Good Morning

Up too early because of a misdirected text, but I have proofreading to do anyhow, so it is okay. The full moon is setting on the buildings, turning them all into a spooky wedding cake, which I would have missed if not awakened. The leftover ice on the driveway looks like molten mercury, flowing down the tire ruts.

It is so bright that I had to stop on the stair landing to figure out what I was seeing.

We had a nice chat via text...getting up early was well worth it to have a chance to talk to my far-away boy.How wonderful the technology that lets a mom in upstate NY talk to a boy working within sight of the US Capitol.

And because I was up early because of the text I heard something fall at the sink. When I got up to see what it was I saw something....something black....lolloping across the heifer pasture hill.

I couldn't figure out what it was. Long, very dark, pretty close to the size of my dog or a fox...too big for a raccoon or a skunk. But humpy like a mustelid.

I watched until it went into the heifer woods. Then I realized. It was a fisher!

Although they have been seen on the farm, I had personally never seen one before.

So between the nice chat and the strange animal it was well worth getting up early.