Raturday

A pile of girls and a sigh.

Happy Cat, Snoozy Cat.

From Saad, seen on travels. :) Click for full size.

Raturday

River investigates why I’m disturbing her delicious breakfast of corn.

What do you mean, “Go Away”?

A very young Fox squirrel, willing to scold and fight me over what he felt was his right to the sunseeds on the deck. I was half way out the window taking these, so perhaps not as good as they could be. He was bouncing on the branch, flicking his tail, and going into a repeated “I’ll fight!” stance. Little asshole. 1500 x 996, click for full size.

Raturday

Rat Pile.

Random Monday.

Cross Orb Weaver

The beautiful Orb Weaver who has set up house by my desk. (Yes, Chez Caine is spider central.) She is a Cross Orb Weaver, Araneus diadematus, just like Anita and Arabella, who went into orbit on Skylab 3 in 1973.

Arachnid Nursery

While waiting for birds to show this morning, I noticed a web on a dead plant, and shot it to check the light. After a while, I got to wondering, what was that? So, I did the time-honoured ape thing, and poked, very gently, with a stick. Baby spiders! They are incredibly tiny, much smaller than they look in the photos. All photos are 1500 x 996, click for full size.