It’s been a very hot, dry summer. Even the moles are struggling, though we still stumble on their tunnels under the oak trees. I found these bones on our short sidewalk on the way to the mailbox. All that was left after the ants finished the wee mole off — the bones of his jaw and front paws.
UPDATE: I saved the bones to show our grandkids but removed them before our daughter saw them — she was once grossed out by my bringing in a dead bird to sketch. But she saw the sketch and said our granddaughter has a young Scottish friend who collects animal bones. So I sent them on to her!
Wonderful sketches and great to save the bones for an interested child! I always like studying bones I find; I still have some I found as a child, as well as many that my children found.
ReplyDeleteBoth our granddaughter (15 yr. old) and her friend with the bone collection want to go into veterinary science. Her uncles asked when she was going to start her own collection.
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