December 2010

A White, Yellow, Golden and Red Christmas

December 26, 2010

For the first time in more than 100 years, our southern state saw a white Christmas. We all went out to enjoy the snow and our Lab and Golden couldn’t get enough of it! Although their play may look ferocious, they adore eachother and just had some plain old fun romping in the snow! The day after [...]

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The Headless Hawk

December 15, 2010

Our Red-tailed Hawk is evidently a very deep sleeper. Watch this video as my husband opens the giant hood (her crate) and tries to wake her up – slowly and carefully. He doesn’t want to startle her – there’s nothing worse than a grumpy hawk! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpdsmZwACRo&fs=1&hl=en_US After much prodding and poking, she finally wakes up [...]

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OMG, I Froze My Aperture Off Today!

December 12, 2010

The scene: 27.9° wind chill of 18° gusts of 14 mph As you may have heard, a cold, bitter blast of winter weather hit the south this morning. Despite the cold, it was still a beautiful day and my husband decided to head to the football field for some lure training. I tagged along to observe and snap [...]

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The Reindeer Hat and the Questionable Quarry

December 10, 2010

If you have one of these hats, I apologize in advance for any offense to your sense of fun, style or Christmas spirit by this post. This hat came into my possession recently and unexpectedly as a gift for my H to wear during the holidays. In addition to its obvious charm, it also plays, [...]

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Gracie and the 50-Yard Line

December 6, 2010

She was at the 30 and… … to the 40 to the 50 to the 40 to the 30 to 20. I’m faking it – I really don’t know anything about football, but I do know that I was on a football field yesterday afternoon. Ok, fine. I wouldn’t even have known that unless my H hadn’t [...]

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Freezer Trauma

December 2, 2010

My freezer, which once held the bounties of nature and pre-packaged delights, has forever changed. No longer is it a place to freely inspect, to gleefully rummage or to speculate about its hidden wonders. Where once I moved confidently and boldly in this frozen kingdom, I am now uncertain and timid. Mysterious disappearances and strange [...]

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