Slightly Off KIlter

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Nature/Cats

  • Sing a Song for Kitty

    It didn't seem like such a weird question, especially considering that I was asking people at Point Isabel Regional Shoreline, a center of pet obsession. At Point Isabel, 21 acres of off- leash dog park, the value of pet accessories exceeds the gross national product of Lithuania, and half the cars in the parking lot… Continue reading

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  • Well, Hello There!

    While we were in the tub last night (around 9:30 pm), Rich suddenly said "Well! Hello there!". I turned and he had had his hand draped across the top of the tub with his fingers over the edge and one of the raccoons and come over and stood up and patted his fingers. Oh my.… Continue reading

  • Close Encounters of the Ringtailed Kind

    The raccoons came back last night. I knew they were around when we went out to the tub — first because Squirrel was pasted to the window watching something in the yard and then because I saw a raccoon on the fence while we were in the tub. Two of them walked back and forth… Continue reading

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  • Who’s That Walking up There?

    We had three raccoons on the sunroom roof last night after we came in from the hottub. They were sooo cute! Woolly and furry. BIG feet. Bushy tails. All about the size of Squirrel. Walking about. Sitting on the glass. Scratching. Licking their paws. Licking each other. I shone a flashlight up. Oh look! Raccoon… Continue reading

  • Drizzly Day

    Today is another drizzly day. It's been mostly grey and cloudy with on and off drizzle since Saturday afternoon. I can't really complain, though. One netfriend near Buffalo, NY, had snow on Sunday April 4; another (who lives an hour or two from Buffalo) got a few inches on the 14th. A third woman, in… Continue reading

  • Wild Cat Adventure III

    A summary of our third Wild Cat Adventure program! Continue reading

  • Wild Cat Adventure II

    Wild Cat Adventure is a public outreach program in the San Francisco Bay area, covering Sacramento to San Jose. The Dicelys bring 5 of their big cats, showing each individually, to great admiration from the audience, as they talk about the cats. Continue reading

  • Opossums – Up Close and Personal

    Brenda Ice, a friend of a friend has been doing possum rehab! What a neat idea. Take a look at some of the photos of the baby possums (scroll down when you get to the photo page, but slowly; enjoy the photos of the cats and the deer on your way to the possums :-).… Continue reading

  • Backyard Birds

    With the addition of wild bird seed to our sunflower seed mix, I’ve been seeing more than just sparrows and finches at our backyard feeder again. Continue reading

  • Easy Bake Science

    When I was a little girl, I wanted an Easy-Bake Oven. (My Mom's response was that if I wanted to bake a cake I should just ask and we would bake a real cake in the real oven.) If I were a little girl today, I might ask for the Discovery DNA Explorer Kit. …With… Continue reading