To my surprise late in the morning as I walked with Kota to the creek, to leave Bristol his food for the day. I saw a mama possum, she was following the line of blackberry bushes to our creek. She looked a little bit odd, and then I realize that she had babies hanging off of her. I counted five. I grabbed Kota by the collar because although he is trained, he is still a dog and curious enough to want to investigate. Since she had babies, she would not be playing possum. She would fight to defend them. so I stopped. When she reached the end of the line of blackberries, she turned towards me and saw me for the first time. She puffed up like a poison toad and I knew that we could not get any closer than we were. I put Kota on a sit and we waited until she made her way down to the creek and the tray of food that she knew was there as well.

Normally I only see these critters late at night or early in the morning. But I overslept this morning, so I was a bit late. But it was a great sight to see. Slowly and surely the wildlife is coming back. We currently have 29 wildfires burning here in Oregon. We are getting a lot of smoke but hopefully that’s all we’re going to be getting. If the smoke gets any denser than it is now, or a fire starts in the hills nearby, the wildlife will once again vanish

I do have a request. If 10 people can send me five dollars I can meet my deadline to renew my nonprofit for another year. I am a bit short because now I am having to buy cat litter as well as cat food.. I need to meet their deadline at the end of September. Right now, I am unable to do that. Such is the life of a nonprofit these days because of situations beyond our control.