first snow 2024

first snow

here we go

temps will drop

winds will blow

car won’t start

late for work

snowplow man

what a jerk

but wait a sec

it’s not that bad

i didn’t mean

to make you sad

the holidays

are almost here

a gift of joy

a time of cheer

and so i hope

you understand

i love the winter

wonderland

–photo by me

Meet the Blynx

I took this photo about a year ago of what I thought was a mama lynx, but since then, a friend of mine from the DNR told me it’s an extremely rare blynx– a hybrid between a lynx and a bobcat. The first one was discovered in Minnesota in 2003, but they put a tracking collar on it that was too tight, and the poor cat starved to death. Since then, they’ve been found in Maine and Michigan as well.

there once was a bobcat named jinx

who had a hot date with a lynx,

and the two, in a rush,

took a roll in the brush,

and promptly created the blynx

–Photo by me