Monday, December 29, 2008

CHRISTMAS MISCELLANY


Pinkie is a Laughing or Java Dove. He was found in a snowbank two winters ago. Though he's banded we couldn't find the owner. Since, we've gotten the impression that he may have been a working bird because of a peculiar behavior of his. These guys are the ones you tend to see on Christmas cards and photographed in various Christmas scenarios, right. Interestingly if Pinkie is in a Christmas setting, no matter where you put him he just stays there until you move him again.

Bowie, our fat matriarch cat, spent her time generally watching NATURE on PBS . Specifically the Christmas in Yellowstone episode had her fixated. First it was the Dipper, and now she's watching otters.


See. Otters. No one bugs Bowie when she's watches nature programming. She becomes quite grumpy.
In the midst of it all, package opening and the like--suddenly Silver realizes he really must have a bath. Now this bath thing doesn't seem to be something he has any control over. When the massive urge hits him, about once a month, unless an appropriate receptacle of water is presented for his use, he'll crawl into the nearest liquid, in this case eggnog. Though on a previous occasion it was vegetable soup and on another, Sam's glass of milk. Very strange wiring.
Speaking of strange wiring...Stealth Pinkie, just waiting for this photo op to be over and the next shot to be set up.


The star for the Christmas Tree disappeared somehow so this year, the Red-tail Puppet took it's place.


The sun begins to go down...


...the lights come up...

... new year is coming soon.
COMING NEXT-News and photos of the Horvath Bald Eagle

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