A Two Moose Morning!

What a perfect start to the day! Robert had to be at work for a 6:30am meeting which means we were up earlier than normal but all else was just a typical “go to work” day. Get ready…go downstairs…look out the front window for animals…forget to look out the side window for animals…put on coat and shoes…take Squirt outside…walk towards the gate to the yard…

That’s when it got exciting!

Squirt was standing at the gate and on there on the terrace just outside of our corral (decoration only) fence, severely trimming our bushes, were Momma and Baby Moose. (If I had looked out the side windows I would have seen them.) Momma heard Squirt’s tags jingling and stopped eating – ears went back to unhappy moose mode. We quickly turned around and went to the other side of the house to avoid the trampling of either one of us. Squirt was very good. He didn’t woof once (of course there was no glass between him and the moose).

After Squirt finished, we went inside and promptly went to the windows to watch the duo. They continued to trim bushes (I’m OK with that – if they don’t we would have to in the spring) and then nonchalantly stepped over the corral fence even closer to the house. (FYI – the top of the fence is about 8 inches below their bellies.) Momma came so close to the house, if I had been on the deck, I could have pet her…although that would have probably lead to “unhappy moose mode”.

Quite frankly, Robert is very lucky he got breakfast AND we made it to work on time because moose in the yard could have kept Squirt and me entertained for HOURS. They were still in the yard as we pulled out of the driveway. At noon, when we were home for lunch, we discovered they ate the pumpking offering....(note to self - must buy another pumpkin!).

Even the drive to work was great – we saw a fox running on the road.

Obviously, today was not supposed to be a work day. It was supposed to be a “go watch wildlife” day. I am confident if we had gone uphill to the mountains instead of downhill to work, we would have seen bears also.