Sunday, November 1, 2009

Hungry Marmot


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First the cat woke me up at 4am., fed her and let her outside. Then Jo woke up at 7am., and wanted to eat Halloween candy. Then I looked out the back window and saw the Marmot waiting for me at his usual spot. So, at 7:15 this morning I fed him a pear, (I got scolded by my wife later because I gave it a "good pear", the bad pears were in the drawer), then some Chex cereal, then some Puffin cereal, and finally an apple. He's gotta fatten up for hibernation I guess.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Meadow Vole!


What fun. Normally our cat Cricket will bring me a bird or a mouse. Most of the time the animals are not hurt. Today, my sister in-law was over and I heard her yelling ," that stupid mouse bit me." Right then Cricket ran past me with the Vole in paw giving chase. I caught it with a net and photographed it in my downstairs bathroom that has brightly painted walls. Then after I let it go, I photographed again. I have never seen a live Vole before. So I enjoyed it.

Friday, October 30, 2009

Winding Road

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Pond

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I'll be posting a few pics that never got around to being painted.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Michaiah at the Botanical Gardens


Our Amish Friend

My wife and I had the pleasure to take our Amish friend up into the Gateway Arch. We also went to the Botanical Gardens. This pic is of her looking up at the arch. Later, for lunch , we ate at a Chinese buffet. She has never tasted Chinese food before. She refers to those who are not Amish as Englishmen and that our sterptypes of them are mostly wrong. Her family does not play or listen to any music with instruments in it...they sing acapala at church...well, I just had to throw a Anything Box cd in the car cd player and let her hear some electronic synthpop. With a big grin on her face she told me she, "actually liked it." We had a good time.

Thursday, October 15, 2009