I didn’t think anything of it, except that cats are cool, until a few minutes later when I saw a squirrel run down the tree. He tried to run away but the cat came out of nowhere and blocked his path. Than the squirrel tried to run back up the tree and the cat lunged at him and knocked him to the ground landing perfectly over his prey. With one bite he had made the squirrel motionless and picked him up and calmly walked to my fence and hopped over back into the woods.

It was the most incredible animal kill I’ve ever seen. Above even the chases on Animal Planet. Clean and quick without a moments pause or hesitation. That cat was a hunter. It also brought to mind the raw and pure elements of nature, although I did feel slightly bad for the squirrel, it was nature at her finest. The strongest and fastest beast lives while her prey does not.

I made a mental note to get outside as much as possible to find more elements of nature to use as inspiration in the things I create and write about. It can be beautiful or horrible, but it never ceases to amaze.