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Did Blert Enjoy This?

Photocredits: Meshed Gears
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Dated: 2010-09-23 

 

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Feeding The Car Eating Tree

Halloween 2010

Photocredits: Meshed Gears
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Dated: 2010-10-17 

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Harvest Mice: The secret life of the harvest mouse

Source: The Telegraph
Credits: Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert
Dated: 2010

These pictures give a rare insight into the secret lives of tiny harvest mice (Micromys minutus). Photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert spent one year photographing the adorable little creatures in a project that saw them released from captivity into the wild. Waiting patiently in meadows and reed beds close to their home in Alsace, France, the pair were able to capture some extremely cute moments. From the studio - where the pair documented tiny newborns and their first few weeks of life - to the great outdoors where all of the 30 mice were eventually released, the pictures take viewers through a variety of events faced by the mice. Jean-Louis said: "All of the harvest mice came originally from captivity and were eventually released them into a field where we continued to photograph them, always carefully choosing a suitable habitat where we knew they could survive. "We also wanted to show the behaviour of the animals during maternity, but we wouldn't have been able to get this in the wild without disturbing the mother and there was a danger a wild mother might have abandoned them. Instead we shot the maternal behaviour in a studio before releasing the mice once the babies were mature enough for the wild. The harvest mouse is the smallest European rodent. An adult can weigh as little as four grams (0.14 ounces). "When shooting in the wild, we didn't need a hide. You just had to find a good spot, lay very still for a long time, and wait for the mice".

A harvest mouse balancing between two stalks of grass in a field in Alsace, France A harvest mouse balancing between two stalks of grass in a field in Alsace, France
A harvest mouse seems to look directly into the camera while balancing on ears of wheat  A harvest mouse seems to look directly into the camera while balancing on ears of wheat 
A female harvest mouse and her young (aged 5 days) in a nest A female harvest mouse and her young (aged 5 days) in a nest 
A harvest mouse female regurgitating to feed her cubs (aged 10 days old) A harvest mouse female regurgitating to feed her cubs (aged 10 days old) 
To demonstrate how mice often take to the water in the wet meadows they inhabit, 55-year-old Jean-Louis and 46-year-old Marie-Luce gave one of their subjects a dip in a mouse-sized aquarium before releasing it into the wild To demonstrate how mice often take to the water in the wet meadows they inhabit, 55-year-old Jean-Louis and 46-year-old Marie-Luce gave one of their subjects a dip in a mouse-sized aquarium before releasing it into the wild  
A young harvest mouse on an ear of wheat A young harvest mouse on an ear of wheat  
A harvest mouse drinking the dew on a blade of grass A harvest mouse drinking the dew on a blade of grass 
Three young harvest mice link tails while sitting on a branch... Three young harvest mice link tails while sitting on a branch... 
...and another young mouse uses his tail to hang off theirs ...and another young mouse uses his tail to hang off theirs 
A female harvest mouse carrying a baby to a new nest A female harvest mouse carrying a baby to a new nest  
A harvest mouse leaps through the air in autumn A harvest mouse leaps through the air in autumn 
A harvest mouse peers out from a nest A harvest mouse peers out from a nest 
A harvest mouse balancing between two stalks of grass in Alsace, France, holds a grasshopper between its front paws A harvest mouse balancing between two stalks of grass in Alsace, France, holds a grasshopper between its front paws 
A harvest mouse female pushing a male on a branch A harvest mouse female pushing a male on a branch 
A male harvest mouse on canary grass in front of a spider's web A male harvest mouse on canary grass in front of a spider's web 
A harvest mouse female and young on plant stems A harvest mouse female and young on plant stems 
A harvest mouse is pictured among wheat and poppies A harvest mouse is pictured among wheat and poppies 

Hot Sam's Antiques and Furniture

Hot Sam's Antiques & Furniture, 22820 Pillsbury Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044-8233, (952) 469-5922

When heading North, just before Minneapolis, you see "interesting stuff" from the highway, taking the next exit will place you near to Hot Sam's (Image from Google's Streetview)

 

Hypatia Birthday 2011-04

Hypatia in Spring 2011

 

 

 

Pastry Chef 2010-12

Pizza Ranch 2010-12

Purple Loosestrife

The Hermit Haven is overrun with Purple Loosestrife. To address it, we had a burn. Unfortunately, the burn is incomplete as we ran out of kerosene long before running out of Loosestrife, so we have more burning, herbicides and replanting to look forward to.

Sidewalk Art and Artist

 

Photocredits: Meshed Gears
Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ7
Dated: 2010-09-09

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The End of the Van Saga

Feinberg Metal Recycling, 2140 County Highway W40, Lockridge, IA, (319) 696-2503

The Triffid in My Kitchen

Trip with Dan to Minnesota

This picture is of a neon palm tree - and a more inappropriate image is hard to imagine, given that it was snowing when the picture was taken. This was outside the restaurant where we ate, The Lakeside Tavern, 200 West Lake Drive, Detroit Lakes, MN 56501-3917, (218) 847-1891. They had a special on, two burgers for the price of one, and both were delicious.

These pictures are just a reference in case they are needed, of the staircase for which Dan will be fabricating a handrail in hard maple. It has been installed three times so far, and judging by the odd distances between steps and the fact that the construction crew were breaking up the concrete below it to adjust the stair's position, it looks as if at least one more attempt will be required. Ouch.

Dan asked for pictures showing a "rails' eye view." I hope these are more or less satisfactory.

These pictures are here for their amusement value. "Spunk" merely being a colloquialism for seminal fluid, the idea of a rest area named "The Big Spunk Rest Area" lead me to wonder exactly what had happened here to give it its name.

And as in Iowa, the flags were at half-mast. It seems to me that they idea that flags be hung at half-mast to commemorate the deaths of significant people has been lost. Now they are practically always at half-mast to signify that somebody, somewhere, did something stupid that resulted in their death - or somebody else's, and that someone imagines that this ought to be significant to somebody. I'm quite surprised that according to their (broken?) search engine, "The Onion" hasn't written about this phenomenon (yet).

Under the Sea

Under the Sea