Chuck doing what he does best

whatever you do, stay outside the sandbag circle...

I have changed my ways

For the record: I have not, nor will i harm my new little furry nocturnal friend. he only weighs a couple ounces, so even if he eats his weight every night, it would hardly put a dent in my stock pile of sunflower seeds.

if i walk out there one night and there are 10 of those things going to town, that would be really creepy, but i'd refrain from doin' any killin'. life is precious AND my feeder costs around $40 and i don't want to risk breaking it.

there are 2 types of flying squirrels in the US: Northern and Southern. ours is a Southern, although both live in NC. both are also mainly associated with the Western part of the state, so i'm flattered he has chosen our back yard to plunder.

check out this shot of a Southern flying in its natural habitat. magnificent!!

What the H????

...is that thing sitting on my bird feeder at 9 o'clock at night??? here's what i saw when i walked outside this evening:



a closer look reveals this seemingly cute, cuddly thing is actually quite terrifying with visibly sharp claws and (presumably) rabies and sharp teeth just waiting to tear into me:



here's a different perspective, which also contains a gratuitous shot of the dog (bottom right):



i'm all for "live and let live" and what not, but take a look at the level of that seed feeder: definitely runnin' on E. i filled it only a few days ago!! behold:



busted!! that's the last free supper he's getting from me. next time, it's gonna be more like this:



btw, after about 2 minutes of internet searching, Andrea and i decided it's a flying squirrel. the "flying" part is cool, but not cool enough to counteract the "squirrel" part.

happy hunting!!

SRH

Ain't she sweet??

i'm going to be a father, eventually!!!

sooner than later: we're scheduled to deliver a boy/girl on January 31, 2009, a mere 19.5 years after my high school graduation. some of my classmates have kids that are drinking age by now...but i digress.

mother and baby and father and dog are all doing fine. Andrea's fatigued a lot of the time, but we're counting down the days to the start of the Fun Trimester. only 2 more weeks.

for good reading, pictures and details, check out Andreas blog.

WOOOOOO!!!!!!