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July 2010

Picnic Day

picnic-bear.jpgThe hoomins went shopping today in another place. I had to stay with the pet sitting place where there was a vet. It was sorta boring but they were nice to me.

Later, the hoomins came and got me and then we went to have a picnic in the park. I like picnics because the Mama and Daddy let me have some of the leftover meat (left) and that makes me happy (right). Click me to make me big.

After the picnic we went to the big house with lots of little rooms for hoomins and dogs. When I get there, I can take a nap.

July 13, 2010 by Critters Family Food and Dining

A Blog in the Park

park-blog.jpgWe arrived at our new Arizona town this morning. After checking the contents of the PO box, we met with the Realtor to go over some of the latest details of our project. When we were done with that, it was almost lunch time so we went to the grocery store and bought a couple of salads for lunch. We then went to the park and had a picnic.

Later, we met with our builder to finalize the layout of the house on our lot. He had some suggestions to accommodate some of our preferences on layout of the house and attached garage. We also worked out a plan to build an RV pad with full hookups.

After all the chores were done, it was still too early to check in to our room so we went back to the park and blogged. The image is us in the park with Bear. Click to enlarge.

July 12, 2010 by Family Vacation

The Vet Place

bear-sneer.jpgThis week the hoomins took me to get trimmed and a bath at the vet place. I like the trim and bath all except the water part.

Before the trim and bath the vet lady looked at my skin and tummy. She used a needle (didn’t hurt) to poke me. She also pushed on my tummy and looked in my nose, my mouth and my ears.

The next day, the hoomins brought me back to the vet place because the vet lady thought I should get another test. They used a funny thing that another vet held in her hand and saw pictures of the inside of me.

The Mama and the Daddy talked to the vet lady and decided that I have to go back to have an operation. They say I am going to have to rest after but I will be OK.

All this made me very tired so I am going to take a nap now.

July 10, 2010 by Critters Family

Echinopsis Flower

echinopsis.jpgThree Echinopsis cactus flowers probably appeared in the wee hours during the night. When I went out on the patio an hour after I took the photo this afternoon, the flowers were all wilted. Given such a short open period, it’s a good thing I managed to capture this photo today.

Click on the image to enlarge.

According to Wikipedia:

Echinopsis is a large genus of cacti native to South America, sometimes known as hedgehog, sea-urchin or Easter lily cactus. One small species, E. chamaecereus, is known as the peanut cactus. The 128 species range from large and treelike types to small globose cacti. The name derives from echinos hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis appearance, a reference to these plants’ dense coverings of spines.

This particular variety of echinopsis only grows to a height of six inches (15 cm).

July 9, 2010 by Home & Garden Photography

Bee in a Flower

Last week, I took several photos of the flowers on the Devil’s Tongue barrel cactus. Most of the time there was a bee in the flower. It seemed that there was this one bee that made the open flower his home, although there must have been more than one. Click on the image to enlarge.

bee-flower.jpg

July 8, 2010 by Critters Home & Garden Photography

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