Looking Forward to Spring

I think most creatures look forward to spring. We've had a lot of wildlife sightings at the end of February and beginning of March.  Two moose were grazing in the canola field across the road from me for a few days in a row in the early morning.  Some canola plants were left in the field because the price of oil seed dropped close to the end of harvest and so it was no longer cost efficient for farmers to harvest anything that was less than prime.

Also, there were three fox across the road one cold morning that Teaka caught a scent of and started barking at; and eventually they did a large semicircle around my field and ran - with grace and speed - back towards the creek. Teaka watched them, barked at them some more, and then took chase.  I think they got the message! Sometimes early in the morning we hear coyotes in the distance.

This one is pretty special. These lynx were captured on video by someone in town: https://www.ctvnews.ca/northern-ontario/video/2025/02/28/family-of-four-lynx-spotted-off-hwy-11-in-northern-ontario/

What else happened at the end of February? a pick up truck drove through my mailbox.  I live on a straight road that comes out of a bend, where it crosses the creek. I very much suspect there was more than distracted driving going on. Regardless, it's a small township and my neighbour thankfully told me what happened before I discovered it on my own. He seems to be in the know about a lot of goings on.  His daughter pulled the other driver/pickup truck out of the ditch. At least I was able to retrieve the mailbox, undamaged, as it is a bit of a sentimental item that my father made for my last home. I can't put in a new mailbox post until spring because of the amount of snow and the frozen ground so I will have to pick up my mail at the post office until then. I wonder if I will find the old post because I could see no sign of it.

Brie and Remy had their spay/neuter surgery, but it sure hasn't slowed them down.  I was planning on keeping them in a large dog kennel with a nice sheepskin rug for a few days as they were supposed to be separated and not play rough for two weeks.  But my kitties would have none of that, so I just hoped that Brie would not tear her stitches and tried to do my best to break up their rough play. So far so good. I added a pine board to the dining room window sill to widen it so Brie and Remy can continue to hang out there as they grow. They like to watch me shoveling snow from that perch.

Here's a video from the middle of July as I walk through my field towards the creek on a windy day. The grass was almost as tall as me, the birds are singing in the background (listen past the sound of the crunching grass...).