Juvenile Northern Flicker

Today there were four, yes, four juvenile northern flicker (woodpeckers) on my deck. One of them decided it needed a bath.

Another Monday Moment

Only in Western Washington . . . would my students feel the need to wear their coats over their heads, while outside, in order to read their books, without having the sunshine glare in their faces. I laughed, teased, took pictures and posted it on my blog and yet, I agree with them whole heartedly!

A Monday Moment

I have been using mechanical pencils for many years.

They are very convenient, never need sharpening, and are fairly cheep.

Since going back to school have been spending more and more time on my computer, using my mechanical pencils and a computer mouse.

I have now discovered a down fall to the combination of mechanical pencil lead and a computer mouse.When one does not know that a small piece of lead has broken off their pencil and become trapped under said computer mouse, this is the rather artistic result:

In search of spring

As I try to decide between spring planting or continued winter hybernation, I went onto my deck to look for some signs, any sign, of spring. There are three days until April 1 and yet as I photographed spring, it was snowing! Arrrgh . . . . .

A bud on a "squirrel" tree

Small Blue Bells

More blue bells and lupine

Early Christmas Vacation (aka) SNOW DAY

I have lived in western Washington my whole life and I am 37 years old, however, I still hope and pray and watch the news to see if my school is closed for snow!

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday were 2 hour late start and Wed and Friday we had off! I know we will have to make up the time but I don't care. Driving was difficult and it is very cold and windy!!

Enjoy the few photos, I will add more latter.

Junko on the feeder.

A Junko on the frozen bird bath.

Salamander Dinner Rush

Here are my two long-toed salamanders as they "run" towards the human who feeds them.

Please note the background music and dialogue of Pride and Prejudice, hey, I am working on my masters, what do you expect me to be watching/listening to while writing papers about teaching reading, writing and math and making salamander videos?!

Enjoy!

Salamander Condo

This is a picture of my new salamander condo. These containers were meant to store Christmas decorations, however as soon as I saw it at the store, I knew it would be perfect for the sallies first condo.

This is a nice photo for size reference. Not too big yet, but they eat all the time!

Below is my smallest salamander. He was very reluctant to leave the water, even when his gills were gone and he was breathing air. He is very happy on land in his new condo, although he still prefers to take a dip in the "pool" now and then. The color of their skin is so bright because of the flash on the camera.