Did you read about the chihuahua in Oregon who chased a cougar away from a terrier he was going to eat?
I think I saw this dog on an episode of Dog Whisperer. Wouldn’t let anyone sit next to his master. Yapped and yapped and yapped, bared teeth at guests.
But this could come in handy if that guest is a hungry cougar.
Maybe we should get a chihuahua to protect my Pirate Booty from a certain hungry kindergartner…..?
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Another enlightening chat in the car on the way to swim lessons:
“We’re not allowed to say the “S” word or the “H” word at school,” Kid says.
“Good! Glad to hear it! Those are really bad words,” I agree, assuming what you, readers, are assuming as the words (SH*T and H$LL, right?).
“Yea, we can’t say “stupid” or “hate.”"
“OH. Hmmm.”
Did you know you can eye-roll and drive simultaneously? I can, at least.
[Lest you think kindergarteners are missing out, while they may not say those at school, apparently at playdates, they discuss the word "F@CK" as the worst of all bad words, and use it at mom when she comes to pick you up!]
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Spring is finally in the air, and we’re getting temperatures in the 60′s and 70′s. Which makes me complain about the heat many PNW’ers come out in the sun, talk to neighbors they haven’t seen since September’s last sunny weekend, and generally be social.
The humans are only slightly behind the birds and their migrating and nesting [insert millionth Let the Dog in! bird photo here].
You may be happy to know that spring apparently affects more than humans, birds and other creatures in the animal world. Yes, friends, inanimate objects, even kitchen appliances, pair up this time of year.
If you’re a regular reader of Let the Dog in!, you may recall this pot:
Yes, it was February that this guy was sent out on the deck, and guess what? He’s still there. Unopened. We may be breeding a new sewer-creature-horror-flick-star by this point (from the sludge that once was *gags slightly* seafood chowder, in case you’re wondering).
I’m a little embarassed for my husband that this is the case, but such is life the state of our marriage cleanliness habits.
But, wait! It’s spring and look who has a friend!
Don’t they make a cute couple?
I’m not even sure what’s inside his little silver friend. She showed up while I was out. But at least she has a locking top, you know, in case when the contents ferment in the heat.
The hubs Someone is going to need a haz-mat suit to deal with our little love birds when the love fest is over.
Stay tuned. And happy spring to all!!
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I’ve been stalling on my book writing playing with my shutter speed, I know you’ll be excited to hear. And a sweet, little thing was very cooperative this afternoon.
Isn’t she cute? Once again, correct me if I’m wrong, Maria I’m not totally sure, but I think this is a female rufous hummingbird (green head, rufous body), a summer visitor to our parts.
Yes, SUMMER, hurraaaaayyyyyyy!
Look at that bend! True rubber-necking.
Very angelic, yes?
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At this rate, I might need to change the title of this blog to Let the Bird in, but I’ve gotten some good bird shots lately so you’ll just have to click over to Perezhilton if you’re bored bear with me.
We had this visitor, the golden-crowned sparrow, who is supposed to be here in winter and head north for the summer, any day now.
Here he is, eating away on the deck railing, looking good. I love getting shots of them with food in their mouths. [Isn't there a celebrity website of pictures of celebrities eating? That's got to be practically impossible to get pictures of, at least of the actresses.]
Then he turned around.
EEK! What happened to his eyeball??
And to be totally honest, I didn’t notice this defect until I looked at these shots on my computer.
Mother Nature is rough! Was he attacked? Born deformed? I think someone pecked his eyeball out. That’s gotta be up there with water-boarding for heinous acts.
Birds torturing birds…? Tell me where the all-sunflower-seeds feeder is! Now! Or else!
It’s pretty impressive to me that an injured bird like this can even survive. Imagine how nervous and twitchy you’d be not able to see one whole side of the world? Every noise a potential predator.
What was that? Who’s there? Mommy, is that you meowing?
Should I put some Xanax out for him?
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I had a friend who would quietly mock others from afar (hilarious if you’re the one next to her, not so much for the one being mocked), and one of her deals was saying, “girl, not a girl” if she saw someone who looked, let’s say, androgynous. Like Pat on SNL.
I took this photo of a grosbeak recently, and thought at first it was a female black-headed grosbeak.
Then my birdy friend said the equivalent of “girl, not a girl” and that it could be a juvenile male grosbeak, due to the color of her breast. (I still say “her”)
So, now I wonder, are there any cross-dressing, transvestite birds out there?
Or are we just really bad at being bird geeks?
Girl, not a girl?
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Just read this in our local Bainbridge Island police blotter:
A Bainbridge woman found that her car’s tires were deflated sometime during the night near her High School Road home. She suspects a neighbor, who sometimes yells obscenities at her and spits on her car, may be to blame.
What a great sales pitch for the place we live! Come to the island, and we’ll spit on your car!
It probably wasn’t that neighbor anyway, right? Too obvious. Isn’t it always the one who “seemed so nice but kept to themselves?”
Well, at least her tires were deflated and not slashed. We’re not total savages.
I’m so proud.
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