It'll be a few weeks before the rest of the vineyard catches up - especially the vines on the flat ground, but it's a lovely time to see all that regrowth. We've just had what look like dead sticks since November - and now, signs of new life!
We also had other "signs of life" spottings today in the vineyard. John was on a conference call - but while he was paying attention to the call (!!!!!) he spotted what he thought was a mountain lion just outside the vineyard. So I got the binoculars out and had a look and it was in fact a bobcat. It looked pretty big though - but with the obvious markings on it's body, black tipped ears and a short tail.
It looked like it was taking a leisurely stroll......Every few minutes, it would sit down and take a rest....which meant that we could watch it for over half an hour while it walked just a short distance.
A little later, we drove out to a meeting and I jokingly said to John "watch out for the bobcat so we don't run it over" and 2 seconds later, there it was on the lane. To begin with we both thought it was a different bobcat - as it looked so small!!!
The one above the vineyard had looked like this biiiiiiiiig cat - but we then had to face it that in reality, it was just a cute little cat! We stopped the car -and of course, I got out to have a closer look. It stood watching me for a while - really quite close so we got to see it so well. Then it ambled off over the creek. Unfortunately I'd only had my camera with me when it was outside the vineyard and not on the lane so the photos aren't that clear!
So a good vineyard day today!
What new signs of life have you seen today?
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