Northwoods Pet

We told ourselves we were NOT going to do this, but she is so cute! 

One of our very few neighbors are animal lovers.  They have been putting out their dinner meat scraps in the same spot every night.  A female fox comes by after dinner, eats, and moves on.  She does have a den in the area and had a litter this spring.  Others have seen the den, but I haven't though I have seen her walking around.  One night WE had a pile of scraps so I walked around the house, down the stairs, across the yard, down another set of stairs toward the lake to reach the fox dining spot.  I forgot to bring a flashlight, so much stumbling was involved.  I didn't really put a coat on, so I was cold.  By the time I got back to my well-light, warm house, I decided that the fox can fend for herself. 

The next night that generated scraps Case says, " This is better than having a dog."  I relate the above story, so he volunteers to go with me with flashlight in hand and coats on our backs.  When we return, he agrees with me that the fox can fend for herself. 

The next night that generated scraps, Case volunteers to handle it himself but with a twist.  There is a small stump about 10 feet on the other side of the garage.  He has decided that this will be the fox dinner place #2.  Sure enough, the scraps were gone by morning.  Of course, we wondered if another animal had eaten it but no matter.  Whoever ate it, we were OK with it. 

After a full afternoon of working outside, we stood on the porch watching the sunset in the west which also happens to be the direction of the garage.  The fox walked up the driveway, looked at us, trotted to the stump that was empty, and trotted back to the driveway.  She proceeded to sit down, look at us, stare at us, waiting for us to "go to the stump."  She is so beautiful:  black legs and feet, full tail, golden red color and of course, like all foxes, looks like she is smiling.  We had nothing to give her at the time but Foxy needn't worry.  There will be scraps later.