Our backyard wild kingdom

I love living in the country.  We wake up in the morning to see ducks in our pond, or racoons playing in the stream, looking for their breakfast.  We are so blessed.  A little bit of heaven on earth.  Makes the commute worth it all year to get this three month vacay.  It's so hot right now that the afternoons are not really pleasant enough to sit on the back deck, but that is temporary.  I hate to complain about the heat when I know that in a few weeks, I'll be complaining about the rain and cold.  So I'll accept it without too much complaint.  The animals don't mind--we've seen racoons today--three of them--a kingfisher--and a duck.  Cool.