Tag Archives: animals

Mine! mine! mine! mine!… (or); Nature in the wild is seldom mild, as my mother always says… part 1…

A seagull finds the mother lode by Mission Bay in San Diego… an loaf of bread in a plastic bag. A crow stops to watch, and maybe see if he can get in on the action. The seagull get the … Continue reading

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Birds… I am going to be doing some posts about birds… I have pictures… so, uh, here we go…

I took my good camera and the telephoto lens down to Mission Beach in San Diego when I had some work to do down there. Here are some much better pictures of that osprey than the ones I took with … Continue reading

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In which my pussycat is sort of a dickcat…

I do apologize for that title, but hey, the cat stole not only Koa’s bed, but his ball too. Then she swiped at the dog whenever he got close. Koa was very upset… SQUIRREL!!! The cat was like; ‘hey, the … Continue reading

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In which my cat expresses her viewpoints on modern society… a series of pictures telling a story…

I caught my cat watching the TV yesterday. She looked quite concerned about the underpinnings of our economy, the wage gap, and the threat to middle-income families. She did seem to be slightly hopeful that our home state was at … Continue reading

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What if… part 4…

What if Dachshunds were really short?

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What if… part 3…

What if snakes were short and fat? Would they have to roll around like tumbleweeds??? Or would they just slither along very slowly in an awkward scrunching motion??? These are the things that I wonder about.

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What if… part 2…

What if hippos were built like greyhounds??? That would be bad. Hippos are mean. They kill more people in Africa than lions or crocodiles. Faster hippos are a bad idea.

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What if… part 1…

What if giraffes didn’t have long necks? I mean, they didn’t always have long necks. That is just the way evolution works… uh, sorry, religious fanatics. This idea, like most of my ideas, came about thanks to the crack squirrels … Continue reading

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Just some random photos of some mammals I know…

I went and visited my friend Olivia today, the daughter of some friends of mine. She is three now. And the twins, her brothers, are growing up fast. They run around all over the place. This little gopher just popped … Continue reading

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A crow on a dead tree branch, and a battle in the sky…

Crow on a dead tree branch… that should be the name of a band, or a song, or an epic poem. Have you ever seen crows or jays swooping at a hawk to drive it away? Hawks are fearsome on … Continue reading

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