Blacklidge

Backyard Hawk

Today, while I was foolishly baking up some goodies, a bird flew into my backyard and sat on my bird bath. At first, I just wasn't paying attention, then I thought, "Jeez...that was a big ol' bird. So I grabbed my camera and snuck over to the open patio door. Sure enough, it was a hawk of some sort. There are tons of them living around here and I worry about them eating my kiities. The thing is, if you have seen my cat, Wyatt, you know it would take several of these guys to pick him up. Anyway, here are a couple of shots of him. Click to enlarge and check out those feet! I wouldn't want him after me!

Dog and Friend

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What's That You Say?

Miss Cellania Saves the Day!

Strangely enough, it ws a day with cats on the internet. Today, 9-9-9, and I didn't even notice until now. If you have missed them all day, you may want to see this post from Miss Cellania. She gathers things from all over and this is her effort on "no cat day". http://www.misscellania.com/miss-cellania/2009/9/9/999-a-day-without-cats.html  You'll like all of these links. She never let's us down!

Shocking New Report

via Arborath and  Miss Cellania

From I Can Has Cheezburger

   http://icanhascheezburger.com/

From Cynical-C Blog

Guinea Pigs vs. Watermelon

Doggie Getting Older

This dog of mine is getting older in a hurry. It seems like they are young, they are young, they are young, then one day, they are old! How does that happen? She has been the biggest pain since we got her, I think it is the breed. We go in for more lounging type dogs, mellow, ball chasing, no agendas. This dog came to us on a dark and stormy night, in the wilds of the Arizona mountains. My big old black dogs chased her around for awile until she jumped into my husbands arms to get away from them. Wet, straggly and scared, she was quite a picture. Always "#3" in the dog division, she developed a chip on her shoulder and just bugged us all, all the time. When the older dogs passed on, she moved up to "#1" dog and reveled in it. Still, a pest, always chasing the cats, doing annoying things and demanding attention. Still and all, she grew on me and now she is my pal. Totally devoted to me, she moves with me throughout the house when I'm home and waits by the back door when I'm gone. The cats still get her going now and then but most of the time it''s not worth the effort. I'm not looking forward to the next few years, on a doggie level, anyway. When you have pets you accept that the time will come when they will leave you. No matter the reality when they are puppies or kitties, the end time almost cures you of the desire to have new ones. People who don't have pets can't visualize the pain when one is lost, most of those people can't believe that anyone would feel so strongly about anything but another human. In the meantime, look into her brown eyes and tell me that!

Cleanup in Progress

You Don't Own Me! Bitch!

Go ahead, try to move me! I will eat you!