By now, everyone's heard my stories of the varied birdies, squirrels, and bunnies that are attracted to our backyard bird feeder.  Well, it seems the presence of all these birdies, squirrels, and bunnies has attracted a new visitor:


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A couple weeks ago, Eric and I picked up a hanging bird feeder for our backyard.  We figured we'd get a few birds here and there, and that would keep crazy Miss Bonkers entertained, if nothing else.  (She's been following us around the house non-stop lately ( Read more... )

I suppose it's inevitable after two years of walking to work in downtown St Paul...

This morning, I got hit in the head by pigeon poo.  And it was big, and it kind of hurt. Luckily, I was only a few feet from my building. I ran straight to the bathroom and washed my hair in one of the sinks.

Icky..icky..icky...icky..icky..icky...

Some of you may recall that zarathud23  and I were hearing squeaks and scratching in the walls of our 2nd floor office at night.  First, we thought is might be mice, but the traps yielded nothing.

Upon further listening, we observed that whatever it was sounded a bit larger than mice, and there seemed to be only one of 'em shuffling around.  Checking the ( Read more... )