I've been looking for the bobcats who live near the barn and sadly, haven't seen them in a long time. Sightings were never very frequent, this being a stealthy creature, but once in a while you'd catch a glimpse or cross paths, meet a bobcat's utterly wild gaze and the moment would be electric.

This is the mom and one of her three kittens, all playing in a field near the barn a few years back. Since then, a lot of habitat in the neighborhood has been lost to huge houses and lots of fences and, one of the very worst blights in Malibu, vineyards. But maybe saying I haven't seen the bobcats will do the trick, piss off Mother Nature, who will let me get a fresh glimpse.