turtle skulls and custard filled donuts

So I was at work last night, doing the turtle room. We have a huge snapping turtle there right now. I was looking at it's back feet and noticing that the foot is as big as the palm of my hand! I tried to get as close as I could to see if what I was seeing was true. It was. They are huge!

Then I was looking at his head. I can get a great view of the top of his head. I kept staring at it. Wondering what I could compare it to so someone could get a realistic size reference. The only thing that came to mind was a large custard filled chocolate donut. This was his skull only, without his beak and neck. I was pretty happy with the comparison, until I realized that it was kind of odd for me to compare one of my favorite donuts to the head of a huge reptile. K~

addicted

Love the Reeses pieces. It's getting me through some stressful parenting.

I just love them!!
K~

cute and i wish we could cuddle!

Red Bat

Look at this little fella. He is even cuter in real life. This is a red bad. They have football helmet hair. His hair is so soft looking that it looks like baby bird down. I watched it eat and just thought i was going to fall in love. Until.... I looked over my shoulder and saw a little fella like this one.

I mean really, how cute is he. K~

Curious Green Patch

A curious little sculpture garden downtown Minneapolis. It was so sweet.

I had to take several photos. Of course I like the subject matter. It was such a nice happy little patch in a big cement city!! K~

Ah the twinkies!

The hillbilly family goes to the dome. We went on the last regular season game at the Dome. I always like to see my very young Twins boyfriend, Joe Mauer. He went to the high school a 1/2 a block away from our house. It was a very good game and we really had a nice time, until the "farewell to the dome" event after. The kids had a very hard time sitting through that. Me however, had a wonderful time seeing my old Twins boyfriend, Rick Aguilera, twins relief pitcher back in the late 80's early 90's. Oh boy!! He is aging well. K~

Birds

Work was good last night. I was kind of everywhere. I really miss D. I was helping out in that ward and got to hold and care for a ovenbird. Look at this cute little guy. I have never seen one of these before.

My latest square. Inspiration piece is by Charley Harper, "Pier group". I liked how it turned out. the details were hard. K~

who was cuter?

So I know that I haven't written lately about my absolutely FAVORITE job!! Love it!! I had a pretty fun filled night on Wednesday. The cormorant that we have is ADORABLE!! He has to wear boots, yes foam pads with tape due to some bumble foot issues. So his cute foot is covered a bit. He actually looked even cuter than normal.

The cutest smallest myotis bat! I think this is one. I googled him. Anyway. I had to show a co worker how to get them to their feeding dish with out touch them with our hand. 2 weeks ago, a little myotis started to crawl up my glove and proceeded to crawl up my arm. It was very tense for a bit, because if the little fella bites one of us, it automatically has to be put down, even though I am rabies vaccinated. But alas, it didn't bite me and it got it off with out incident.

I fed the 2 outdoor pigeons. One look like a lolly pop. Its round little head sat on top of his extremely skinny bald neck. Just had to take a double take on that one.

The crowning glory of Wednesday, was my wonderful contribution to the ACC at the WRC. I was making greens for the 48 ducks I had to take care of. I finished a great lettuce and water smoothie and took the lid off to inspect my master greens making abilities. I needed to push the blender back, so I could pour it out into the bucket. My thumb accidentally hit the ON button and for a split second it was like we were in the exorcist movie for a moment. Green was spewing everywhere. I stood stunned, but was able to turn it off. It was quite a mess! Shocking really, and I don't recommend you try it at home. K~

The five and dime?

The five and dime.

This is a slightly askew square. The diagonal stitching made the fabric stretch. The colors were chosen randomly from the threads Lisa gifted me on her visit. No color is duplicated. Getting three quarters of the way done, I noticed that it looked like a dime store rug. You know the ones. K~

i'm in search of a group of lions

What ever happened to natural selection for humans??

I get so weary of being weary, feeling of general malaise, having a tummy ache, being sleepy, having a head ache, being itchy......should i go on.....

so i am going to go to Africa (again) this time, in search of a group of lions and see if I can kick this natural selection into gear.

if i were an "animal", i would have been weeded out a looooonnngg time ago. K~

Quack

Love the art on this show. Super round and cute! The show is good too. LOVE Quack the blue duck with the sailor hat.

Think i had a reaction to my PT tape on my back last night. had to leave work early. Did get to clean and feed the cormorant, the many ducks to get to the one goose on my list, a soft shell turtle and some pigeons. oh and helped with the possem, made turtle food and greens, did garbages in the exam room, did some laundry, dishes, and wiped the counter. Oh, now it is just sounding like home.....

Anyway... I am home today. I need to catch up on some house work and paperwork. K~

Here i am..... down here.

Well this is where I have been the past 2 weeks. I am under there somewhere. I have been busy with 7th grade homework and readings, 5th grade activities and homework, and 2nd grade reading and homework.

I have also started PT for my shoulders and arms finally after 20+ years of pain and discomfort.

between house wiving, zoo keeping, tutoring, stretching, and farming, well i am spent! K~

very sad today

We went to the funeral of a long time friend.

He died on the 4th of September.

He was my big ol DNR pal and a sweet sweet soul.

He will now rest in peace away from all his pain.

Bye my Harley buddy! K~

Back to basics

Back to school. It went very well. The kids did well and have had a good time reuniting with their friends. I have been busy with appointments and cleaning. K~

The Minnesota State Fair

Through the eyes of the Walshes.

Yes D had to dress up as Freddy the Flathead Catfish and ride the DNR truck driven by yours truly. S road on the back with him as Rick handed out FIN bobbers to the fair going mass. C sat on the Smokey the Bear float (who is 65 this year by the way). Later we stopped off at the butterfly house! Kind of neat.

School today. Trying to keep up. I'm tired, but all went well today.

K~

to do list

It's Sunday morning and I am sitting here in my nest reflecting on the week that was and the week that is coming up. Today I will try to bulk cook for September. I am trying to get a jump on organizing.

Food I am going to make and freeze:
Chicken breasts
hamburger ground and pattied
noodles
potatoes
cookies
bread
waffles
pancakes
and
other stuff.

I am working on a white board for the children's homework assignments and activities

Keeping up with clothes washing and sorting

Need to finish my school shopping ... just a few more things.

But first I have coffee and farm!

K~

Ummm

Well I am again rendered speechless. After a 4 hour, yes I said 4 hour welcome to 7th grade event at Ramsey Jr. High School, I am, well, just astounded. I can not believe what a year this will be. Not much else to say. Still stunned this morning. K~