We took a long weekend to the gulf where we met a friendly blue heron: I suspect he/she was a super-model on break, as she/he struck some poses: We also met a crab, who was crabby. Helen decided his disposition earned him a trip to our kitchen, but he was not very cooperative: Helen won…
James the turtle has been given free kitchen roaming privileges. He and his long neck are having fun exploring: White Dog got wet when he got too excited and slipped into the pond: This raccoon also got wet when he got stuck next to the creek in a rainstorm: In other water news, our pond…
We dumped 20 mail ordered tadpoles into our Lilly pond last month, then never saw them again. But magically, this week, some bullfrogs started showing up: Now we need to figure out what to feed them. I asked this guy, but he said no thanks, he was just visiting us on a short term tourist…
We had a brief visit from 3 cute baby armadillos: The forest had a few other interesting creatures this month. We discovered that newts (salamanders) like to play with bees. These two can bite! That little one is only 1/8″ across, but my finger discovered that it has very effective pinchers. I don’t know what…
I’ve got money to give anyone who can guess what this mystery photo is: It is not related to a family of bats we found by our front door: My drone got homesick, tried to fly back to China and got stuck in this tree. Can you spot it? Click for a bigger view. Upper…
Care to guess what this mystery photo is? I found some interesting critters in the forest: These critters were Helen transplants: Forest flowers are as pretty as ever: Check out the vines hanging onto this tree as it grows up: Devochka got fixed this month. She was pretty sad for a few days: That mystery…