not only beautiful

February 7, 2013 

It was nice'n sunny this morning. I took Jack to 清里の森. This park is one of my favorite dog walks. Snow was still piled up to my knees. Jack seemed to have a big fun. I like to see Yatsugatake with clear blue sky behind it. The contrast of sky blue and snow white is just heavenly.

I let Jack off the leash for a while. I throw a ball and we chased each other. Then I put him back on a leash and walk around the park. I was so happy until I found it. It was ... a dead animal laid on a handicapped ramp. I am not sure what it was because it lost its head and all the inside... a hollow chest with fur and hind legs were everything left. It could be a fawn but I couldn't identify. 

This kind of stuff goes on in a beautiful place like this. For wild animals it is not at all a big deal whether their habitat is beautiful or not. It happens. They are just trying to live. Just trying to keep their own life continue until it ends. No more, no less. It is so simple.