And a photo of a female Chum turning sideways to dig a nest (redd) in the gravel and cobble with her tail. She’ll eventually deposit her eggs in the depression that she is making. There were a couple of males keeping close tabs on her, to scoot in and fertilize the eggs.
A FB memory post popped up in my feed tonight from October 20, 2018:
Choco the Cat, who was a fiercely independant gal, increasingly sought our comfort in her ending days. She was always a cuddler, but on her terms.
Here we are watching a football game, and I had the sound turned down to zero so as not to bother her. I cuddled her like this for the entire game. . . .
Choco crossed the bridge a few months after this photo. Seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. She was always such a feisty, take-no-guff girl, until illness and age slowed her down.
It took us many months before we were ready to adopt another kitty from the BCSPCA.
And for many years now, Sora has filled our hearts with love and joy.
But Choco, as all pets-companions, will always have her special place in our hearts.
Some mediocre photos at extreme range of salmon jumping in the Nicomekl River in south Surrey, BC, this morning. Perhaps chinook as they looked impressively large. . .
Saw this beauty come soaring over the field on the west side of Byrne Road at Foreshore Park in #Burnaby, BC. Then about half an hour later on the return leg of my ramble I came across it, or another Red-tailed Hawk perched in a tree.
On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Yumi and I slowly strolled the Indigenous Story Trail at Alice Lake near Squamish, BC, and were blessed to spot this lovely Red-breasted Sapsucker.
We also saw an amazing varieity of fungi in the area today, which I’ll post later.
And a few Chinook salmon that had returned to spawn near the Tenderfoot Hatchery, and a huge 4-leaf Clover.
