Butterfly and Wildlife Gardening And Photography In Houston Texas
Category Archives: Pets Maggie is my 10 year old (as of January 10) Golden Retriever. She’s had a rough December and January. I take that back. I’ve had a rough December and January worrying about her, she’s just been a little stressed because of her recent visit to the vet. Back in December we took Maggie to the…  I bought Leecy a new camera for her trip to the Galapagos next year. It’s a Canon PowerShot D10. It’s “supposed” to be able to take pictures and videos underwater, so we decided to see if it really works. First a few distance shots. Here’s Sascha the German Shepherd trying out her new Ruffwear Doggie… Okay, I’ve done it. I’ve cataloged most all my books. I still have some computer books at work I need to catalog, but for this blog I think I’m complete. I’ve organized the books into sections and I’ll also make the list available for download should you choose to keep it as a reference for… I’m a little challenged right now with photography. It’s so dang hot and humid that I just haven’t been in the mood to go outside to take pictures. Even when I do go outside to take a quick picture, my lenses get so fogged up from the humidity that I completely miss the shot. Fortunately,…  We’re really cooking in Houston today. It’s supposed to be around 100 degrees. I got up before 7 am and it was already very hot. Whereas I just wanted to take a few pictures then go back inside where it is cool, my crazy German Shepherd, Sascha, LOVES to be outside in the heat. She’s…  Sascha (German Shepherd) and Maggie (Golden Retriever) joined us out in the yard while we were releasing the six Monarch Butterflies (more on that in a later post). Maggie is now 9 years old and is somewhat showing her age. Her muzzle has definitely turned gray, she has some light cataracts, and she tends to… Delilah is our rescued mixed breed Cat who thinks she’s a dog, or as Leecy calls her, a Cog. She can play fetch for an hour at a time, and actually retrieves better than Maggie (our Golden Retriever) ever did. She loves this little squeaky mouse. Leecy or I will throw it, Delilah will dash…  Leecy saw this occurring yesterday and took a picture of it today. It’s a type of Husky Dog being eaten by Black Vultures off on the side of the road. Here’s what kind of disturbs me. One, this dog is far enough away from the road that it was either placed there or perhaps it… Coco, our African Grey Parrot, loves to talk. I’m not even sure she makes any typical Parrot noises. The problem is, Coco is no dummy and she knows when a camera or video camera is pointed towards her. Then she suddenly becomes shy. In this brief video clip, you’ll hear Coco say the following: Sascha… You wouldn’t think a large German Shepherd like Sascha would be safe around a small kitten like Delilah. However, Sascha is very gentle around Delilah. In fact, Delilah is much more aggressive than Sascha. I’ve actually seen her hang on Sascha’s mouth with one of her claws. Despite the typical reputation of Cats and Dogs,…  I thought this might provoke an interesting discussion. Have any of you ever crate trained your cat? We have. Why? Honestly, Leecy started the whole thing when I went on vacation. You may recall that I went to the Texas Hill Country and took Sascha (German Shepherd) with me. At the time I forgot to… This morning, Leecy sent me a protest email about my Skunk story. In the interests of “fair and balanced reporting” I’m including her version. Ok, let ME tell you the CORRECT story on the “dog meets skunk”. Sascha started barking at 4:15am, I tried to see if she could wait till my alarm went off… I was sleeping all nice and sound when Leecy decides to wake me up at 4:45 am and asks me to come smell Sascha as she thinks she was sprayed by that baby Skunk. I waddle over to Sascha’s cage, sniff her, and tell Leecy I don’t smell anything and crawl back into bed. This… It never ends when you have lots of animals. Here’s the latest saga. I ask Leecy if she could go by Wabash Antique and Feed to pick up some wild bird food. I gave her 60 bucks the night before and I said I would give her more money when I got home. Somehow, Leecy…  Delilah got spayed yesterday. The vet said she was one of the most friendliest Cats they’ve ever seen. Look at those spots on her stomach. She was definitely a mixed breed of something. She’s doing really well. Still a little groggy today from the pain meds, but other than that, she is doing fine. |
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