Loch Ness Marcy

The newest addition to our family: an otter! We observed it yesterday fishing in our pond for about an hour and a half. Cora (our dog) was going crazy trying to get to it. But everytime she came close the otter would duck underwater and pop up 20 feet away. Very confusing for the dog - and entertaining for us.



Honestly, I have never seen an otter in the water before and I was pretty convinced it was a giant snake. Once Carter talked me out of my giant snake/loch ness monster hysteria and we verified that it was an otter I think it is really cool and I hope it lives close by so we can watch it all year long. Maybe we will even see some baby otters?!



Anastazia wasn't all that interested in the otter. The pond, though, that was really exciting. So exciting that we had to stop her from trying to go in the water on several occasions. I think swim lessons are in our future.