A very good reason to be wary of letting your cat outdoors

Unfortunately, this past Sunday morning had Angie and I being reminded of one of the horrible reasons why to be wary of allowing a cat to roam free on it's own outdoors. Never mind the fear of running into traffic or that a larger animal of some sort might harm your kitty. This reason sickens me so... the fact that another human may do some very horrible things to your beloved pet.That is what we found. I will skip much of the gory details but...

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Raccoon Family Portrait also entered in the Green Party Calendar Contest

I have also entered a second photo in the Green Party of Ontario's calendar contest. Well, actually there are 11 of my photos entered. But this one is doing very well being about 40 votes behind the Long-eared Owl photo (see my blog right below this one) and has 216 votes and just checking the Owl has 251.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifApproximately 93 people entered 460 or so photos in total for the calendar contest. I am hoping one of these...

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Long-eared Owl and The Green Party

A short bit here. The Green Party of Ontario is having a calendar contest and a few of my photos have been entered in it. What do I get if I win? A photo published with credentials and the joy of seeing another photo of mine printed elsewhere.This photo I took of a Long-eared Owl is doing very well and perhaps some of you might help keep it in the final twelve? All you have to do is click here and then click on the hearts at the top left of the photo. Clicking for 5 hearts meaning "awesome photo" would be greatly appreciated. But only click...

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Said "Goodbye" to family member and "Hello" to 2 new adoptees

Sometime in the wee morning hours of Saturday July 16th my little Fire-belly Toad named "Kermy" passed away. He was up in around the age of 13. I can't say for exact but this is pretty close seeing as I rescued him and 5 of his friends from a royal flush 8 years ago and I knew him for a number of years before this. How someone could just walk away from all their animals in hopes of a cooler, more hip lifestyle is beyond me. The person they were...

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Summer so far...

Wow, here we are just passing through mid-July. The summer is moving along quick and the heat sure is on now.I sit back and ponder what I've done, where I've been, what I've seen and where do I begin?A couple trips to the Carden Area up in Kirkfield, Ontario started the season off. Once with Angie and again on my own. Wylie Road, as I blogged about before, is a great birding spot of a dusty road being approximately 10kms long. I go there mainly...

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