Buster: Return Of The Nom
Click here to see the best footage yet of Buster the Russian tortoise going full nom on her foodstuffs!
Arachnicide
So. Sadness: my tiny doorway spider is dead. I’ve written about her far more than I’d imagined I would. I first found her in April and marveled as she produced not one but two egg sacs. Subscribing to the Charlotte’s Web mythology, after her first brood hatched and dispersed I figured she wasn’t long for …
Prelude To The Nom
Yesterday, Buster our tortoise took most of the morning to find the snack of snail vine blossoms I left for her (which she then devoured within minutes). This morning within minutes of installing her foodstuffs (with another generous helping of snail blossoms), she was aaaaalllll over it, allowing the TortoiseCam to capture what I consider …
After the Nomming
It took more than four hours for Buster to discover the snackables, but there she is exiting the scene of the carnage for a much-needed high-noon nap, In case you missed out on all the feeding frenzy fun, I managed to capture images of Buster going stone cold-blooded off on the edibles and they’re viewable …
TortoiseCam Is Go!
In the wake of my post about snail vine blossoms and our tortoise Buster’s addiction to them, my friend and fellow L.A. Metblogs contributor Julia excellently suggested “Dude, howsabout you webcam Buster so we can feast our eyes upon the tortoise feasting upon the flowers. So of course I said oh hell yeah and cranked …
Snail Vine Blossoms For Days!
This snapshot above of the greenery growing alongside the onramp to the westbound 10 Freeway from Vermont might not be much of a big deal to you, but when I first spotted it a couple weeks ago biking home from work I put it on my list of I Shall Returns. Not for me — …
Chance Encounter With The Ballona Creek Nine
Yo! Check out that guy on the bike. He’s stopping to take our picture! We’re sitting ducks! What do we do!? We gotta get the hell outta here! Mom!! I’m right here kids. Just chill out and follow me — tight formation! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, good! But Rodney! …