Almost....

That darn bobcat!

Rod was pretty sure it was next door.

When he let the dogs out,

Shadow raced to the fence, barking.

But Rod didn't see anything.

(The grass is REALLY tall.)

After walking around out there for awhile

and feeding the cows,

he headed inside to feed the dogs 

and get ready to go Home Teaching.

It was a lovely evening

after a COLD weekend.

So I was sitting quietly in a chair

at the back of the barn

waiting for the horses to finish eating.

When suddenly the bobcat

exploded over the fence

grabbed a chicken with a flurry of feathers

and squawking.

I yelled.

The cat leaped for the fence.

But MISSED making it over the top.

Dropped the chicken.

(Who RAN)

The bobcat leaped onto the top of a fence post

and sat there making angry eyes at me.

As I walked closer,

it hopped down to the other side

of the fence and then just sat there,

tail twitching angrily.

I called Rod on my cell phone to bring his rifle.

But about that time, Sir, the guard steer

noticed the bobcat.

He came SCREAMING across the pasture

at full tilt with his head lowered and his

horns ready to do battle.

The cat isn't THAT brave,

so it took off.

Unfortunately, I found the chicken

hiding in some tall weeds up by the barn.

The cat had done some severe damage.

Puncturing it's lunge and leaving it

in some significant pain.

So I had to dispatch it.

I briefly thought about butchering it out,

but who knows what sort of germs

the bobcat has in its saliva.

So once it was dead, 

over the fence it went.

Tonight we are mowing the grass.

(It's on the neighbor's property, but her retina

detached and although she keeps promising

to mow it, I think she's worried about hurting 

her eye - TOTALLY understandable...)

So Rod will mow the grass.

And then he will teach me to shoot the pistol.

I doubt I can handle the rifle.

And I'm not willing to carry it around

all the time like he does.

(it's heavy)

But I'm ok with wearing a pistol on my belt.

Especially since this one has a laser site

and would help me actually hit what I'm aiming at.

He is getting braver

and bolder

and fatter.

His days are numbered.

(I hope)