Sa Ha world

The temperature yesterday was in the 40's. Tonight it's supposed to be below zero. Doug explained the implications to me the other day. The snow starts to melt & then freezes. Coyotes can then walk on top of the snow, but the deer break through. This is a very dangerous time of year for the deer population as they are already weakened by the snow, the cold, and the long winter season.
The other evening when John was here having dinner, he pointed out a deer running full speed through the woods in the back. We never did see what it was fleeing, but it gave me a very unsettling feeling. The only other time I saw something like that was in June one year when a fawn was being pursued by a coyote. You really feel for the deer this time of year, but coyotes are God's creatures just the same as the deer. Coyotes have to eat, too.
There's an old Sanskrit term, the Sa Ha world. It means "barely tolerable." Sometimes that's exactly how it feels, certainly for members of the animal kingdom.