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October 14, 2019
And then there were two
In April, I broke through the ice on Evergreen Lake, attempting to fix an issue with the barrel drop. Somehow I survived.
"Did you see the signs that said 'Danger: Thin Ice"?
Yes, but when the signs are there are winter, you realize that it has nothing to do with the thickness of the ice and in the winter, it's easily 2' thick.
In the Spring, the elk had their calves on an island in Lake Evergreen. They left them in the day, but swam back to feed them every evening.
In June, we went to the Evergreen Rodeo.
Then, the bald eagle came to the lake and sat in the dead trees on the ridge above the lake. I would go to the lake every day to try to get photos of the wildlife: elk, eagles, hawks, osprey, great blue herons, muskrats.
In August, we went to the Duck Drop and we slept with the windows open. And then in September, the Aspens began to change we went and closed the windows. The elk went into rut and started bugling.
And I didn't see the bald eagle for the whole time the elk were in rut. And at the end of the rut, I'd ride through the subdivisions near the high school, looking for the fading herds of elk.
And then one evening, I saw the eagle come back to the lake. He stood in the shallows off one of the islands and flew, at sunset, up Upper Bear Creek. That's where he always flies at sunset. I assume he has a nest up there, but I've never seen it.
And then on October 10th, the first snow fell. And about the same time, Prince Tubby came in with a bad laceration under his right eye. And I put Neosporin on it, and waited for the other cats to come home. But only Pokey came home. PJ never came back. He disappeared on or around 10/10/2019. I can't say for certain when I last saw him. But I've been through every room in the house. Every closet. I've walked through the back yard, but I don't see any sign of him.
PJ was Wallie's son, and Prince Tubby's brother. There were two other kittens in the litter, but Jen gave them away to her classmates at Conifer High School. Wallie disappeared some time ago. And now PJ is gone, I fear.
Posted by Rob Kiser on October 14, 2019 at 9:39 PM
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