Ok, he was contemplating the deer crap he was about to roll in. But he does look elegant, doesn’t he? This time (3rd this week) is the final straw and a fence will be built this weekend.

We had a new family member join us this week. Lucy the Parrot is a Senegal Parrot. She was born last December and was kept by her breeder, Birdlady Babies. She was named Waldo before a DNA test revealed she was a she! Lucy is a bit scruffy right now since she’s going through a [...]

Well, it’s been a terrible week. Sweet Pea, our Pacifica Parrotlet, died. He had liver cancer so we had to put him to sleep. Too much pain. For 8 years, he’s slept next to me, had his cage next to my art desk and traveled the country with us. He even made brush / water [...]

We fished a lizard out of our kiddie pool and realized when she was drying off that she had some major damage to one leg and no foot on the other. So, of course, she needed some rehab. We’ve had her about 1 1/2 weeks and she’s been through one molt and seems to be [...]

I call this the circle bed, for obvious reasons. Some absolutely luscious dirt at the bottom of the driveway that catches all the rain. Tomatoes grow in it like weeds. It’s also a main deer path at the bottom of the drive which is why I’m moving the vegetable garden to the one by the [...]

Today I’m going to finish the garden path project that’s been looming over my head. It’s not a big project, it’s just that things always seem to happen. The last time I tried to finish it, I found a snake. Right under a tile I was picking up. It was small, but still… It turned [...]