American Mink

(you might enjoy this in 'full screen', click on the square in the bottom right corner to see this video larger)

a mink visit

new sounds in the ponds

the muskrats were running and leaping off the island

onto the water

like a belly flop splash

also

a quiet slinky mink

swimming as well!

I have only seen a mink 3 times now

they are nocturnal

but there it was, hunting in the day

the pipe (in the video) 

is how the water flows from one pond to the next

it is also how the muskrats and mink travel from one pond to the next

I hope you enjoyed the little video

it was joy inspiring to be so close

as long as I stood still the mink seemed to think me a tree

a few days later

at a friends home

we saw a mink fishing in the lake

two minks in one week!

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Sacred Geometry in Nature

this is the time of year

when wasps nests have been vacated

where wind and rain loosen these artful bits

from where they were built

one can find their paper shells

these inner workings

upon the earthen floor of sylvan landscapes

a few days ago

when i was planting the Rowan tree

i heard a commotion

a squirrel chatting in a fitful manner

then a new sound

i looked to see what i think was a mink run across my bridge

in it's slinky movement

it ran

up and over logs and trees

then down the dirt road
gone

later i noticed at the base of a tree

three fresh holes dug

too large for our little tree squirrels

ah, it must have been that mink

i looked in the freshly dug dirt

found bits of underground bee or wasp nest

see above, the tiny beautiful structure

i sat it on top of one that is usually found in the trees

the large one is some sort of wasp nest

above is the back side of the small one

above is a different one i found

I find them to be so beautiful

similar to paper, cardboard or such

when the sun shines through

something ancient seems revealed

an enduring order

and beauty

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