Mouse writing

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On the dog walk this morning, rounded a corner of the path and came upon this scene. I took these pictures just to be sure I really saw this…. You know those days that you don’t get enough sleep and wonder if what you’re looking at is really there? No? Oh, ok never mind.

It was as if the critter was trying to spell something out…a secret code? All I could read was maybe “oooooo.” The track led up in this curly-q fashion all the way up to the top of the hill.

It’s so fun to see how these guys move about–with a light snow from the night before you can see their exact movements. Crazy!

And a closeup: