After our all-out, no-holds-barred attack on rabbits a couple of days ago, I started to feel bad. I like rabbits! It was Chet who got all uppity about being “king of this blog.” He’s a guy. Stuff like that happens when you get guys involved. I happen to think Cinnamon is a vision of lagopulchritude. [ Read More ]
Another snowy day, spent cleaning and getting ready to trim the Christmas tree. Today is a special day: Chet Baker turns 1! We decided to let him eat beef stew out of his bowl at the table with us, something he thought was a great idea. Here, waitress Phoebe helps him with his chair.Then he [ Read More ]
Hi Ho, Sharon here! Okay, one last check of email and interrupting Julie before getting back to serious, hard core, so intense that it is almost soul crushing birding for the next week (and I am loving every minute of it). Yesterday one of my team members Jeff and I prank called Birding Bill. It [ Read More ]
Chet Baker Speaks:OK, Cinnamon, I’ve got a challenge for you. How are you at pulling sleds? Huh? I not only pull them, but I cause spectacular wipeouts, then steal the sled, pull it all by myself, and give sloppy kisses to the kids. I’ll bet rabbits bite when they kiss. I’m King of this Blog. [ Read More ]
“I disapprove of Chet Baker!” Hello, Sharon here, I escaped the research station for a momentary check of email and couldn’t resist blogging. My email was full of complaints and memos from Cinnamon about “bunny rights” with a petition signed by Hazel and Kabuki that the blog is going to the dogs. I have to [ Read More ]
The snow is grainy and hard, but it still gives enough surface for a pretty good sled ride. Bill and Liam got suited up and took a few trips down our hill. Liam’s favorite part is the wipe-out at the bottom. He pitches forward on his face, on purpose. Chet follows them down the hill [ Read More ]
What a wild day. I set my alarm and, forgetting that the radio volume was turned all the way down, slept hard. Thank goodness Chet came snuffling at the door to wake me, or I’d never have made it to Athens. I had a date to record three commentaries for NPR at 9:30. The roads [ Read More ]
It’s snowing like mad right now, huge fluffy flakes pelting down. Bill, Phoebe, Liam and I rode into town this evening to procure our Christmas tree, a 7′ Fraser fir that filled the car with heavenly fragrance. This was followed by an outing at the new Mexican restaurant in town. Bill and I eavesdrop on [ Read More ]
All apologies to Cinnamon, the rabbit who normally rules this blogsite, but I must tell you about a game Chet Baker and I have been playing this winter. It’s called Moving Scooby-Doo. Scooby-Doo is a small basketball, long since deflated by Chet’s sharp teeth, that Chet moves a little farther out the meadow every time [ Read More ]
Chet Baker left for his morning ramble as usual, stepping carefully through the icy snow that’s been lying around for four days. When he came back inside, he was soaking wet. Pawprints and shattered ice on the fishpond told the story. Chet now knows all about ice. Being a Boston terrier, he thought the whole [ Read More ]
