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As a matter of fact, I'm two miles from city center---of a city that's approx. 150,000 pop. But my piece of real estate's nearly an acre. The back of the rather large lot's bordered by woods, and the line reaches to the center of the creek that borders the far edge of those woods. Then beyond that lies a golf course. Deer follow the creek. As well coyotes, foxes, raccoons, woodchucks, skunks, possums. Even beaver make their home at the edge of my piece of rural pie in midcity. And of course a few muskrats. And mink. And the ubiquitous voles, moles. Hawks of several kinds and sizes live on or near the property. And cardinals. Robins. Blue jays. It's nearing time for golden finches to appear. Then there're sparrows, blackbirds, juncos, wrens, chickadees. And owls, mourning doves, mallards, starlings. Sometimes swallows. Crows are coming back from earlier West Nile decimation. Crows: They make my favorite bird sound. Until this year I've been missing them. Something fierce, actually. Bats live here, too. I think I'm in love with them. They appear at dusk to entertain. To show off their flying skills ... and their adeptness at nabbing annoying bugs, esp. mosquitoes (which, by the way, are coming soon). And squirrels. There're black ones, gray ones, brown ones. The browns are about twice the size of the others. The blacks and grays are the same in the sense that they do appear in the same litter. And then there're the yellow jackets. Bumblebees. And stingless wild bees that live one per hole just underground. And frogs. Snapping turtles. Painted turtles. Soft-shells, too. I'm sure I've left a host of critters out in my list here. But that's all right. I trust they'll forgive. I could go on and on and on. Edible wild plants on the property keep me fed. Don't have to buy domesticated varieties of veggies. In that respect I'm living cheap. And a decided bonus: I don't have to care for native plants; they're on their own. A couple of apple trees. One's golden delicious. The other I've not identified. A few crabapple trees. Mulberries. Wild raspberries. Wild strawberries. Blackberries. And etc. Thanx, Chuck PS: As to warmth ... it's still playing hard to get. And I'm so tired of winter. This year's feels like the longest ever.