Day 84: The season of Elf on a Shelf is done and dusted. Now we have 'Dee in a Tree. Imagine, if you will, that you are a hawk circling overhead in the hopes of finding a quick breakfast. Your eyesight is particularly keen and your perception of colour far exceeds that of humans. Do you think you'd spot the 'dee in the tree, garbed as he is in hues which imitate not only light and shadow, but the warm brown of catkins and bark? The Dee in the Tree is a master of disguise. He's also a master of concealment. Perched in the tangle of the contorted filbert, from above he would appear as one more blob of snow caught in the branches. Should a perceptive hawk discern his camouflage, he can always retreat into the deeper maze of branches for protection. Our little Chickadee friend is cautious nevertheless, only making quick forays to the feeder, returning to the sanctuary of twigs to dine at his leisure. Today, the hawk will go wanting unless a foolish mouse goes out snowshoeing at a time when all wise rodents should be in their dens.
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