Nature walk

I have lived in this house for 19 months, and have never explored my own backyard. Today zieak and i went for a little hike back into the woods, and the cats decided to join us. It is dense forest with a stream running through it, and we came upon several dams put together by beavers. The one we found furthest upstream seemed to the most recent, but it still looked as though it had been abandoned for awhile. The cats really enjoyed slinking around, stalking each other, taking their time, plopping down on a mossy log to rest. Oliver still hasn't returned though. It can't be that comforting at night, when there aren't any sunrays beaming through the trees, or birds chirping, or bugs buzzing. Now i know where my property line ends as well. Lots of land, but no use for swampy muskeg at the bottom of a hill.