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... )

Well, first off, I just checked the school district's web page a little while ago and there's a letter up, stating that our school district AND county have no confirmed cases of swine flu... at this timeMeaning I set a fox in the hen house when I made my lil' ol' phone call ( Read more... )

Well, after weeks of eating virtually everything in sight, the Impertinent Daughter had a growth spurt and is probably within one to two inches of being as tall as I am ( 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 )

I had another doctor's appointment today, basically to see what my progress has been. I was a little late, however, and this is why ( Read more... )

Okay, so the storm that blew my table off the deck had another victim.  A blue jay's nest got blown out of one of our trees.  One of the nestlings didn't make it, but the other did.  It's getting wing feathers, but not quite flying yet.  The kids came and got me, and thanks to the Amazing Kitten Resuscitation Adventure, fully expected me to pull a ( Read more... )

I think Mr. Killer Psycho Nutjob Mockingbird is having carnal knowledge of the passenger side mirror on my minivan.  Really.  Because there's... stuff... on that mirror.  Thick, globby, clearish... stuff.  Right where Mr. Mockingbird is, for lack of a better word, humping the mirror.  On a regular basis.

Honey, there ain't enough Windex in the ( Read more... )

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... )