Hanging out the washing, I was startled by a light thump and
rustle in the autumn leaves behind me and turned. There, just a metre away from
me, a red squirrel paused briefly and then leapt away round the house and into
the vegetable garden.
What a gift, to see this increasingly rare rodent right
there in our garden. We knew they lived in the woods nearby, but have never
seen any in our garden. Certainly not so close.
Nature has a way of surprising us with sudden flashes of
beauty, and this was one such unexpected gift. My prayer now is that the cats
don’t find this little gift as it goes about getting ready for the winter to
come.
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it. May we take
better care of it than we are doing right now.
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