Apparently, they do need defending. A couple of weeks ago, on the radio from Austin, a Texas tree specialist used that expression dismissively, as in cut ‘em down, get rid of them. They are eye sores, good for nothing, so do just that. That attitude was out of character for a preservationist. Just because they don’t all come from the
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FINALLY! An image of a rabbit in flight is captured. It’s very tough to get a decent one, even with a camera at the ready; you can’t predict when the race will begin or where it will go. The cottontail is on the run after Ernie flushed him out from his hutch under a tangle of vines. And generally, the
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[A story from years ago that still has relevance today.] ***”I tell her ‘No,’ and add ‘men’s colognes and soaps are a real tough sell on me. They smell too much like products for women.’(Does that make me consistent or stubborn?) ” The closest I could possibly get to George Washington was to walk the grounds of and visit his
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Wishing all of you a memorable Memorial Day.
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Well, it’s not as dramatic as Mrs. O’Leary’s cow who reportedly kicked over a lantern and started The Great Chicago Fire. It is a good quick read, however. So how did Princess wind up on my property despite the neighbor’s being fully fenced? As the sun set – if I hadn’t by chance looked out my window – I might
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Ernie sniffed him out. The snake, that is. It was a sun-rich, bye-bye to stormy weather day. Dog and I were inside my fenced, raised-bed garden cage. I was just finishing minor repairs when Ern became agitated: he wanted to be let out to follow his nose. It was pointing towards the neighbor’s fenced pasture twenty feet away. Dropping my
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He is twenty-five pounds of muscle and skills that come from an unknown heritage. [Although that is about to change with a doggy DNA kit sitting just over there.] One of his favorite pastimes is sniffing out small animals. Principally, we’re talking about rabbits, the wild ones that hang out on your property and eat your garden clean. [They are
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Toads Whew! Thankfully – as it turns out – they may have never left. Last night at our brief nine o’clock walk Ernie just off the carport slab bumped his nose into something. I flicked on my flashlight and there it was: a new small toad. He is different because his color and pattern on the back are a tad
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Recently back from our respective vacations Ernie and I resume our early morning walks. Before I open the door I shine the flashlight through the glass and check its bottom outside: is our little toad ensconced in the corner? He isn’t. So with full enthusiasm we go into the darkness; Ern’s leash is on because I never know if we
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