Changing of the Guard

With morning Tom to the front porch and last night's cat food is untouched. With guests in rooms or campers every night the spotted skunk, ring tail, gray fox, badger and creatures of winter have begun to fade. As Kobae sleeps on the front porch Tom looks up and for the first time this year he sees two side-blotched lizards in the exact places that he finds Who's Up and What's Up each spring. Coincidence or not Tom believes this is the third year they have reappeared with the arrival of Kobae.