Zorak

Can't believe I haven't posted this yet!! Oops!

Meet our newest house guest. We've been caring for him for about a month or so. Michael rescued him from a spider web he got stuck in outside the house. We built him a sweet little terrarium and have been feeding him all kind of good stuff. Michael named him "Zorak", you know, like off of Space Ghost. He seems happy as healthy for as much as an insect can seem happy and healthy, I guess. He is eating, shedding, and growing at a steady, solid pace. I swear he is about 3 or 4 times the size that he was originally when we found him. He's a little tricky to get pictures of but he doesn't seem to mind being handled. I know most people think that things such as this belong in the wild and you may be right but there is no better way to learn about a critter than to take them in and see the whole thing first hand. I never knew half the things I know about praying mantises now! Really neat...

It's the little things... :)

It's Friday and Pay Day! Have a good weekend. Stay positive.

xo, Linds

Instagram animal love

xo, Linds

Corpsey

Hi.

I have a best friend named Laura.

She is my sister.

I love you, Corpseykinz. Stay positive. Thinking of you. :)

xo, Linds

Instaday

Okay, I lied. The picture an hour concept went out the window pretty quickly on Sunday. I'm not sure what happened. It was a perfect day to do it, seeing as it was the weekend, for one. I think I started to get behind when I ended up swimming for over an hour and it was a downward spiral from there. At some point, instagram wasn't uploading my photos and so I got backed up and gave up! So here you have it.. In no certain timeline or order.. We're calling this one Instaday. That works. ;) Enjoy!

 

All 4 ferrets together again.

We missed Hans and Dolby.

They had fun, like always.

 

 The raccoon babies are getting extra love and attention from my mother.

She looooves them.
The apple must not fall too far from the tree, huh?

 

My sailboat shorts.

And my white legs finally getting some sun.

 

The boys, worn out and ready to go home.
Being so well behaved in their carrier!

 

Our own Pet Semetary.

 

I enjoy swimming but don't do it very often even though I have access to a pool at any time!

 

This one was taken as we were about to pull out of the driveway at the apartment.

Brownsville bound.

 

Grilling out.

 

Pet Semetary, again.

This lion has special story on how he came to be a part of our lives.

I hope I remember to tell it someday.. it's so amusing!

Forever on E.

I have collected a lot of Rolling Stone magazines.
I have all the vintage mags on discs from a RS box set I got on sale at the book store a while back.

 

The only way to start the day!
Waffles with peanut butter and butter and a glass of chocolate milk!

I also didn't get around to scanning my instant photos so I intend to force myself to do that.. maybe this evening! Mondays are SO rough! I sat through 8 hours of boring training today! Plus, it is SO hot out. I just want to curl up in a blanket in the AC. I think I just might...

xo. Linds

The carrier

 

Last  payday, I splurged and got a little somethin' for the ferrets. They got a new carrier for traveling! The Easter Bunny had brought as a very nice, black mesh bag with a strap back in April BUT the quickly realized, with their little, sharp nails, they could dig at the mesh windows enough to tear a hole and poke their little noses out! So, the holes began to grow and grow and the silver duct tape was not stylish nor safe. It just wasn't cuttin' it anymore! We finally got thee classic pet carrier. Not as cute and not as easy to carry, but it gets the job done. No more digging and no more little ferret noses popping out! I actually feel a whole lot safer with them being in this. I know it's kind of far fetched but if anything were to happen to me while driving, they are a lot less likely to get hurt in a wreck of anything like that. It's just a very legit case. We haven't done much traveling yet besides back and forth to my parents house, but it's good to know if we did, I could hook up a food bowl and water bottle, as well. It was the cheapest, smallest carrier you could buy but I'm pretty pleased with my purchase. They seem to like it, too. They have the option of going into the carrier any time they like when they running around the house. I've saw them all checkin' it out but you are most likely to find Ick rolling around in it. They love any kind of small, safe, cuddly hiding place.

 

Last night, we actually did get to put the carrier to good use. We took the ferrets out to sniff and run around a little bit. First, we took them to a graveyard. Ick was lucky enough to have the freedom of being off the leash. However, Lux still scares me a little so I keep him with a harness on. You should have saw Ick hopping around between the tombstones! He doesn't really run, he just hopped all over! It was so cute. If we take him back sometime when the sun is out, maybe I can get a video. That would be a good idea! After that, we went to a school to let them run around the parking lot and the stairs and whatnot. They seemed to enjoy that, too. I think they were starting to get a little worn out, though. Lux actually gave up at one point and laid on his back on the pavement and looked up at me. At that point, we let them take a little nap in the carrier while Michael and I hung out and snapped a couple more pictures. After that, we wanted to take the camera up to the parking garage to see what we could see, so they came with us there. They stayed in the carrier because that seemed a little dangerous. After that we headed home and they passed out pretty quickly. So many new, exciting things to smell and dig at! I love ferret adventures and I'm glad we have safe means to do so now.

We are ready to load up again here shortly to head over my parents house. They will get to play with Hans and Dolb! I bet they will be excited. I'm sure they missed playtime and cuddle time with those, too! We all got pretty use to their company after their week long sleepover! It was bit of a handful, though! Twice as much little sneaky weasels to watch and twice as much ferret poop! It was fun, though. :)

It seems like such a hassle to dig up my printer and scanner so since I will have access to an already working one at my parents today, I'll see if I can scan my few instax over there. I tried taking pictures of the pictures but it just doesn't cut it! Maybe I will try to gather up all my old instax photos, as well, and share them all! I only have 6 photos left on the camera and then one more pack left and it will be time to order some more film! I love instant photos so much but my supply is limited so when I take the pictures, I feel like they have to be very well planned, unfortunately! I wish I had a never ending supply! Having an actual photo in your hands is unlike anything else! I also realized that yesterday after printing off the maternity pictures I took for a friend. It's so much more satisfying to physically have your work in your hands! I ought to print pictures more often.


I also realized that I have no photos of my instax camera and I don't believe I ever properly intoduced Nixon the Nikon on my blog. I got a sweet compliment on my camera collection above my kitchen shelves from a visitor the other night, so I'd like to show off that collection, too! So much to do.

As for today, I'm going to attempt to take a photo an hour. I'm just going to do this via instagram for easy access. Expect to see that soon, also.

Have a relaxing Sunday. Hope everyone had a nice weekend.

xo, Linds

Random

Here is my photo for the day.

Is starting your day so late in the evening childish? I guess it is. I know I should really take more advantage of my days off, especially the ones Michael and I have together. I can't help it, though. I like the evenings much more. I'm not a morning person at all. I know it takes me forever to get up and get going. I could stay in bed forever sometimes and once I do start my day, I feel like I have a thousand things to do... and the clock starts ticking. It got me thinking a lot about being younger, when time did not matter. I started plenty of evenings at 10 or later and somehow got the best memories of 'em. The types of memories where you run into old friends and sometimes you meet nice strangers. To me, that is life at it's purist. You can not plan these things. Spontaneity is a beautiful thing but it takes a special person to be able to let go that much.

I'm not even sure that I'm trying to say. It's been a long day.

At least I loaded up some film in my instax today and snapped a couple instant photos. I'm sooo happy about that! I will share my contribution to Polaroid Week soon!

I have a lot of pictures and ideas but time has just not been on my side!

xo. Linds

Dinner

Feeling pretty tired. It's been a long week of social service work and and ferret sitting.
Here's a couple photos from dinner I got with Kelsey and David the other night.

So glad it's the weekend. Stay positive.

xo, Linds