Lucky Duck

For the second time this week we chickened out of bicycling because of dire weather predictions, so we drove, but Monday’s dense fog and today’s morning rain never materialized.

This morning about a mile from home, while pulling away from a stop sign we both noticed a rustling in the bushes between two houses. There was some sort of animal, mostly white, moving towards the road, fast, so I slowed. Sure enough it ran right out in front of us and in typical animal fashion, noticed the headlights and stopped right in our lane. So I hit the brakes, hoping it was in time, watched as white faded from view and waited for the thump.

Didn’t happen, our lucky opossum scurried across the road and disappeared into the woods.