Journee's Critters

9/13/2009 | Author:

These are some of mine and Quinn's trampoline pictures from last year. They are a bit blurry.

So here's Quinn, reaching for the sky.

Then, here's me falling from the sky. (Quinn's fingers got in the shot)

I don't know how I did it. So please don't ask.

Quinn's falling!!! (Pay no attention to my foot)

I'm hovering! I look a little...Shocked at my accomplishment.

I hope you enjoyed those!

Now you people that have trampolines, go take some pictures! Fly!

The Hungry Caterpillar.

9/13/2009 | Author:

Remember that storybook? The Big Hungry Caterpillar?
Well, this is a picture I took in Mississippi.

One big bug.
This sucker was about 4 1/2 inches long, and about 1 inch wide.
It was kinda weird.

Earth-Tiger

9/12/2009 | Author:

No. It's not a tiger, it's a dragon! Yup, another dragon.

Here he is, straight of the paper.
Earth-Tiger, he's quite the big brute huh?
There is even a curly JM down on his thick neck.

So of course I had to photo-shop him.
Here he is after I worked on his eye, nose, fangs, and horns. I also cover him in a plain brown, well, paint. And I got rid of the curly JM.

It took me awhile to finish him.

My mom was taking care of the bees, and Zeb was asleep. My sisters were all down stairs playing video games.

I had to stop and take a quick break many times because Duke got into the cat food, and Zelda was barking at the squirrel. Rose wanted a drink, etc.

But then, I completed the shiny, thick-set, big ol' beast of a dragon.

Earth-Tiger.

He is very proud of himself. see how he holds his big head high!

(He looks so shiny! I didn't really mean to make him so shiny, he's an EARTH dragon for goodness sakes)

Sandy Update.

9/11/2009 | Author:

Our newest baby is growing and playing well.
Here's little Sandy. She is now sleeping in a dog kennel with a heat-pad.
She has some sticks in there to climb on. She has just started eating rat food pellets, although she is still drinking allot of milk!

As you can see, her little tail has gotten very bushy. She just loves my dad, who has started making her a special cage, so we can release her when she gets old enough, *sniff* when ever I hold her she tries to run away. But when my dad holds her she just goes to sleep (as seen above)
She is very sweet, and really soft. She has also started holding her tail up when she walks around, sometimes she even flicks back and forth! It is so cute!

Pups, Chickens, and Ducks, Oh my!

8/30/2009 | Author:

Duke, such a sweet puppy.
But don't be fooled. He's a trouble maker.

Then there's his partner in crime: Zelda.
She is the real master mind.
She decides what to chew on, and Duke does the chewing.

Here's Albus. My little bantam cross rooster. He just loves strutting around the backyard. He also loves fighting with Obi-wan, the fluffy, white, bantam rooster.

Wizard VS Jedi. Who will win?

An you just can't forget them little ducks!

Not much is going on around here.

We're just getting ready to go out of town, to Mississippi!

Also, Sandy is starting to eat better. She is around 3 weeks old. Mom read up on baby squirrel care on the computer, and we think the little thing is going to bond to my dad! Who was up allot last night caring for her!

Today...

8/29/2009 | Author:

...We went up to my grandparent's lake to do some swimming and jet skiing.
It rained some. But not enough to stop us!

Here's Gran and Tia.

Here's Magnum, just after a good sand bath.

I, jet skied a lot today. My hands hurt from gripping to handles for dear life (very funny right?)

Here's me, taking Rose for a ride.

OK. Are you ready to be shocked?

Here it goes.

Alright...We have a baby squirrel.

Yup, it's true.

It was raining pretty hard. so we were all sitting in the screened-in building; and we hear this squealing. Duke and Magnum are out in the rain, pawing at something. Mom runs out there and starts yelling, "It's a baby something! It's a baby something! Devin! Come here!" so my dad runs on out there, and brings back in a baby squirrel. We think the little thing was knocked out of it's nest by the rain. It's eyes are still closed. but it has fur.

We named the little thing Sandy.

This is Sandy right after we got her in. She's still wet, and looks like a rat.

Mom went to go buy some food for her; and she seems to be doing alright.

There's still a chance that she won't make it. But I really hope she does! And I'm going to get more pictures soon!

In short.

We had an interesting day!

Soft and Scaly.

8/26/2009 | Author:

Midnight. My sweet, fluffy, sometimes grumpy, bunny rabbit.
He's about four years old now; and when I got him he could fit into my hand easily.
As you can see, he appears to be black, but is really a dark brown. His winter coat is a thick brown and black overcoat. Covering his sleek summer fur.
He has one white paw, and a little white spot on his bottom lip and his chest.
He loves scaring my goats and chickens, he thinks it's quite fun.
He used to sleep in my room. but he now sleeps in his cage outside.
I have sleept with him IN MY BED several times before we moved from our neighborhood. He never ran away, so hey, why not?

Norbert. My sweet, scaly, sometimes grumpy, bearded dragon.
In this picture Norbert had just woken up from a afternoon nap, and he's looking rather sleepy.
His color is dark in this picture, but his scales can change to a bright, sandy orange color.
As you can see, his tail looks pale. That's because he's about to shed there.
Bearded dragons shed in small parts when their younger. but they shed in bigger parts as they get older.
This little boy was around eight inches long from snout to tail when I first got him. He's now a good 15 inches. Such a big boy!
He feasts on a diet of crickets and collard greens mixed with apples. Although he does have a special bearded dragon food; I feed it to the crickets, he doesn't like it, and I don't like it, it tastes TERRIBLY! I tried it. Yuck!