Our many animal encounters of 2020 kept us from feeling too isolated in our year of social hibernation.

Our many animal encounters of 2020 kept us from feeling too isolated in our year of social hibernation.
We have not been isolated during this pandemic-driven isolation period, thanks to the critters around our rural home.
I didn’t realize I’d been holding my breath until I saw the election results. If it hadn’t been for the birds, I’m not sure I would have made it.
I spent much of September watching the hummingbirds fight over sugar water. What a waste of energy, I thought.
“Chicken TV is keeping me sane,” she says, as we soak in that timeless world, mesmerized by their languid pecking and the occasional drop of a leaf.