Sweet anole

Anoles used to be lame in the pet store. But now...actually they are still lame because they are everywhere. Here is a cool picture I took of an anole living on our garbage can. AWESOME

Summertime is here

Ok, maybe we have a few weeks of Spring left. Either way, we should be having more desert life emerging and that means pictures.

I am going to throw this out for discussion; should we just post things we take pictures of ourselves, or should we be allowed to post other pictures. Your thoughts...

Happy posting!

The smartest dog I've seen...

Halle has a dog now!! His name is Dusty and he's 4 years old. He loves Halle and Marilee and even Sarah! He's so much fun. Everyone will need to come and see him!

I waited to post this picture until after you had all come over to our house. Last week we had our routine pest control guy come out and this is what he found.



A mother spider laid her eggs on one of the chain links on the swing-set. Our kids thought it was pretty cool to see but were relieved that they were all killed. I was too!!!

Parakeets!

These are Halle's birds. It has taken her 4 years to finally hold them. Caddy (the blue one) is 5 1/2 years old. And Kiwi (Green) is a year old. (And is caring something that makes Brit sick so we'll have to get rid of him/her). We don't know if Kiwi is a boy or girl, it's too young to tell. Caddy is a girl because of her light blue nose (right above her beak). Boys have dark blue noses. If you have a parakeet by itself for long enough, they can learn to talk! They also can live up to 19 years!

They are easy to take care of and not loud. We clip their wings :( so they can't fly (it doesn't hurt them). We love our birds!

Scared me half to death!

This gorgeous widow is very out going. She builds strong webs, loves warm nights by our front door, and isn't afraid of anything. But I'm sorry to tell all those young single guys that she is not available anymore!

Isn't she huge!?! I had to post this so I can delete her off my computer!

Some old favs

It has been awhile since we had much to post as far as wildlife goes. I am sure it will pick up in the summer. In the mean time, here are some oldies.

Above: Noah with a whiptail on his belly. Man that looks like it tickles.

Above: A couple of lepard lizards we caught. They were mean. These two were so anxious to bite me, the first one jumped up and got my finger and as I lifted him for a picture, the other one jumped up and bit the first one.

Below: The poor whiptail is forced to pose again, this time on my head.

What is with my face?