A pretty little visitor is doing pest control on the pantry shelves in our garage today! Welcome, friend, and we thank you kindly. Please help yourself to any fat, juicy mice you can catch.

View in traffic on the Beltway (Washington, DC) yesterday. Was behind this little fellow for about 30 minutes and she/he brought me SO much joy!

Silent night, holy night….

Day care for fawns! One did that in my overgrown raised beds last summer:

Ivy (the mini schnauzer) met ML#2’s gf’s chihuahua-Pomeranian puppy Banjo today. It went surprisingly well! Ivy, who can be territorial & bitey, didn’t try to eat the little guy, & she even allowed him in the house with us (both on leashes for safety)!

Yep. This almost cost me 3 months’ work today.

Ivy would like one of her “special treats”—the dental chews in the little green canister. I guess she thinks that if she grumbles at it enough one will magically pop right out for her.