The previous owners of Tristan’s and David’s house put a bird box right next to the front door. It’s a pretty safe place for baby birds, except when the paparazzi come around.   The other problem with having the box above the front door is that the mama bird gets all upset and attacks people as they go in and out the front door. I held up my camera and did a couple of blind photos of the babies while under attack by the mama bird.

Tristan and David had a solstice party tonight. I went out on the lava flow and looked for critters, but didn’t find too many; however, I did find a cactus blooming.

When we were leaving to go get Stretch from the kitty hospital, there was a baby bull snake on the door step when Laurie opened the door. It crawled inside, I picked it up, and handed it to Tristan. It would not hold still long enough to get a clear photo, but as you can see, it was a really cute snake. Tristan put in the back yard where it will find lots of food to grow on.

We brought Stretch home tonight. His BUN was down to 41, the same as it was three years ago when we went through the same thing with him. He’s really happy to be home, and one of the first things he did was stick his paw in his water dish on the table and get a drink. Pretty normal behavior for Stretch!