Today’s Big Pictures of A Little Thing
A small butterfly of unknown species, landed and less than a couple tenths of a second later, aloft (click them for the bigger pictures):
Power to the Purple!
(click it for the bigger picture) Thursday’s LA Times brought to my attention the 8th-Annual Ojai Valley Lavender Festival, and it didn’t take much convincing to get Susan on board for a daytrip out that gorgeous way. The festival itself took place in Ojai’s Libbey Park and featured scores and scores of vendors selling just …
Found Cat
If you’re in my Silver Lake neighborhood (south of Sunset Boulevard between Parkman and Benton Way) and are missing this very people-friendly (but not very cat-friendly, though amazingly crate-trained) tortoise shell calico cat (I’m guessing female), it’s safe and ready for pick-up. Send me an email at wildbell@gmail.com. Or get me on Twitter: @wildbell. If …
Today’s Big Picture Of A Bigger Thing
You hang around our backyard long enough and you come to know something’s up when the mockingbirds discard all their calls save for one that fascinatingly mimics the screeeee! of a hawk. Whether or not it’s a raccoon or a squirrel or an actual bird of prey that’s raised their alarm is unknown. All you …
Double Dawg
I’ve long said that Shadow’s got two dogs’ worth of hair, and after today’s extensive and loooooooong overdue spring brush ‘n clip, here’s proof: Just in case: Shadow’s the pile on the right.
Today’s ‘Gator Lizard Brought To You By Pepper
On the heels of Monday’s hummingbird brought to you by Jiggy, this morning Pepper dropped off an alligator lizard — tail-less but otherwise unharmed — announcing its delivery with a strange wail that brought me into the kitchen without hesitation to find the reptile curled up on the kitchen mat. After a few minutes of …
Happy Ending
A well-timed visit to the kitchen just before 1 p.m. today led me to find Jiggy uncharacteristically in it at that hour, and a moment later understood why when I saw the motionless hummingbird on the floor at his feet. Picking it up I was relieved to find it alive and at least externally intact, …