Visitors from on high

Last evening our neighbors dog (cutie little Poppy) had managed to look menacing enough ??? to tree a little raccoon.  I think he was just a baby, he looked so surprised and helpless. I felt quite sorry for him.  By the time I had my camera out a few more friends had joined him.

Why are you still there?

I want down from here!

Hey, what's going on over there?

Well climb down you baby, it's only a little dog.

See, I'm not afraid!

I don't know what you all are squawking about, Poppy is very friendly.

Ya right!  I'm staying up here for now!

That's right junior. You listen to your Mama.

Leave those kids alone, they're fine.

Well,  Poppy might want to play a little bit...

Maybe I'll just wait a while... she has to go in sometime soon.

YouTube and Zendoodle

After my little foray into Christmas card world I decided I would check out online sources for Art paper tools (notice I didn’t use the term “scrapbooking” ~ I haven’t admitted to doing that yet) Specifically I was looking for a punch of some kind. While making cards I found that the end of my exacto knife just wasn’t cutting it (pun intended). So, there I was on YouTube watching a demo of Cropadile, the coolest ever hole punch, brad setter, dry paper embosser... hey, it does a lot of stuff and I do love gadgets. From there I watched a couple of demo’s on using gesso on journal pages, then I went on to see how gesso can alter photo’s.. Anyway to cut a long story short I eventually ended up viewing Milliande’s Channel, aka ArtPlay with Milliande. If you like/love/can’t help yourself but doodle...follow this link to doodle nirvana.
  http://www.youtube.com/user/Milliande#p/u/4/R_t_34mchtw

A couple of hours and many hand cramps and dead fingers later... I really must do something about that carpel tunnel syndrome ...some day...

So here are my valiant efforts at Zendoodling. I had to make myself quit after a couple of hours and go for a walk as my butt was NUMB. I know what I will be doing at work (only when there’s no work to do!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was recharging my camera battery after uploading these photo's when I saw that I had a couple of visitors in my backyard.  I quickly popped the battery back in praying that it had enough juice to capture a couple of quick shots. These two lovelies have been camping out here a lot lately. While both are very beautiful they really can be pests. Last winter the deer ate my fatsia’s down to a stub!! They had never touched them before so I guess you can’t rely on past behaviour to be an indication of what not to plant if you are trying to be deer proof.   She stood there for a long time, staring right back at me so I got my shots then I shooed her right away!  

 

This little guy is riddling the trees full of holes that the bugs just love to infest.  Over time I imagine it's not very healthy for the trees but he sure is gorgeous to look at and it looks like he is here to stay.