before the frost

I saw this girl eating a grasshopper a couple weeks ago. Hopefully she laid her eggs before these last few nights of frost...

it's always the one you least suspect

I would have bet on the ninja, but that just goes to show how much I know... This is the [crime] scene I came back to at my desk after going for a run at lunch today. Woah...

Sunday afternoon

I think this squirrel likes hanging out on my neighbors wall. He seems pretty fearless, and I decided to test this by walking slowly towards him with the camera, taking pictures every few seconds. You can see he eventually turned to run from me, but even then popped up a few seconds later to see what I was doing.

looks like I have a problem on my hands

You know, I thought my new little goldfish was acting a little strange when I got up to feed him yesterday morning... Now I know why. Apparently he'd been out stenciling his name on public property the night before. Oh, Thor...

my favorite thing in a while

Sitting at the bar at Salt on a rainy Sunday afternoon with Kate, she pulled out her notebook to write something down and I saw this sketch which I immediately fell in love with. Whales! Big blobby whales with amorphous bodies and content expressions! *sigh* So great.

new friend

I was a little worried that Sidekick would eat any new friend I introduced him to, but I figured I'd give it a shot. (Mudcarp died when I was out of town a few weeks ago- I thought it would be nice to give Sidekick a new friend.) I actually gave him two new friends, Thor and Cupcake, but Cupcake got sick and died a week after I got her. Thor and Sidekick seem to be pretty fond of each other, though, despite the disparity in size. I have noticed that Thor stays clear of Sidekick when I feed them- he holds back and eats the little bits of food that drift down to him, or he swims to the opposite side of the tank to eat at the surface. Smart lil' guy.

where are the acorns?