Skittles caught a Hawk!

Ok it’s probably just a woodpecker, but still, this thing was huge! It’s hard to tell from the picture, but for a bit of perspective, that beak is probably 3+ inches long. Melissa hid in the bedroom while I tried to catch him with a towel. He made it very clear he didn’t want anything to do with me or my towel. He circled my living room a couple times, slammed into a mirror and then flew out onto our patio. Looks like he chipped his beak on my mirror. Poor guy.

After a bit of googling Mel figured out that it was a Northern flicker Woodpecker.

Mother Bear Update!

Well I figured Mel would probably finish her bear before me…. but two? She finished two bears in the time it’s taken me to finish half of mine. In my defense however, she is using a gigantic yarn, and as a result she only has to use half the stitches I do. Anyway, we’re having a good time making them. I know it’s not a race, but even so, I’m going to try and finish mine tonight…

Skittles the photographer

This year Skittles got his very own camera for Christmas. It attaches to his collar and sees everything he does.

Skittles has been wearing his camera and taking pictures for a couple weeks now so I figured I would start showing off all of his hard work. Skittles has his own photoset on my flickr page that I will continue to update as he takes more and more great pictures. Check it out here.

Mother Bear

So a couple weeks ago I stumbled onto the website of a really wonderful non-profit called Mother Bear. Their goal as stated on their homepage:

“…is dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of a hand-knit or crocheted bear.”

“The simple gift of a hand-knit bear with a tag signed by the knitter has touched children with the message that they are unconditionally loved.”

Since Mel is an expert knitter and I’m just learning how to crochet I figured this would be a wonderful project for us to do together. Our patterns just arrived in the mail today. Check back for updates!

Happy Halloween!

Skittles was a lobster this year. So intimidating!

Rita’s Wedding!

OMG how cute! Congratulations to the happy couple!

More pictures here.

Eine says hi

…so cute