Entries tagged with 'Wild Kingdom'
A Mouse's Last View
April 17, 2009
The Varmint took this picture today, in our backyard. Yesterday, we awoke to the cat behaving all sketchy and weird, yowling and stiff-legged, stalking through our backyard planter, and pacing back and forth on our patio. A few minutes later,... Read more >
Spin Spider, Spin
November 10, 2008
It's spider season here in San Diego, and our jungle bungalow is a mini wild kingdom strung with dewy webs that look like little glass lanterns in the morning. Brightly colored Garden and Orb Weavers take up their giant webs... Read more >
The Worm Evangelist
August 2, 2008
Worm farming just sounds disgusting, doesn't it? Like it would be some sort of wiggly, poop-ridden stinkfest - and all for what? A ball of worms? Um, liked 'em when I was five. Not so much now that I'm 40.So... Read more >
Getting Zen in the Zuchini
July 2, 2008
Nearly a year and a half back, when the kid started getting mobile, I was forced to uproot my rose garden. The whole puncturing an eyeball on a rosebush thing trumped that wee hobby. For awhile there, the roses had... Read more >
Road Trip Fever
May 31, 2008
Lately, an old-fashioned road trip - the kind where you pile the fam in a car, load up a cooler full of cold drinks, pile in the blankets and duffel bags and head to a natural park or historical destination... Read more >
Crunch-Squish
April 15, 2008
Last night.11pm.Bare feet. Step outside to put out the cat...Feel a cold wetness.Hear a sickening, squirty, crunch-squish.Greetings, mouse carcass #6. I hop to the shower, disinfectant in hand.Way to go, McLovin. ... Read more >
McLovin Strikes Again
April 3, 2008
He's a beautiful cat, isn't he? Meet McLovin (formerly known as Siegfried). We were forced to change his name when it became apparent that this cat will do ANYTHING for some lovin' - including dropping off precious gifts. But don't be... Read more >
Cat Wars
October 18, 2007
So I'm chatting via email with my good friend Dex, and we get on to one of our regular topics which is Why Do People Own Cats? I'm pro-cat. Dex, not so much. As in, "I don't get it. People... Read more >
Mr. Sphinx Moth Stops By
March 9, 2007
Will you look at that fella? With the big eyes and finely-shaped antennae? You just know he's a casanova of the moth world.Too bad he scared the living dookie out of me when I was doing laundry. Of course, that's... Read more >
Rat-tastic Halloween
November 1, 2006
Halloween is usually my favorite holiday, bar none. You can keep the gory flicks, mean tricks, lame-ass allusions to Satan and pernicious badmouthing of pagans. (Seems to me those folks are the ones who really knew how to party...) Nope,... Read more >
Jiminy Sleeps with the Fishes
September 19, 2006
The Varmint is generally a sweet cuddly thing. All big eyes and warm heart, a good natured little fella by most accounts. But to say he wouldn't hurt a fly would be a lie. He hates flies. And when I... Read more >
Wallowing in My Granny Ways
May 19, 2006
I know that growing roses is an old-fashioned sort of hobby to have, but I don't care. They smell good and they are bright and you get to cut them and give them to people and bring them into the... Read more >
Snapshot - Moonset, Sunrise
January 18, 2006
I often wake before the sun is up, beating out the morning doves for first song of the day. It is my time. I can do as I please, look and smell my worst: Flyaway hair, Ugg boots and sweats... Read more >
The Varmint: His Origins & Evolution
January 6, 2006
It has come to my attention from a certain reliable, unnamed source, that a regular reader by the name of Greg has taken umbridge at The Varmint's nickname. He feels the nickname to be disparaging, and would prefer that I,... Read more >
Snapshot - Joshua Tree
January 2, 2006
2006 has started blue. Blue in a post-holiday emptiness sort of way. Blue in a reflective, daydreamy kind of way. A bracing, windy, try-to-steal-your-tent kind of blue. Blue of the impending storm. Blue lips and bruised fingers. 2006 feels like... Read more >
The View From My Kitchen Window
November 11, 2005
Knowing I'm a morning person, friends often ask why I love being awake at 6 a.m.. They look deep into my eyes, seeking out the crazy, when they ask. This is one of the reasons. I took this picture this... Read more >
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