Good start to the day

I left my house to go to work this morning and it was murky, dark and raining.  As I drove out of Hamstreet towards Ruckinge I saw a Little Owl sitting in the road in the headlights.  As it did not fly off my first concerns were it was injured but just as I pulled up alongside the car, it looked at me as if to say "fooled you" and flew away. It was so nice to see such a lovely bird so close up and not at the end of my binoculars or telescope. A good start to a miserable day.