Taco and the screen creature

WHAT IS THAT?

Oh. It's a moth.

A really BEEFY moth.

Does its mouth creep you out, too?

It has a hairy butt.

It has a furry belly, too.

 If there's one thing I have learned from macro photography, it's that bugs are really hairy.

I had to shut the window so that Taco didn't launch himself out the third story window.
He has good battle instincts, but bad gravity instincts.

Taco twinkle toes

I heard a slight rustling noise in the kitchen, behind me.

Ever alert for unusual noises - you never know what Taco is going to get into next - I look around, and then peek around the corner of the fridge. 

Gotta sniff these magnets. Never know when you'll get another chance at this.

This box is open. I expected him to fall in at any second and require a rescue.

Look at his crazy toes, straddling the box edge.

He decided enough was enough, turned around and leaped down like the feline master of physics that he is.

I was impressed.

woodsy walk in Vermont

 One lady keeps chickens in her yard.  I really love this chicken guillotine shot that I made mr. chewytulip take for me. That chicken certainly wasn't going to wait around for me to take a photo.

 Went on a hike and found the most adorable mushroom, ever. So round. So orange. So tiny.

 I don't know why there was a pushpin stuck in the tree. But there's a tiny red bug on the pin.

I like the pattern on this leaf.

 Took a bridge pic from another bridge. It's a a Vermont thing.

 This plant is obviously out of control.

 I didn't find my cat here.

 Borrowed my sister's dog for the walk.

Was greatly disturbed/intrigued by this shiny rainbow slime on tree bark. I don't want to know. (But I do.)

a book on self love

Hey guys!

My friend is publishing a book on the topic of self-love.

But she needs some help to get it published, so here is the project on kickstarter.

Why I want to help:
1. I like books.
2. I like Mary.
3. I like when people dream big.
4. Self love is pretty important, and you can always get better at it.
5. You can get a reward with just a $2 donation, which is very accessible.
6. Mary is a cool lady and I think what she has to say is valuable.
7. Taco told me to. He owes Bug a favor.

summer update

It's been a pretty good summer, so far.
Suffered one broken finger (not mine, the Significant Other's - and no, I did not break it for him. In case you were wondering. A basketball was the culprit.)

Had a strawberry bonanza.
There's a strawberry farm down the street. It's just as awesome as having an ice cream place across the street. :)

The tiger lilies are in bloom. I've taken oodles of flower photos this season, which makes me happy.

Found these striped beauties in a flower basket outside of a store front. I dig the stripes.

If you grow flowers in your front yard, chances are you'll find me loitering there, camera in hand, possibly making creepy faces towards your windows.
Sorry, in advance.

the gingers steal the show

(Completely off-topic: I love red-heads in the human world and the cat world, and the word "ginger" is super fun to say. Take a moment now to say it. GINGER. Anyway, I realize some people use it as an insult, but it shouldn't be. So please don't take it as such.)

It's a special talent to go off on a tangent before even starting a blog post. Ha!

Peter, the neighbor's cat,
and
LIMBURGER, our newest feline addition to the household,
meet for the first time.

Limburger is terrified.
Peter looks interested.

Then we caught them making out.

They sprang apart, obviously guilty.






This is like Taco's worst fears, by the way. That we go out in the hallway and play with other cats all day.
It was only a few minutes, I swear.
At least the other cats don't usually leave lipstick on the collar.

Taco Tuesday - he murders that which cannot be murdered

Okay, I'm going to let you in on a cat toy secret.
Ready?
Ping pong balls.
They're perfect.
Cats can't eat them, they're really cheap, and you can toss one in the bathtub and close the curtain for instant kitty mayhem.

Only...
Taco has started to figure out how to eat them.

damnit


In other news, Good Omens is a really awesome read, and I am totally loving my sunshine-yellow toe polish.