Today was an amazing day. I recently relocated to a beautiful ranch 10 miles west of Sebastopol, we call it Madame Bijou's Ranch. Our landlord has over 200 hundred acres here, we are sooo blessed! The property is nothing short of epic. It's a few miles from the ocean, hilly and set deep in the redwood forests. There are cows, sheep, a llama, horses, wild turkeys, falcons, coyotes and turkey buzzards abundant..as well as a few mountain lions and bobcats, so i found. Oh yes, and then there's Madame Bijou, a large, beautiful 2 year old black and white Great Dane, who's home i am guest.
Since i moved here i have been taking hikes on this wonderous land almost daily. I've also been planting gardens, creating composts and really really grooving on the simple life. Today before my hike i got on tribe, fooled around..i clicked on Bobcat and Daisy's profile, looking for a new friend Prshanti and i ended up clicking on and joining a tribe dedicated to the jaguar and other large cats. I was calling in cat medicine, unconsciously.
I'm a mission oriented type of person, whether i hike, breathe, pray or play, i do it with intention. Today my intention was simply to find a rock. So Madame Bijou and i set out to find this rock. We hike over hills, into the forest, across streams and up into pastures where there are herds of cow graising. I've been working on communication and training of Bijou when on the pastures because she gets a real thrill chasing cows and the llama..which is amazing to watch, but upsetting to the animals. So after she got bored with being disiplined she went on a chase! Many yells and laughs later she comes back winded and proud. So i decide that we're going to walk the fence line back down to the gate, rather than cutting across the pasture, where she might hassle more cattle. As we're hiking down with fence to our right, we come upon a steep downward slope..old redwood remains scattered about, the bark jutting up out of the ground like stalagtites. It looked feral and ancient. To the left was a patch of redwoods creating a little forest grotto on the pasture hill. Bijou bounds down the steep hill ahead of me, excited and happy. As i'm making my way down the slope, i pass next to the forest grotto and suddenly i hear the loud roar of a large cat. It crept me out deep and primal, and i immediately drew my kukhri. Looking into the woods, i couldn't see it ..but i knew it could see me and it was upset that i was so close. I had to back away, stepping backwards down a steep hill, knife in hand and admittedley scared. Fortunately, Bijou was down the hill, down wind and had no idea what i had just dealt with.
On the way back home, crossing a stream, i found the rock i was looking for. Later i found out that the landlord has been hunting and trying to find the bobcats that have been hassling them. I'll never tell.
Since i moved here i have been taking hikes on this wonderous land almost daily. I've also been planting gardens, creating composts and really really grooving on the simple life. Today before my hike i got on tribe, fooled around..i clicked on Bobcat and Daisy's profile, looking for a new friend Prshanti and i ended up clicking on and joining a tribe dedicated to the jaguar and other large cats. I was calling in cat medicine, unconsciously.
I'm a mission oriented type of person, whether i hike, breathe, pray or play, i do it with intention. Today my intention was simply to find a rock. So Madame Bijou and i set out to find this rock. We hike over hills, into the forest, across streams and up into pastures where there are herds of cow graising. I've been working on communication and training of Bijou when on the pastures because she gets a real thrill chasing cows and the llama..which is amazing to watch, but upsetting to the animals. So after she got bored with being disiplined she went on a chase! Many yells and laughs later she comes back winded and proud. So i decide that we're going to walk the fence line back down to the gate, rather than cutting across the pasture, where she might hassle more cattle. As we're hiking down with fence to our right, we come upon a steep downward slope..old redwood remains scattered about, the bark jutting up out of the ground like stalagtites. It looked feral and ancient. To the left was a patch of redwoods creating a little forest grotto on the pasture hill. Bijou bounds down the steep hill ahead of me, excited and happy. As i'm making my way down the slope, i pass next to the forest grotto and suddenly i hear the loud roar of a large cat. It crept me out deep and primal, and i immediately drew my kukhri. Looking into the woods, i couldn't see it ..but i knew it could see me and it was upset that i was so close. I had to back away, stepping backwards down a steep hill, knife in hand and admittedley scared. Fortunately, Bijou was down the hill, down wind and had no idea what i had just dealt with.
On the way back home, crossing a stream, i found the rock i was looking for. Later i found out that the landlord has been hunting and trying to find the bobcats that have been hassling them. I'll never tell.
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