One Sad Day

The cat was laying on its stomach as I passed him in the path.
Something was unusual, for crying out he was.
There appeared red splashes of blood mixed with some clear fluid.
He had been fighting was the supposition, but crying out he was.
The water was poured into a bowl,
but kitty would not touch it, for crying out he was.
Then hearing labored breathing,
we knew his life was almost gone, for crying out he was.


"What happened"?  All those watching wondered?
 Disturbing news  halted those wondering thoughts.
For a box of rat poison had been placed up in the attic dark.
To catch the prowlers who inhabited that black space
The cat then ate the mouse who ate the poison in that place.
That caused the cat insides to burst.
How sick, how sad, how tears did flow,
For kitty did not know the mouse was doomed to die.
And so  the cat would also face demise.

Salamander ?

 

As I was weeding out some very tall grass, I came across something that I did not expect to see.  I am pretty sure these are salamander eggs, as this long critter tried to find shelter.  He/She did not like my intrusion...

Not the greatest picture, but all the white spit could be salamander eggs.  That is my opinion...I could be wrong.  Wouldn't ya know it there is a foggy spot on the camera too...