Saturday, December 10, 2022, 8:29 pm — Perkins … with faithful guardian, Ms Koala …
Monday, December 12, 2022, 2:05 pm … two days later …
10 years ago! … Ms Koala … ever vigilant … Teeny Tuxedo and Perky, new printer box … Eye of the Printer Cat, Oct. 26, 2013 …
Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 3:38 pm — Who’s back there? … asked the young squirrel …
Below, video … Separate tables … Anna’s hummingbird at window feeder … squirrel at deck black oil sunflower feeder …
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 3:13 pm — Squirrel … deck flowers, fading into autumn …
… Can you see me eating suet? …
… Can you see me now? … I’m hiding behind these flowers …
Monday, October 3, 2022, 3:53 am — Raccoon family … sunflower seed bird feeder … after midnight … Heard a rattling on the deck … turned on the light … Wondered why the feeder was spick and span clean in the morning … They didn’t come in on a red flying saucer … that’s a hummingbird feeder …
Below, original, dark photo … Above, photo has been lightened to gamma 2.31 …
Three years earlier, see a mother raccoon and 3 babies … same spot … Three Baby Raccoons!, July 21, 2019
Saturday, September 24, 2022, 4:14 pm — Squirrel is VERY busy … front lawn, from kitchen window … looking for previously hidden nuts … and re-hiding them … See backyard squirrel do the same, 3 weeks earlier, Seek and Hide Squirrel, Sept. 4, 2022 …
… racing to a new spot …
… surveying the scene from giant rock …
Below, video … Squirrel on the hunt … stops to scratch its nose with both front paws at 0:38 seconds …
Thursday, September 22, 2022, 4:41 pm — What?!! … It’s the first day of fall?!! … Get outta my way! … I got lotsa work to do! … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’, gatherin’ … gatherin’ food for winter! …
… Quick!! … Black oil sunflower seeds are gettin’ low … Could you refill the bird feeder, fast as you can … I got lotsa gatherin’ to do!!! … Squirrelio may be young … but they know what they gotta do! … stash away seeds for winter …
Sunday, September 4, 2022, 4:43 pm — Fall is around the corner … the squirrels have a new activity … looking for previously hidden nuts in the back lawn … and re-hiding them …
Video below … a clever “seek and hide” squirrel …
“Scientists have observed gray squirrels frequently burying and reburying their nuts. The scientists posited that this behavior was to help always keep a fresh memory of the nut’s location. However, it’s not only memory that squirrels need to combat in order to find their nuts! The gray squirrel community is rampant with nut theft. Squirrels can lose as much as 25% of their cached nuts to such thieves! Luckily, squirrels have developed some clever tactics to protect their nuts. Scientists have observed squirrels creating false caches in order to trick thieves.”
“While it might be frustrating for squirrels to lose their carefully hidden nuts, it can be beneficial for other organisms. In particular, it can help the forest itself! A study done at the University of Richmond cites that squirrels fail to recover up to 74% of the nuts they bury.”
Tuesday, August 4, 2022, 8:21 pm — Cautious rabbit … sat perfectly still … for 5 minutes … while I quietly took photos from deck …
… Setting sun highlights tops of trees in east … burgeoning butterfly bush on left … White arrow points to rabbit …
Video below … the only thing moving is Bunnster’s wigglin’ nose …
Wednesday, July 20, 2022, 8:41 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … What does she see … through all the leaves of the butterfly bush? … Blue towels on Kitty Sills while “fleece” covers are washed …
7:45 pm … A rabbit … half in, half out of setting sun …
Friday, July 1, 2022, 1:13 am — Teeny Tuxedo … box of paper to recycle … perfect sitting spot … but the camera flash is too bright …
1:44 pm … Perkins … a column of sun on the deck Kitty Sill … perfect sleeping spot …
7:52 pm … Rabbit … peaceful summer evening … table is set with little yellow flowers … perfect dining al fresco spot …
Friday, June 24, 2022, 6:59 am — “Concrete Rabbit” … lives on the north side … not shy about being out in the open … grooming on the driveway … have seen him / her several times, early in the morning … Stay safe! …
Video below … cute, early morning bunny ear cleaning … ragged top of left ear … from kitchen window …
Video below … decorated by shadows of tall grass bending in afternoon wind … from deck …
Saturday, June 18, 2022, 11:42 am — Teeny Tuxedo … looked out the window … Lunchtime, munchtime for the first customer at the Backwoods Buffet … a deer! … happy to dine on the gorgeous greenery … Teeny’s camouflaged behind the butterfly bush, sprouting up, but no blooms yet …
Chewing a tasty leaf … uh-oh, there’s a patch of missing hair on her side …
How to nibble a leaf …
Video below … Teeny Tuxedo watches the deer who came to munch …
Friday, June 10, 2022, 7:10 am — Mr / Ms Rabbit is catching a moment of sun between the rain … Look at all those raindrops on the grass! … “It’s not your imagination: Portland is experiencing the wettest April, May and early June of any time in at least the past 81 years.” … “12.23 inches of rain at PDX from April 1 through Sunday mid-morning, June 12, 2022” … We’re north of the Columbia River on the Washington side … (photos from deck) …
Sunlight through translucent ears … More photos, My Photo a Day Adventure …
Video below … Munching in the raindrops …
Wednesday, May 11, 2022, 5:12 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … guarding photos for My Photo A Day Adventure blog … sky, trees reflected in her eye …
6:37 pm … rabbits’ early evening dinner …
… Video below … Finding the most succulent gourmet blades of grass …
Sunday, April 24, 2022, 7:23 pm — Rabbit … nosey business …
Videos … wiggling nose … eating …
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 2:38 pm — A chance to see hippity-hopster runnin’ about …
Thursday, March 31, 2022, 12:33 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … The last day of March lives up to its reputation … going out like a lamb … While Teeny catnaps in the warm noon sun, the butterfly bush is sprouting new leaves … Tall trees still in sober grays and browns … exuberant plants in front of them starting to sport fresh greenery … Photo from My Photo a Day Adventure …
Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 6:15 pm — Perkins … “Hey, Augie Bear … it’s spring! … time to wake up from hibernation in the box of family photos … Remember your funtastical 2017 Eclipse Adventure in eastern Oregon?!” …
Monday, March 21, 2022, 11:26 am — Perkins … while rabbits spring about on this day after the First Day of Spring … Perky maintains a stoic pose …
… 3:48 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … Spring trees and sky reflected in her eye … rabbits are down lower, munching grass … Springtime for Rabbits …
Monday, March 21, 2022, 9:46 am — It’s officially Spring, as of yesterday … time for the rabbits to spring into action …
… what a long mouthful of greenery you’re munching …
Friday, March 18, 2022, 6:27 pm — Two deer … evening stroll … pregnant (?) doe and last year’s fawn (?) … reflection of lamp and antique dresser mirror in window…
Monday, January 24, 2022, 11:13 am — Look who’s tritty-trotting through the fog … a deer … Teeny Tuxedo was right there at the window, sleeping … when she’s awake, it’s a prime location for wildlife viewing …
1:17 am … two hours later … sun broke through the fog … shining on Perky drinking water … food sample from Feline Medical Clinic on the Finnish Arabia Uhtua plate … which she wasn’t interested in …
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 11:38 am — Perkins … Ms Koala is glad to see Perk is eating … She got the cardiologist’s ok to start a steroid (liquid) … arrived in mail Jan. 20 from Northwest Compounders, Portland, OR … Update, June 2, 2022 … after hovering a bit over 5 lbs. for at least a year, Perk’s up to 6 lbs., 9 oz.! … Feline Medical Clinic, annual exam, with Teeny Tuxedo …
Perky’s veterinary saga … extended times between appointments … side effect of past two years of Covid pandemic …
Saturday, January 18, 2022, 5:29 pm — Perkins … dreaming about her outdoor friends … dining on the deck today …
… 10:27 am … Mr. Squirrel … “Corn! … I LOVE corn!” …
… 10:32 am … Polite female Northern Flicker … waiting her turn at the suet holder … and for stray pieces that fall on the deck rail … Is her friend a boy or girl? …
Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 6:59 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … curious about the food puzzle toy … but not curious enough to work at getting a piece of Wellness out …
… 7:13 pm … Curiosity takes her to the dining table … boxes! … a box of travel photos being sorted … June 2003 cross-country train from Vancouver, WA to Buffalo, NY … rental car to upstate NY to Bangor, Maine (harness racing) … to Lubec, Maine … to New Brunswick, Canada (Campobello!) … back to Buffalo, NY … drove by myself through West Virginia (1 night) … to Lexington, KY (Kentucky Horse Park, Fell ponies!) … to Ashland, WI (High Bridge, WI, Dad’s home farm!) … to St. Paul, MN (Russ, Kathy, Krista) … flew back, PDX … 3 weeks! …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 