Turtlewoman

Saturday, May 30, 2009 First, an update on the number of babies. We had a most pleasant surprise about 3 days ago to discover there were two babies, not one. Mama left the nest today for long periods of time. When she finally returned she perched on a branch about 5 feet from her babies no doubt try

There are two critters here in the desert that are not known to be particularly intelligent. One is the Round-tailed ground squirrel known around here as “those dumb suicidal gophers”.  These little guys are adorable and fun to watch. They dig ankle-breaking holes all over the desert floor – not so

Bullsnake or gopher snake: Pituophis catenifer sayi We have a resident bullsnake. My husband named him Sammy II. When we first moved here nearly 14 years ago we had a resident bull snake whom we named Sammy. This is not a picture of Sammy (I didn’t have my camera with me) but this guy looks like Sam

I was standing by my kitchen sink fixing a glass of iced tea on this warm Sunday afternoon when a Roadrunner hopped into view in the fenced-in portion of our backyard. This fellow probably came for a drink of water but first decided to check out the Mesquite tree which shades most of this fenced [..

Molly's boy, Buster.

Today, Saturday, January 24, 2009, we awoke to an anomaly in the otherwise sunny and dry Sonoran Desert – FOG!  I took my dogs walking in it. Adjectives such as ethereal, ephemeral, and ghostly came to mind. This is something that happens infrequently – say once or twice a year – here in the desert.

I originally wrote this post on 01/19/09. However, due to problems with the pictures I did not post until tody, 01/24/09. I apologize – especially to Sherrie – for the really bad picture of the framed linocuts. However, I decided that if I wait until I really learn how to properly use my camera and

I’m going to try and play catch-up here with a little bit about a lot of things. My goal for 2009 BTW – to blog at least once a week. Here’s hoping I can do it. First, I want to thank all of you who have visited, read and responded to ”Molly’s Puppies”. The latest word [...]

Molly – August 20, 2008 Above is a picture of Molly shortly after the birth of her nine puppies. Sadly two puppies died within the first 36 hours. The story of how my husband found her is in a previous blog post (September archives) as “Molly’s Story”.  Molly’s burns are quite visible in this pictur

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on the afternoon of Thursday, August 14, 2008 the phone rang and I answered it. Doug, my husband was calling to tell me he was on the Salome Rd and had just found a dog. The Salome Rd. is a basically deserted 9 mile stretch of paved 2-lane [...]