The camera caught a pair of visitors in the backyard last night, one after the other, as though they were taking turns under the cover of the early dark.

The first was a striking one, mostly white across the back, carrying a low-slung but full, snowy tail that hung low like a lantern puff of smoke drifting close to the ground. It lingered a while, slow and deliberate, before melting back into the shadows.

Not long after, from the left, a smaller figure appeared. This one wore a two-tone coat along its back, the classic dark broken by pale stripes, with a tail more upright and poofy than the first. Quick steps, curious pauses, and then it too slipped out of sight.

Two brief chapters, one after the other, written in black and white fur on the dark green edges of the yard.

Current mood: is sleepy a mood?
Music: Miles Davis – Blue in Green

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