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hello, silly

a booboo and the birds

urban interior wildlife

before

and after

ew.

snake and slug

we worked in the yard last weekend.  i found fun stuff.

nice focus, eh?

more fun with wildlife

hey buddy.

yeah. hey buddy.

enough, buddy.

a quick word on owl pellets

(first, a quick word to josh... pass along the pic of the owl intimacy when you have a chance? pleeease? i know it's blurry but it will go here.) voila! thank you very much, josh.

mating owls in the backyard were a bit of a highlight at the pi party friday. i missed it, i'm afraid, but i'm not shocked. it appears we live on something of a nature reserve.

in a very sweet email from the lovely christy yesterday, inspired no doubt my the coupling birdies, she mentioned owl pellets. i'll let her explain: "Secondly, do you know about owl pellets? The indigested remains of their prey? You can sometimes find them underneath the trees where they nest. They look like dried whitish shapes with bones and hair in them. Very cool. i found one in my yard last year. I keep looking for more. Okay...have a great week." (sidenote: is it any wonder why i thick christy is the bee's knees?)

having never heard of owl pellets, i did a bit of research. disturbingly, there is quite an internet market for the little backyard gems. an example:

eh?

playin' opossum

latest installment from the wild kingdom:

so, there were ducks in the front yard this morning, looting raccoons last week, a report of a coyotes killing neighborhood pets not so long ago, and just now, an opossum playin' opossum.

slowest, least daring escape ever

midnight marauder

once upon a time, midnight marauder meant only one thing. it meant "clap ya hands" and "we can get down". and it meant skipping school and running from trouble and hoping to run into trouble. it was all about feeling free and wild and so, so alive and a little scared. it was phife saying:
I'm not your average MC with the Joe Schmoe flow
If you don't know me by now, you'll never know
Steppin on my critics, beatin on my foes
The plan is to stay focused, only then I can go
Straight from the heart, I represent hip hop
I be three albums deep, but I don't wanna go pop
Too many candy rappers seem to be at the top
Too much candy is no good, so now I'm closin the shop

anyhow, the words midnight marauder will always conjure up images of getting down in all likelihood, but, in reality, the only midnight marauders these days are pictured below.