One of the great joys of living in Texas hill country is the abundance of wildlife. Of course that’s not such a good thing when a deer runs out in front of your car but it’s nice when they’re in your yard eating your weeds. Roadkill is a reality. Road runners are also around us.
This week I saw my first living armadillo. Generally, we just see them as dead by the side of the road. I’ve been here eight years now and this is the first one that I’ve actually seen alive. I almost didn’t see it. The car in front of me slammed on his brakes and managed to miss the animal. That’s one reason I got to see it scampering off to the side. The second reason is I was alert enough to sit my brakes and not run into the guy that stopped in front of me.
I guess you could call that a double blessing.
homo unius libri
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