I always make a point during a morning break in the action to go out into the backyard and check on the tortoise — just to make sure she’s her usual tortoise self. On this morning, passing the birdbath on my way to Buster’s hutch, I sighted a spider flailing a bit in the water, …
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It didn’t take long for one of our local Anna’s hummingbirds to find the feeder I set up on the front porch. Though there’s obviously no basis in fact, I’d like to think this is either the mother of the hummingbird chick I rescued last summer, or the fully grown chick itself (caught on cam …
LAist has a post up today enlightening me to the previously unknown efforts of the nearby city of Arcadia to protect its imperiled citizens from coyotes by killing them — the coyotes, not the citizens. To date, some 15 have reportedly been snared and destroyed. LAist links to an ABC Local article, where one finds …
Not sure whether she flew away or blew away, but after this snap was taken by Susan, I set the katydid on a callalily leaf in hopes it would live to see another day. A short while later I came out to check and the critter seemed pretty spent, but then a bit later I …
click image for the bigger picture On an awesome Thanksgiving Day ride up and over Griffith Park, I encountered this healthy looking specimen of coyote padding along Mt Hollywood Drive in the opposite direction, and I dutifully turned around and pedaled after it given what appeared to be an apparent habituation to humans. I chase …
Say hello to my lazy-ass coworkers. Out drinking again, last night I presume. You should hear the snoring that comes out of these two.
Pepper is well known around our house for his efforts to bath me and The Jig, another of our cats. Occasionally he’ll tackle Ranger, but most attempts to clean up the dog end after a few seconds, Today’s session, however, went way beyond short and routine when Pepper jumped onto the club chair Ranger was …