Friday Night At The Movies

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 Timothy Price61 Comments

I did not get the full June Moon because of overcast skies.

The perils of irrigating.

Speaking of the perils of irrigating, I also flushed out a porcupine. When he saw us, he turned around, waded back into the water, and climbed the apple tree.

Silver also had a few things to say to me.

CBCBCSCD

June 15, 2024 Timothy Price42 Comments

Cat

Bumblebee

Cat

Butterfly

Cat

Sunset

Cats: “Just a little kiss, Spunk?” “Cut it out, Silver!”

Dusk

AB&C

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Timothy Price39 Comments

A golden sunrise

With the exception of the golden sunrise, this post has All Beavers & Cats.

Don’t look now, Bertha, but there is a stupid paparazzo over there on the other side of the river voyeurizing us.

Avocados, Tomatoes, Loki

Three beavers, two snuggling, on the river bank at dusk.

Spunk thinks he is cuter than any stinking beaver.

Wynona grooming on the bank at dusk.

Many Faces of Silver with Avocados and Tomatoes.

June 8th Cheez Standoff

June 8, 2024 Timothy Price39 Comments

Glenda: “Ahem! Read my tongue, Paparazzo. A spot of cheez would be mighty tasty.

“I see that deaf, dumb, and blind Paparazzo is no Cheez Whiz. He’s ignoring me!”

“Abra Catdabra
Fiddling feet
Expose yourself cheez
And give me a treat!”

“Whoa! It worked! Back off, Marble!

Sweet dreams are made of these!

¡Hasta la Vista! Babies!

May 12, 2024May 12, 2024 Timothy Price50 Comments

Walter’s tail among the tatones in a different tree from yesterday.

We couldn’t find Walter and Willa in their cottonwood tree this afternoon. And for good reason. They were not in it. They had both flown to the tree to the west of their tree. It will be very hard to see them at dusk from now on.

Nora napping way up high in the cottonwood west of the tree she nested in.

Willa sacked out after making the flight to the new tree.

Western Tanager

Swallow, House Finch, Robin

Mother’s Day Flowers

Silver napping

Marina’s Incognito Pear tree has become rather sculptural.

Sunset

Solar Storm

May 10, 2024 Timothy Price51 Comments

Dawn

Flower storm

Sunset

Hint of the solar storm at 8:30 PM

When I walked out at One after 9:09, the lower part of the sky looked clear to my naked eye. But through the camera, I could see the solar storm.

The sky was purple, looking north.

The sky, looking west.

Sasha and Silver were impressed

Another Snake, Linda! Proceed With Caution

April 24, 2024April 26, 2024 Timothy Price55 Comments

Dawn

WARNING! Snake Photos at the end of this post!

Hey! Paparazzo! Looki. See? We need more juggin’ water! ¿Sí?

Silver: “You’re fast, Loki! I’m outta here!”

Our guard Hummingbird. He sits at the top of the Chitalpa, and if any suspicious-looking characters come around, he attacks them.

Owl Newz

Nora on the left. Hungry Willa and Walter in the middle. Osric on the right

Nora was on her branch giving sweet, higher pitched hoots to Osric, who was about 100 feet from her at the top of a tree. We figured she was giving him a grocery list.

Osric gave Nora a gopher. Hmmm! Could be a song!

When Osric brought Nora the critters, it was after dusk, so I only got a few halfway clear shots that I lightened up in post processing so we can see what the owls were up to.

Osric flew off and came back with a packrat.

My what big claws you have, Nora!

After Nora flew over to the nest, Osric flew in, dropped off the packrat in the nest and flew off. Apparently, Nora’s grocery list was for gopher and packrat.

Progression of the sunset tonight.

WARNING! WARNING! Snake photos below!

Me with Blue Boa

Many of you thought that bullsnake was huge. Now Blue is what I would call a huge snake.

I don’t believe I have ever posted a photo of myself with Blue Boa. I don’t handle her much because of my compromised immune system. The results of a recent blood test showed my white counts and absolute nuetrofils are low again. Reptiles carry salmonella, so people with compromised immune systems s should not handle them much.