Couch Taters
Last night during either “Survivor” or “Lost,” Jiggy and Ranger shared the sofa: (click to triplify)
Hawk A Block Away
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The Flickers Are Back
Previously seen around these here parts during the wetter winters of 2005 and 2006, last year’s dry conditions led the northern flickers to go noticeably absent perhaps in search of damper digs. This morning one signaled their return with its shrill call from somewhere up in the neighbors camphor tree that overhangs into our front …
Faux Hawk
Yesterday afternoon I happened to lok up out of my office window and see a red-tailed hawk cruising away from the building I’m in. A trio of pigeons streaking across the sky in the opposite direction made it change course and eventually it ended up as close to directly over my head as it could …
Assuming The Positions
(click to quadruplify) Meals are totally a routine around here. When Susan starts preparing them, first for the dogs, the cats show what creatures of habit they are. Bink stays on the bed looking longingly into the kitchen. Pumpkin hops up onto the breakfast table and waits patiently. Jigsaw and Pepper (pictured) grab their places …
Pumpkin: Dah Chilla On Dah Pilla
(click to quadruplify) Saturday, 7:05 a.m.
I See Falcons In L.A.
This is from last Friday; a peregrine falcon took an afternoon break on the 12th-floor ledge of the building across the courtyard from me. The snap is extra craptastic thanks to having to take the shot handhed through a dirty window with the camera on 12x digital zoom (clickably triplifiable, but don’t expect anything special):