You know, I haven't posted a Weird Animal Story in a while, mainly because the Killer Psycho Mockingbirds have been relatively quiet. So... I guess we were kind of overdue.

So... this morning. We troop out of the house so I can take the kids to school, and as we get to the car, I pause. Why? Because there's this huge BUZZARD, also known as a ( Read more... )

I was curled up on the bed with the laptop, and the Husbandly One was lying next to me when the Impertinent Daughter came in for advice about her class schedule for next year. Mainly on her four electives. And among the possibilities we threw out at her, one was "Small Animal Management ( Read more... )

For kath_ballantyne, who has asked me before to get pictures of these very shy lizards.

( Big pictures ahead, so beware, oh Users of Dial-Up )

You know how it is, when you finally get to bed, you're so very tired, and your head hits the pillow? You pull the quilts up over your shoulder, snuggle into your warm, significant other, and just dive into sleep? It's wonderful, actually ( Read more... )

You know, it's not that I don't like Texas Spiny Lizards.  Really.  I mean, I think they're fairly handsome (from a distance), and I appreciate the pest control they do, really, I truly, truly do!

I just... wish they didn't seem to like me so much.  To the point of giving me heart failure.

So, I'm baking cookies today, and doing various other ( Read more... )

Okay, y'all know we have pets.  We have the two main cats, Dobbs the calico kitty, and Sir Edmund Hillary, the giant Siamese cat of gentleness.  We have Webby, the grumpy, antisocial parakeet ("Ah, foolish human, you stickee your hand in my cage?  HA, I bite thee, I smite at thee, with my last birdie breath, I spit at thee!!!"  Gosh, we shoulda ( Read more... )

Just in case any of you were wondering... when a large, hoofed animal steps on your foot?

IT HURTS!!!!

WHAT IS IT WITH ME AND MOCKINGBIRDS ( Read more... )

Okay, so there I was, minding my own business, doin' my laps around the track.  And yes, Alex, I went earlier than yesterday so I would avoid Mr. Annoyingly Oblivious Talkative Guy, and successfully missed him.  Darn, I'm sooooo disappointed (can you hear the sarcasm dripping off my voice?).

Anyway, I was doing my laps, and was into the second one, ( Read more... )

Ain't nothin' like entertaining the neighbors ( Read more... )