John and Kay Abbott, Jr. Equipping Missionaries for Tribal Church Planting 
All the tracks lead straight to mom’s backyard…
On our last visit to mom’s, it snowed the night we arrived. In the morning the trees were icy, and tracks were everywhere in the blanketed back yard…tracks from deer, squirrels, pheasants, birds, even an opossum. I knew I had to brave the cold winter morning to take a walk outside with my camera.
I did get a pictures of the opossum (he’s slow), and the plentiful squirrels were pretty easy, but the wary pheasants didn’t like to be photographed. I finally gave up and took some pictures of them through the half-frosted kitchen window. I found out why they were so skittish when my mom mentioned the fox that also hangs around.
Eventually I hope to get pictures of other animals who visit, like the group of racoons that sit on the porch at night, or the fox with the bushy tail. I only saw him once, so we’ll see if he comes back for me to photograph. I’ve tried to snap a shot of the big pilated woodpecker, too, but so far he’s kept his distance. The one animal I hope I DON’T get a picture of is the bear that tried (several years ago) to get in the birdseed mom keeps by the deck!
I’m excited to tell you I have added these pictures to the “Mom’s Yard Animals” photo section already on our website (from summer and winter). Mom’s Yard Animals is one of the most visited areas of our website and probably the topic I get the most comments about! Everyone seems to love Mom’s back yard….so, check it out:
