Don't miss this...   http://www.deardiary.org/yetzirah/2013/12/10/to-every-dilemmathere-is-a-solution/   So. This morning, I heard the dog barking again. I figure.. another opportunity for fox photography. I suited up. Boots, down coat, gloves, wool hat. Camera. Good to go. This time he was up a different tree, farther out into the brush. I had to climb a fence, and crawl on my hands and knees under the buck brush and manzanita. Cougars did run through my consciousness. I kept following the barking and came upon the dog, and her owner. They were looking at Mr. Fox who was in a lower position on a tree in a lovely pose. We had a chat about the situation and I reached for my camera. Imagine me doing an imitation of Columbo…. patting down my pockets…. No camera. Lost it in the brush. Really??? So I told the neighbor I had to go find my camera. He went home and took the dog. I was wondering how long Mr. Fox would hang around in the tree after they left. I'm retracing my steps… and crawls… in the bushes. I wasn't EXACTLY sure I was going back the same way. Well, after wandering around for several minutes I finally spied my camera hanging from it's bright blue cord on some buck brush. GREAT! So I hurried… ha ha…. back through the bushes and saw Mr. Fox still in the tree. Tantalizingly close. I figured I could use my little zoom and get close enough to count the whiskers on his nose. I braced myself on a small oak tree to get a nice steady shot, and turned on the camera. This is what I saw on the screen:   BATTERY EXHAUSTED   Really???   Yeah. Really. Mr. Fox must have sensed my weakened psychological state, and quickly removed himself [quite gracefully] from the tree and trotted off into the brush. He looks much smaller on the ground by the way. Yetzirah - 1 Mr. Fox -1 Camera - FAIL