to finish charging, I left without it and wouldn't you know, I saw a pair of foxes out in the preserve today! They looked up as Daisy and I were walking towards them and then turned tail and disappeared into the scrub.

There is something very cat-like about a fox, not doggish at all. Are they more closely related to cats? I'll have to look it up and get back to you on it. But the upshot is I didn't get a shot because I didn't have my camera! So, here's a shot of a corn snake that I saw a couple weeks ago. Did you know that they're constrictors? I didn't, until I looked it up to see what kind of snake it was. Isn't it beautiful? The wavy line it makes lying on the ground is typical for them.

Running to keep up

This is progress. At least she's running along with me in this picture and not stopped somewhere behind me, sniffing at deer tracks or looking to see who's catching up. I'm running again, if you can call it that. I imagine that it looks more like shuffling in a semi-upright position. I imagine that if you saw me you'd think, "That poor woman looks like she's in a lot of pain. Why doesn't she stop?" I can't stop. I read an article in my local paper about someone who started running when she was in her sixties and was now a champion at age 93. My husband says she's probably just the only one left alive in her age group. So that just means I have to outlast everyone else to win. I can do that.