Archive for April, 2006

I am so blessed

I just discovered that this adorable beaver-like mammal (BLM) lives right behind my building. I can see the door to his/her house from my balcony. We are neighbors! Here is a photo - he/she is right there in the middle.

I always thought that big pile of crap that the beaver is emerging from was just…well…a big pile of crap that my neighbors for some reason kept in their yard. But now, I am thinking maybe it is a specially-constructed beaver house. I know they have a chicken in their yard, because it squawks and wakes me up every morning, so maybe they are animal lovers and thus are prone to doing things such as building beaver abodes.

Note: look at the word squawk, it’s like the weirdest word ever! What a strange combination of letters.

Happy Easter to you and yours, take 2!

An Easter message from Paco, clockwise from top left:

1) Here I am eating some parsley. 2) Oh! I seem to have laid some eggs, how unusual. 3) If I try really hard, I can be shaped like an egg, too. 4) Laying eggs is tiring.

If you invite me, I will come

Today Walter took me flying in a teeny little airplane. Considering the fact that I hate planes and I hate flying, I think this serves as conclusive evidence that I will go *anywhere* I am invited. Anyhow, I survived, and here are some photos:

1. Shadow. The plane was small.

2. Charlottesville is so beautiful. With all the land out there, you’d think there would be a *few* affordable acres I could buy! Sigh.

3. This is what it looked like as we were landing. It was the scariest part.