Xmas Trout for Pete!

Oh skatepark

How I miss thee...

Now that's a big lizard!

Varanus komodoensis

A Tisket a Tasket

Two kittehs inna basket!

Woo Hoo! Monday Night Gator!

This was the moon, Jupiter, and Venus, viewed from our driveway on December 1, 2008. So happy that I found the tripod adapter!

Dogs, post-hike bliss

The Elusive Rocky Mountain Snow Tortoise

Basket Case

Need I say more?

Got out for a hike today!

The three dogs and I went to Johnny Park, West of Longmont & Lyons

A nice ~5 mile hike


Here's where we stopped to turn around, looking East, toward Buttonrock


Sandy enjoyed the hike thoroughly


As did Porter


Tachikoma had fun, too, but missed her momma and was ready to head home

Nice day for a piggy-back ride

Red-Eared Slider riding Pete

75 degrees in the middle of November?

Merlin's not complaining!

Deer at Margie's House

The mule deer are thick and bold in Colorado Springs!

So here's the view through the back of my skull (mirror image, anyway). You can see my two fake teeth glowing brightly in this X-Ray. This image was taken as a safety precaution prior to my shoulder-pain-diagnostic MRI, as I noted that there was a slight chance I had a metal particle embedded in my eye. (I was pretty sure my contact lens saved me from the metal particle years ago, but I wouldn't want to find out the hard way, by having the large magnet pull a ferromagnetic particle out of my eyeball!)

Anyway, the MRI showed that I apparently have a "moderately" torn rotator cuff and a damaged labrum. I just got these results a few hourse ago, and am debating the urgency of surgery.... We shall see!

Shhh!

Don't wake the pups!

Sam and Scooby, June 13, 2008
These two could often be found hanging out together.

Rest in Peace, Scooby

We love and miss you, Scoobs.

Typical Autumn Sunset....

... Here in ugly Colorado...

Two Ladies, Two Steeds

That's Vicky on Roy and AE on Red!

Mesh Loves his Sam!

The TomTom Club

Here are Ramesh and Sam, our two boys. While Mesh is a big cat, I'm
afraid I played a cruel trick with perspective. He's not *that* fat!

Tachikoma's Hurdling ability

Here's another dog, Tachikoma, jumping a tortoise-divider:

And here's the corresponding Julia set:

Here's a nice zoom in Mandelbrot:

Mandelbrot

So how cool is this: there's a free iPhone app that calculates
Mandelbrot/Julia sets!!

Sandy Pup

He's taken to sleeping with his tongue sticking out - what a hoot!

Snapping Turtle

Here's a nice shot of Dregen ((don't ask about the name,) the resident
snapping turtle. He loves to haul out and bask in the sun, but he
won't do it while humans are watching. The only way I was able to get
this shot was that his eyes were closed!
That's Hyssop in the foreground.

Looked what walked into our paddock today

Great, a stray chicken...

Our Basket Case

That would be Sandy.

I Love Doing Laundry!

One reason I love laundry is the challenge of pairing socks. Here are
eight beige socks with no mates!

My first LOLcat

This is one of our cats. He's very concerned about the state of our
economy, and hopes that no rich people will have to lose any money.

Should we eat it?

Or let it flower?

The Wraps Come Off!

Tuesday, AE had the last bits of metal extracted from her fibia and
ankle. We're hoping for a quick recovery and world peace.

For a detailed history, follow this link.

This is Pete, a six year old Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator). He loves to pose for the camera and bask in his hot sunroom. We'll see more of Pete in the future as he continues to roam around our home.

Seagulls in Colorado?

Who'da thunk it?

Rabbit Bush

With a Painted Lady

Choke on this!

What does your garden grow?

First Post

I remember reading Robot Wisdom Weblog a decade or so ago.
That's right, before these were called "blogs."
And blog rhymes with "flog" and never fails to elicit other negative images when I hear it spoken aloud. And isn't it humourous (I likes me some English spellings) how often we hear about "blogs" and "bloggers" these days?
I'm not a blogger. In fact, this may be my last post, we'll see if I return...