Phoebe can be hard to photograph as she will look away just as I snap. The key is to keep talking to her and distracting her from the fact I’m taking a picture. Then we get to see her sweet face.
Tucker walks himself. If I know we’re alone at the park, I don’t bother leashing him for the walk down to the beach. This time he was down chasing the gulls (who are back on the sandbar – they had been gone during most of winter) before I ever reached the sand.
They leave gifts.
This is one of the nutria that live in the slough. I glanced out and saw a brown blob (nearsighted, you know?) and binoculars showed me this guy sitting in the low tide area munching away on the water grasses. When I went to get my big camera, he moved to our jetty, so I’ll have to get to see pictures off the camera. He has a fabulous set of whiskers, strange orange teeth and a stance that reminds me of capybaras, which were for some unknown reason, my favorite animals when I was in first and second grades.
They’re just huge water rats. We are wary of them undermining our property, but I’m pretty sure the den is up-slough a bit.
I love this place we have landed so very much.
Shiny art for you 
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February 25, 2016 at 9:22 pm
fruitbat5150
I wonder why some pets don’t like cameras. Maybe it’s like a direct stare or something? Maybe it’s because you have this huge thing (or not so huge, depending) in front of your face? Of course this also led me to look up capybaras. Bebes open their eyes and walk and swim a couple days after birth, and eat vegetation within a week, tho they nurse for a few months. Average weight of adults is 100 lbs, as much as your pups put together! ! I do so love the internet.