random thoughts – Day 1,178 – (Thursday) – mysteries

Animal fur on the driveway.

Nature's mysteries continue. The local flora is exploding with color and life but the fauna is the subject of some wonderment.

This morning’s puzzlement was the appearance of around a dozen tufts of fluffy reddish-brownish gray and white animal fur in the driveway. Just clusters of fur that almost blended in with the asphalt. 

Of course I squatted down for a closer look. Me dressed for work and studying pollen-covered puddles and things on the ground can't be any weirder than trash collectors peeing on the street. The fur bits are on par with the unexplained hole in the kitchen window. 

Is it the season for bunnies to shed the winter coats? Was there a scuffle? Has the front yard bunny been snatched from above? We’ll likely never know. Same for the cause of hole in the window, which even stumped the repair guy who came to take measurements. What isn't a mystery is the price tag. It's going to cost $304 to fix the window. 

The clouds are fun to watch.

The small brown birds that were so busy in the nest on the drainpipe a couple weeks ago have gone scarce. The daily activity and renovations to the nest seem to have ceased. No more feathers flutter atop the nest like a lady’s old timey hat. Another mystery.

The weather was moody again. Cloudy and sprinkly in the morning. Sunny and cloudy during the day. Dark clouds rolled in late afternoon, and around five o’clock, just in time to leave work, raindrops could be heard splattering on the office roof and skylights. The view from the office window is always interesting. 

A new puzzle was started this week.

Luckily, the small umbrella was back in the work bag where it belonged and was available when needed today. It ended up not being needed, because I played the “I’ll just stay a few minutes and work on the latest office puzzle and see if the rain stops” game. 

After 30 minutes and the handling (but not necessarily the placement) of countless puzzle pieces, the rain stopped. The walk to the garage was precipitation free. Sometimes things fit and work out just right.