Linda’s Lucky Day

July 9, 2024 Timothy Price50 Comments

The sky cleared up quickly yesterday afternoon, so I got to see the sliver moon after all.

While riding my bike this afternoon, I stopped and moved a Hognose snake off the road. I didn’t bother to photograph it. If I had, I would have been obliged to post photos of it, but since I had a very unpaparazzo moment and moved the snake without making it pose for photos, Linda and Herman lucked out.

One of our orchids bloomed. It is not common for us to have orchids rebloom.

Spunk napping in the shade of a trumpet vine

Gwendolyn: “I know you like Heavy Metal, Paparazzo! I like Heavy Cardboard. Death to all but Cardboard!”

Gwendolyn shadow jugging

4 on the 4th in 24

July 4, 2024 Timothy Price56 Comments

Gwendolyn

Gwendolyn and Glenda turned 4 today. Happy Birthday, Gwendolyn and Glenda!

Glenda

Nine thousand steps, wow
Twenty eight wheelbarrows mulch
Parking lot is done

We Bought And Killed A Stairway To Heaven

June 23, 2024 Timothy Price50 Comments

A pot full of name tags from all our roses that have died over the years, mainly due to late hard frosts.

Spunk meditating on a landing from a stairway to Heaven.

Gwendolyn: “What are you talking about, stupid Paparazzo? I just climbed a stairway to Heaven to get here! 🤬!” Sasha: “And I just climbed a stairway to purgatory to get here. 🤪!”

I wonder how many other people have bought and killed a Stairway To Heaven? It’s a gripping, dripping question.

Gwendolyn: “I think I see a stairway to Heaven through the microwave glass!”

Silly Silver and Spunk: “No comment!”

Sasha meditating on a question about electrolytes and hydration needed to climb a stairway to Heaven.

First Day Lily

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 Timothy Price45 Comments

Sunrise

First Day Lily

Old Round Eyes

Sandias at sunset

Simple Sunset

Pastel Sunset

Afterglow

Visit From A Square-Eyed Cat

May 26, 2024 Timothy Price36 Comments

Sasha’s a happy kitty

We got a visit from this kitty last night. He was friendly and had square eyes. We don’t know where he belongs.

Cow Cats of the day

Cow Cats In Waiting

May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 Timothy Price48 Comments

Glenda and Gwendolyn

Cow cats in waiting
They finally get their fix
Chomp chew happy purr

Spunk: “What now? Stupid paparazzo!”

Glenda relaxing
When cater-mortis set in
Good she recovered

Snuggle Kitties

May 15, 2024 Timothy Price39 Comments

Gwendolyn and Loki

Jumping spider

Loki was thinking when Cater Mortis set in. Luckily, he snapped out of it. That was close, Loki!

Iris before and after Laurie whacked back Dr Huey. Dr. Huey was getting out of hand with long canes that were getting blown around and breaking the iris.

Resa looked up American Badgers and discovered they are on the endangered species list. Tristan said that’s because they are dangerous, mean, and grumpy. Craig piped in, “They will eat your face off!” I told them our badger is sweet. She said that the Cheo in the Badger recognized the Cheo in me, so it saw me as another mean and grumpy badger. There are advantages to being a mean and grumpy curmudgeon (Cheo).

We saw the badger again tonight. It listened to us for a few minutes, decided we weren’t a threat, and headed off to the apple orchard to hunt gophers. I photographed it with my phone because I had forgotten to check the batteries on the Bazooka’s camera body. Stupid paparazzo, as the critters like to say.

Close to sunset

Feeding Cow Cats

April 27, 2024March 24, 2025 Timothy Price52 Comments

Dawn

The above video is of Laurie, the cat herder, doing her daily routine of feeding the cow cats their grass (there is music with the video).

Laurie, the cat herder, with two of our cow cats.

Mallard Ducks being silly gooses.

Our baby, volunteer, cottonwood.

Walter looked grumpy, and Willa was half asleep in the morning sun.

Nora Owl look positively happy this morning. She was half-asleep with one eye closed. She must have had a good TGIF owl night out with Osric last night. I think she wore out Osric. He was nowhere to be seen.