Category: Critters

I swear to God, my wife, and mother hummingbird I won’t do this often, but I couldn’t resist. Note to PETA: she’s back on her nest now, and everything’s cool.

Our back yard is enclosed with a high cinderblock fence, and until two nights ago it was Schatzi’s hood.  If she heard a dog bark or smelled javelina nearby, she’d shoot out the doggy door into the back yard, loudly letting the world know she was on the job, defending our home.  Until two nights […]

I was cooking on the back porch most of the day, and just as we were getting ready to serve dinner I noticed something up under the eaves: That’s a bicycle hook I put up years ago, when we had parrots . . . I used to hang an outdoor perch from it.  Now another […]

When we were loading the car for our Las Vegas trip last Thursday morning, I asked Schatzi if she was ready to go (we’d always planned to bring her along, but hadn’t told her until then). She perked up, ran outside, relieved herself, and jumped into the car. Throughout two all-day drives, throughout four days […]

I don’t often mention it, but we have a cat: Chewie’s about 14 years old.  Even when she’s relaxing, she looks like she’s thinking evil thoughts. Schatzi had a big day yesterday: we hashed all afternoon, then had a house full of company in the evening.  This is at the party, when she discovered that […]

When my kids grew up and moved off on their own, I had all this love and affection left over.  Especially since I never used much of it when the kids were around.  So I got a dog, and discovered that once you start lavishing love and affection on a pet, things can quickly get […]