I’m not sure if it is a well-kept secret or not, but I have a certain distaste for cats, likely originating when I was two and family friend’s Siamese cat crawled up my back as I was singing Happy Birthday. A distressing event. I’ve never really warmed up to them for many reasons including: the […]
Ants and Aphids, originally uploaded by furryscaly. A neat photograph of some species of Citronella Ant (Acanthomyops sp.) “farming” Aphids or Mealybugs (both Hemipterans). The hemipteran insects feed on the roots of plants and exude a sugary substance called honeydew that the ants then feed on.
The fur is dead. Long live the fur!, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Ollie is a new dog, now that we’ve finished stripping him.
Petfinder.com is a great way to find dogs available for adoption and in fact, Herbie was found with Petfinder’s help! Usually they have some sappy description about the dog that is completely irrelevant to the dog’s demeanour (something along the lines of what celebrity a dog looks like, for example). I was looking to see […]
As I was sitting here looking out my window, I just noticed a Blue bottle fly, like this: Sitting outside in the sun. It’s +3 out there this morning and walking the dog was a pleasure, especially after the coldest weather of the fall earlier this week. You have to notice and celebrate the small […]
I just had two Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) scream by the apartment building at eye (fifth floor eye) level. One pulled up and did a little “wing over” before peeling off in another direction. This is the second time that I’ve seen Peregrines in the last week or so. I know that they live over […]
Dunno what we’re supposed to make of this news release: “What? We’re similar to a sea urchin? That can’t be possible.” Um, well, not really. Some part of our genomes are the same. And there might be clues in there to help humans live longer (which, I ask: do we really need?). That’s about it. […]
Check it out. And here are his puppy photos featured on the same site. I’m proud to say that Ollie has received 10.4 biscuits out of 11 with over a thousand votes!
Lee, Katie and I had a discussion a ways back on the use of plastic bags for picking up dog shit. Our chat was along these lines: Given that plastic bags seem to be the easiest way to do pick shit up, and since plastic bags seem to be symptomatic of our “convenience today for […]
Ollie on his new grass bed, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This is Ollie’s new grass bed. He loves it. It’s a dishpan that I drilled full of holes in the base, added soil and some shade-loving grass seed. Add a little water, and a few days later (4 days), you see the results above. I […]