Yeti Patrol

The second story of our cabin has a beautiful glass door facing west that is just waiting for the day that we actually manage to finish it with a balcony. It will be the perfect spot for late nights in the summer. Right now it's a door to nowhere but to Mattie it's a look out tower. She diligently spends her days scanning the forest and enthusiastically barking alerts of potential danger. Occasionally we come to her side to take a look and while our responding to her makes Mattie feel like a very useful part of the pack, there is never anything out there. We were beginning to think that we were surrounded by a rare population of dog loving Yeti who only appear when we aren't looking. That would have been something to blog about! Unfortunately this morning we saw Mattie's nemesis in broad daylight and it was no Yeti. It wasn't even another dog. This morning's bout of hysterical barking and lunging was brought on by a magpie. Yep, a medium sized scavenger bird. This from the same dog who slept through a bear ripping down the fence and coming inside our house! I'm really beginning to question her judgment..........