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Entries Tagged as 'Critters'

Oh Deer

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Ouch! This Paul’s Himalayan Musk rose cane and a couple of others just like it have been topped by one of our local, and getting braver by the day, deer. The picture is on the fuzzy side but look at those thorns for goodness sake! They are huge and red to boot. [...]

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Tags: Critters · Flowers · Pests · Roses

Young visitor

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I went out to take some pictures for this post and almost stepped on a little rabbit that ran under my foot as I was walking in the garden. We startled each other I think as he/she quickly ran for cover next to this daylily. Judging by it’s size, I would say this [...]

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Tags: Blueberries · Critters · Figs · Flowers · Fruit · Herbs · Kiwi · Rabbits

To bee or not

May 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Wooo hooo finally a bee. I have been complaining that this year I have seen ONE honey bee and that wasn’t even in my yard. Typically I see one or MAYBE two bumble bees pollinating my blueberries each spring. I was getting kind of nervous as I hadn’t seen one yet and [...]

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Tags: Beneficial · Blueberries · Critters · Fruit

15000+ steps

April 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Yesterday I logged 15000 steps. This includes the 6690 steps it took to mow my part of the yard. I know this because my cell phone has a step counter on it. Too cool eh?
Note to self. Do not mow over cut raspberry canes barefooted.
Lets see… into the ground [...]

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Tags: Critters · Cucumbers · Flowers · Fruit · Grapes · Herbs · Pests · Roses · Tomatoes

Where did that ditch go???

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Dogs · Weather

After the Storm

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments

I guess its not technically finished but in the last 24 hours we picked up anywhere from 6 inches or so to over a foot with an average of about 10 inches of snow. Not nearly as much as a lot of places but the most we have had at our house from one [...]

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Tags: Critters · Dogs · Pets · Weather

A New Camera and some Kitty Porn

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I received a Canon A570is digital camera for my birthday this year. What an awesome little camera. It is one of the smaller point and shoot types but with a lot of manual controls as well as a video option. Below is a video I took of my cat last night. [...]

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Tags: Cats · Critters · Pets