tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post3751397355012179655..comments2024-03-18T17:08:18.111-05:00Comments on Fatale Abstraction: It's nice when you can do something productive with the extra time afforded by waking up early.phlegmfatalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636803080525003892noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-15672612502810008972013-05-22T07:31:20.307-05:002013-05-22T07:31:20.307-05:00For the first few years of their fuzzy lives our d...For the first few years of their fuzzy lives our dogs shared an apartment with us. They got to chase squirrels and rabbits but only on a leash and, well, poppas was a bit of an anchor.<br /><br />Then we moved into a house.<br /><br />With a yard.<br /><br />And a ground squirrel "problem."<br /><br />The new neighbor lady was leaning over the fence introducing herself and giving us a rundown on the neighborhood when she groused about the squirrels and how nobody could do anything about them.<br /><br />Within six weeks there wasn't a squirrel to be seen inside our fence.<br /><br />Neighbor lady was impressed.<br /><br />For a little bit I kept tally boards for each pup. I took a section of plywood, painted it olive drab and cut out a little chipmunk stencil. Indy made Ace in two weeks. Otto took a month. Silhouettes only got painted if I, their mother, or a trusted witness could see who made the kill. <br /><br />Then I had to make a little rabbit stencil.<br /><br />Then a bid rabbit stencil.<br /><br />And a full size squirrel stencil.<br /><br />When the board filled up I didn't bother expanding it.<br /><br />Indy's board would have made Pappy Boyington buy the first round.<br /><br />BGMBGMillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02848795924399360183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-82345899002305498202013-05-21T23:17:07.645-05:002013-05-21T23:17:07.645-05:00A couple of weekends ago, I noticed a tiny fledgli...A couple of weekends ago, I noticed a tiny fledgling somethingorother crow-hopping across the den floor in my peripheral vision, closely followed by one of the cats. It was a bluejay (or a mockingbird, I forget which) that was on the raw edge of new flight plans. I put it out the front door after closing the back doors, and it hopped over into the neighbor's yard, where its nestmate swooped upon it to heckle it for its flawed previous landing. I later saw both of them on top of the shrubs next door, so I concluded all was well at that point. Rabbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924556230506190220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-2170925534086842702013-05-21T19:43:10.020-05:002013-05-21T19:43:10.020-05:00LOL, now she's a FULL FLEDGED member of the pa...LOL, now she's a FULL FLEDGED member of the pack!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3786818.post-5546551222235630452013-05-21T08:26:36.239-05:002013-05-21T08:26:36.239-05:00Congrats to the cute little killerCongrats to the cute little killerJenniferhttp://injennifershead.comnoreply@blogger.com