A Most Amazing Thing

Izzy was barking violently. I peeked out from the bedroom window upstairs and told her to be quiet. I noticed that she was looking off into the woods and would not cease her racket. Proceeding downstairs and out onto the deck, I perused the area and did not notice anything. Then while I yelled at her to get her butt inside and shut up...she hung her head as if I had beaten her severely. As I swung around to shut the door behind us...I again looked once more out towards where she had been aimed "on point"...and noticed that the log out on the hubby's burn pile was a little bit taller than it had been. In fact...the log seemed to move. I froze; my brain needed a second to actually comprehend was I was seeing...Today had been somewhat cloudy and the sun was not shining, so I didn't get an adequate look when Izzy had been barking. So I quickly grabbed the camera, opened it and the film card was still in the computer! Running to get the film card, loading it quickly and by now my hands were shaking SO much that I almost dropped the camera. I attempted to hold a position, but the dog was again barking. I was yelling at her to shut up so she would not scare anything. And I was STILL shaking. Snapping away, taking totally blurry pictures! Remembering my brand new tripod just inside the door, I grabbed it and wasted precious seconds attempting to secure the camera to the apparatus. Then adjusting the focus, I tried to get as many shots as possible. The dog kept advancing towards the pile of logs until with a great "WOOF", she scared it away. I will scrap the pictures of it later, but share one with you now... HAWK