Black Friday? No Thanks

Gopher

We don't go shopping on the day after Thanksgiving; we'd rather stay home and avoid the crowds.

It reminded me of a couple of weeks ago when we were up at Hart Winery in Temecula.  We were sitting outside of several hours; it was a very pleasant day and we enjoyed sitting in the shade of a huge sycamore tree.

Suddenly, Cindy noticed some movement out of the corner of her eye.  We looked around and were surprised to see a gopher staring at us from a hole he had opened up a few feet away from us.

Gopher Hole

He would pop his head out briefly, seize a few blades of grass, then duck back into his hole with the grass.

After a while he had apparently had enough and simply retreated into the hole, filled up the entrance with dirt and retired to enjoy his blades of grass in peace and quiet.  We felt just the same on Friday.

We had fun watching this gopher, but the ones that are digging up our yard are a different story.