What is one to think about foxes? Wilde had a culinary view of them: “The English country gentleman galloping after a fox – the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” For hen-keepers they are more than inedible, they are murderous villains. And more maybe: “6 June 2010 Two baby twin sisters are seriously ill in hospital after being attacked by two foxes at their family home. www.telegraph.co.uk.” But they are also beautiful and a reminder that our bland agri-deserts in the east of England are not as tamed as we think. Atavistic spirits of wilder days to be respected. (See previous post.)
Photo: Cambridge 22nd September 2011