hoo hoo

 Something very fun.  On our walk at o-dark-thirty this morning, yes, it really was pretty dark out still.  We kept looking for deer and I'm pretty sure they were there, but more like shadows in the darkness.

Then I heard hoo hoo.  The Husband agreed he'd heard the owl, also.  Not only heard the first call, but a responding one from somewhere on the other side of us.  Looked up and there on top of a phone-line pole was a large owl.  We rarely hear them around here, let alone see one.  

Pretty soon, those wide, wide wings spread and off the owl flew into a yard.  Followed immediately by the other owl who was closer than we'd expected. 

One of the best ways to begin the day.