Spent a long time in the backyard today watching and helping this colorful Monarch larva (caterpillar) as it wandered around searching for an appropriate place to pupate.
Category: Fauna
Jul 06 2011
A Place To Hang From
Installed two wooden strips onto our backyard fence just above the Milkweed plants where the 25+ Monarch larvae are feeding. This will give them a nice place to hang from when it’s time for them to begin pupating.
Jul 05 2011
Visiting Clawed, Feathered And Hairy Cousins And Relatives
Had a really good photo day at the San Diego Zoo with Mary and Diana. Got some fantastically lucky shots of Funani the Hippo and her recently born son Adhama. Also had the best meal ever at the Zoo at Albert’s Restaurant, contrasting with the worst the last time I visited. Ran into an old …
Jul 02 2011
Master Of His Domain
This squirrel…SQUIRREL!…was perched on a dead tree overlooking the canyon just beyond the fence in our backyard. It didn’t seem to mind at all that I walked up to take some pictures while it surveyed its domain.
Jun 28 2011
First Online Video
Posted my very first video online and I made sure it was all over the web. Posting it here, obviously, on Facebook and on Twitter. It’s of the Cheetah Run we saw at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Tweetup we had last Saturday. Now I just need to work on my photos.
Jun 26 2011
My Day With Lilo And Stitch
Dog-sat Lilo and Stitch today while their parents were visiting family in Orange County. Easy gig. Those dogs are the best. Gave me a chance to finally watch “How To Train Your Dragon” which I absolutely loved. Also gave me the opportunity to pick a ton of cherry tomatoes to bring home and to document …
Jun 25 2011
Run Cheetah Run!
Had a fantastic tweetup at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Got VIP treatment for a a practice run of the new Cheetah Run exhibit that will open to the lesser people (general public) on July 2. Also got to see an eight day-old Western Lowland Gorilla being carried by it’s mom, as well as …
Jun 23 2011
Newness At SeaWorld
Walked around SeaWorld San Diego with my mom today. Saw a bunch of new stuff like two young Red Kangaroos (got to pet one named Elle for Elle MacPherson), an Owl Monkey whose name I forgot, a Pygmy Hedgehog named Hodgepodge that I also got to pet, got to hold a Decorator Crab, saw two …
Jun 21 2011
Bond Villains = Sexual Innuendos Galore
What James Bond villain/conquest from Goldfinger does this represent? Hint: it’s not Octopussy. That’s from…well…Octopussy.
Jun 21 2011
Zoo Day With Kimi (Post #800!)
Spent a few fun-filled hours at the world famous San Diego Zoo today with my favorite niece, Kimi. Took bunches of photos of her with various animals (even petting a few) and had a really awful lunch. We both strongly felt like we were going to see somebody famous there and we amazingly ended up …
Jun 19 2011
Not Enough Cat Pictures
Another neighbor asked us to go over to see her two new kittens, Faith and Hope, both thirteen weeks old. I can see even more cat-sitting in my future.
Jun 19 2011
Cat-Sitting: Day Five
This is my final full day of cat-sitting so here’s only one photo showing seven of the eight cats and a few shots of various homey knickknacks.
Jun 18 2011
Cat Sitting: Day Four
Today I thought I would show some photos of the cats for a change. (Not much else going on there.) Two more nights, one more day.
Jun 16 2011
Cat Sitting: Day Two
Not much to report other than a lot of cats eating and staring at birds out the window and my taking pictures of it all. Six of the eight cats were good sports about my intrusiveness. I’m pretty sure that they now accept me as one of them.
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