Today Moo and I headed for the Ridge Trail in Breakheart Reservation in Saugus Ma. If you have never been to Breakheart before it is one of those places near Boston Ma you need to see at least once. I have been coming here at least once a week now for years with my wife and dog Moo. It is quite the get away from the crowded city life that I know of. The snow just started to fall today after having bare grounds for a while. So far now we got about 5 inches in Winthrop about eight hours later. Today was a good day in the woods. No one around at all, we had the place to ourselves. I guess the people around here had to work or they are weaker than winter. Sometimes I lose myself in these woods. I either think of nothing at all or maybe a loved one that may be in need at the time or maybe just take in the landscape or maybe just watch Moo be a dog. Today I thought of my wife quite often as I was missing here on the trail with me.....
In the snow I scribed a heart with D + G in it at one point. Then I took a picture of it on my cell phone and sent it to her. She sent me back a picture of her USPS LLV truck because she was working. She comes in here on the trails of Breakheart with us often. We have a pair of mini baby pine trees near the big pines area of Breakheart we always stop and check out. They have been growing here for sometime now. We are like their adopted parents or something. But really we do nothing at all but admire their growth etc.. We call them D and G, LOL.....
They look the same today young, kinda weak, but I think they will do OK. Unless of course someone or something messes with them. Please don't mess with them. They are not bothering anyone at all. Thanks they say...
Today Moo was sooo Good! I guess almost 6 years later helps a lot. Not once did I call him but yet he was right by my side when I was looking for him. Not that he didn't go out far on his own. Of course he did. I have no idea what he was up to...
I am never very quick at all to donate money. But I do strongly believe in "action". Action to me speaks louder then money and louder than voice. So today as I have done in the past I cleaned the trails in Breakheart that I so avidly use in all 4 seasons. I filled maybe a good half of a bag of trash. I used one of those white kitchen bags. I always carry a few trash bags with me just in case the trash is bad. And Yes I do pick up after Moo even in the woods. It kinda stinks when you go to a beautiful place and see trash etc.. I guess some people just do not get it. Anyhow take a look left over there to see how long trash sticks around. Imagine if we all left trash around.....?
Early on the trail Moo reacted a little different than normal. I could tell he was being cautious but very interested in something. He tended to look up in the trees. He was down in a col and I was headed up the trail onto a small hill. I watched him closely. Then I heard this odd odd noise. Only twice. At that time Moo was at extreme attention looking right up. I called Moo to come with me and he did. I had no idea what it could be and dismissed it. I didn't find out till the next day when I did some research what it was. The noise described by some as a "child screaming". It was a Fisher - cat. http://home.mcn.net/~wtu/fisher.html
Very interesting animal. I have never seen one in person but have heard many stories about them. Maybe tomorrow we will come back after the snow stops to try to track one of the Fisher - cats.
