armadillo

I had to go pretty far south of my house to find a patch of grass not covered by snow. Seems all my backgrounds have been white for so long that I forgot what grass looked like.  What I wouldn't give to have a hard outer shell like an armadillo.  If my armor didn't work maybe I could bend into a ball and just roll away to a better place.

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Armadillos are pretty weird looking. Hairs along each section and on the face.

obstinate

Squirrels are the most obstinate creature I know; no matter what I do to keep them out of my birdseed they are not dissuaded. We need to be like the squirrel in our quest to live with joy, refusing to let anything stand in our way.

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A moment before this shot he was holding the suet on on its edge and all you could see was his head and paws. I didn't have the camera in my hands yet though, darn.  He opened the holder the crazy thing.  You can kinda see the depth of our snow here.  He is in a path that has been cleared for our dogs.  The actual snow depth is above his head, you can semi-see it towards the top left.

Montana Mammals

While in Montana we stopped at the National Bison (Buffalo) Range and saw many animals!  I love the gentle fall colors in these pictures.  Maybe they're especially beautiful since I've been surrounded by white for so long.

Pixel and friends

April of 2009 I had a contest to name our resident flying squirrel and she ended up with the name Pixel. She's a darling, you can see photos of her on that post.  Well Pixel and her babies have been very busy.  Here we are a little over a year later and every night I feed my fliers and I have a count of at least 6 coming to visit.

You can set your clock by them. They come at 9:15 every night, it's so fun watching them fly in! I was surprised when we had a cook out that lasted until about 11pm and they still came. People were able to get within a few feet of them and watch them.

While my parents visited we sat out every night to watch them. Over time we have worked up to being able to use a flash on them. We replaced our yellow bug bulb with a white one. Later we brought out a big shop light, like a flood light and still they came. And now we can put the flash on the camera and freeze them in action.

Now that we've got a few decent shots I'm back to just feeding and watching them. Every night I feed them seeds and some sort of fruit. I've found that they do not like cantaloupe. lol  They are the busiest in the yard right at dusk, but they are still here throughout the night.  I've been out as late as 1am and seen/heard them.  Come on over, they're more fun to watch than tv.


Hosted by Cecily and Lolli

Squirrel Baby

I had fun playing peek-a-boo with this baby squirrel.

She (or he) would run around a bit and dart back into her nest.

She had a couple of siblings darting around too, but she was the most daring one, and curious. lol

Porcupine Macro Monday

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky.

Have I introduced you to my charming friend?

Mr Snizzles says that he looks scarier than he actually is.

Would you like a quill? You can use one with a bottle of ink to write fancy letters. Go ahead, take your pick.

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