Close to home... This is for the birds!
An eagle owl, featured at the Thurston Co Fair Barn Owl This fellow, of course, needs no introduction! Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Pioneer Park, Olympia, Washington...
It's beautiful in any season, this little roadside park with the Deschutes River running through it. Here's the river as it looks in the summer: Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Feeling a little froggy this morning...
(all these frogs live at the National Zoo in The Other Washington.) Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I promised to show you my two young lads...
These are the boys I have been hanging out with the past couple of weeks. We had several grand adventures, going to the beach and the caverns, and the zoo... We had a few hearty disagreements and there were a few moments when I felt outright discouraged, thinking they would be so glad when I went... Sign in to see full entry.
Packing Day
This is my last day here in Maryland, and while I am glad to be going home to my own cats and Davy Dog, I'll be missing this crew just a leeetlle bit! The boys left for their summer school early, and Zoe is with her daddy who will be dropping her off later so we can hang out a while. Zoe is 5, and... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
On a hot night, a cool picture!
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We see you...
taken yesterday at the National Zoo Sign in to see full entry.
Welcome to the Monkey... uh, make that the Great Ape House!
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It's all happening at the zoo...
We spent all day--9 hours! at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. It was hot and sunny, and not as sweaty as it might be... The animals, of course, were cool... (I posted my rant in Loosely Speaking about the part of zoo-going that is not so cool...) So... where is the first place you go at the zoo?... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Eastern Woodlands: trails for TAPS
The walking trail winds down through the woods eastern hardwoods hickory chestnut maples Summer's heat fragmented, filters into shadows gold and green Vines weave the woods together like a whispered truth in a quiet congregation... Warm soils-- rising life emerges and unfolds... And startles with a... Sign in to see full entry.