Thanks Party! Lovely x-mas cactus you have! ******************************************************************** St. Croix @ 12' under the Frederiksted pier....juvenile angel fish...

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Lots of really cute felines in the photos today! Some closely resemble some of my old friends. Daisy's color and long legs bring to mind a girlfriend's cat. He is quite the jumper! It is extremely rare for a healthy bobcat to attack a human, so I was not really concerned when encountering it during the hike. The number of coyote attacks have really increased over the years, though. I have not met up with an aggressive coyote personally, although quite a few are unafraid of people. Usually it is the urban coyotes that attack, so the event frequently takes place in community parks, or with dog walkers, and often the human targets are children.

The sight that greeted me this rainy morning. It was even worse than it looks in the picture--every bag ripped open, the contents pawed through. I share the trash pickup with my son and daughter-in-law, and diapers were rained on overnight. A zillion bits and pieces of everything else in the grass. I guess the bears aren't hibernating yet. :-(