Day 245

John pointed out that we have our own now domesticated "wild animal"...our cat Pippi aka "my furry no so helpful helper". She was a stray that a friend of ours was fostering. Due to not having a mother to teach her how to be a cat, she's still a bit wild and territorial. We like to mess with her when she's being moody, to try to wear her out of her attacking behaviors. After all, we are her "kitty" family, so we have to teach her how to be a cat. I've been taking photos of her being a trouble maker and sitting on the balcony between the rails. She's been doing this daily for weeks.

A bit out of the normal photos, but here is Pippi when we got her. This was taken on August 2, 2010. She was about three months old. She was fascinated by my laptop and typing. She would sit on my laptop or lay across my arms to prevent the work and get attention. It worked most of the time.

Day 161

Today's photos were taken looking out through some windows in my house.

I woke up to foggy bedroom windows. Since the dogwood and other trees have new growth, I though this fog would make a nice natural defuser. 

I looked down on the bedroom window sill, to see this little ant. I took it's photo before smooshing it. We have an ant problem every Spring and Summer. Sadly, I have to smoosh all of the ants I find, so less come in.

This is a Common Redpole chirping in Crape Myrtle tree. 

This colorful insect was on the living room window.

Later in the evening, a large moth graced Pippi and I with it's presence. I wasn't able to take a clear photo of it, because it was moving quickly and taking clear insect photos at night is hard work. I like the moth shadow this photo shows with the moth.

This is my fuzzy moth hunting assistant Pippi with her "prey".

This insect was clinging to the window. It stayed still for a while, until I started taking photos. Flash bothers insects, but it's the only way I can take clear insect photos at night.