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Winter in Clearwater

By Carol on Saturday, September 4th, 2010 | No Comments

No, it’s not winter in Clearwater yet … just the Labor Day weekend. But there’s always a Winter at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium and she’s going to be a star in her own movie which is being filmed now.
I was there earlier this year with Crystal and her family. That little dolphin who should have [...]

This Is a Smart Bird

By Carol on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | 1 Comment

I’m not sure who’s trained in this video. It’s a young ibis tapping on Crystal’s window. She throws bread out of it several times a day to feed the flock of ibises that show up daily.
She has named this one “Knocky-pants“. Turn up your speakers and you can hear it.

So is the ibis trained to [...]

Oh Great – It’s a Brown Widow

By Carol on Friday, September 3rd, 2010 | 2 Comments

Lucky me…. not only do I keep finding black widow spiders, but now I found a brown widow. And writing about spiders really, really isn’t that interesting to me.
But in the spirit of being sure everyone knows what these things look like, here’s the brown dude(ette) munching in a wasp.
It took me quite a bit [...]

Just Because She’s So Cute!

By Carol on Monday, August 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Twiggy was posing for me the other day on the bench in my bedroom. It was like she wanted her portrait made because she was still there after I went back into the family room to get my camera.
No reason to put this here other than she’s just so darn cute!

Lizard’s New Clothes

By Carol on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 | No Comments

The little anole lizards you can see everywhere around here are cute. They also are good at eating bugs – roaches included.
This guy is shedding off his old skin and getting a new outfit… he must have heard about the big sale at Dillards this weekend!

Zoey Meets Cloey

By Carol on Friday, August 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Cloey is a jumbo sized cat… like over 20 pounds of jumbo. Even living with me for almost 3 years didn’t put much dent into her weight. After re-homing her earlier this year, she found herself living with a hamster named Zoey.
Normally, I think Zoey runs around the house in her little hamster ball to [...]

SuperKitty and Jack

By Carol on Monday, July 26th, 2010 | No Comments

I have a couple of stuffed cats. One of them has a mask and a secret zipped compartment, so it got named ‘SuperKitty’. The other one is named ‘Jack’ probably because I was watching Stargate when Gavin insisted on naming it years ago.
The kids have always like playing with them. The other day, Morgan decided [...]

Gator Wrestling

By Carol on Saturday, July 24th, 2010 | No Comments

My idea of gator wrestling is with one about this size.
Yeah Buddy – bring it on!
These critters are scary looking even when they’re little. The best thing to do when confronting an alligator is to make sure you’re with people who you can outrun.

My Favorite Color

By Carol on Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

When I was a kid, I thought peacock blue was the most beautiful color in the world. And now that I’m a bit older, I have to admit that it’s pretty hard to beat the colors you find on the whole bird.

Which Is Cuter?

By Carol on Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 | No Comments

Back to that old question: Mirror, mirror on the wall who’s the fairest of them all?
If anyone still thinks a squirrel is just a rat with a fluffy tail.. well.. I beg to disagree. Just look at those beady rat eyes and that pointy nose.

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