Of Mom and Chainsaws

There's a shamal blowing outside, so I will not be traveling this weekend. Ah, life in the desert. Full moon, cold wind, LOADS of sand.

Now, on to more important stuff....

Yup. In some odd/strange/fun way, I've had an influence on my daughter. Over pizza this evening (pepperoni, black olive, and mushroom), Munchkin #2 asked me for an old piece of paper out of my purse. I was happy to oblige, and the Husband provided the pen. A description of the artwork created (see above) going from left to right: porcupine, butterfly being caught on the tongue of a 'lizard thing', a crane, Mom/Mum (ie me) with a chain saw, a rabbit, and a bear peeking out from behind the tree. Fun - yes. Cute - yes. Twisted - well, a little. At least the bear isn't attacking me. The drawing she made for my office/desk has me picking apples being attacked by a very happy looking bear.

After ingesting a copious quantity of pizza, the husband proclaimed that we should begin our major summer family project. He wants to shop for used gear to capture on film the bear that dines at the 'bear log' on the tree farm. I have no idea what it costs; I have no clue if my uncle has ever tried this at another family imfamous critter dining spot. But, what a hoot to even think about it. The munchkins are very keen on the idea. So, we shall see. If we pull this off, I'll post whatever snaps/footage I can.

Oooooo...newsflash. The husband, on his computer, just found infrared "digital game cams" for $100-$400 U.S. Ooooooo, ooooo, ooooooo.....time to add a line item to the budget? Hmmm, maybe. Hope, hope, hope.

Peace and happy woodsy dreams (with maybe a fish thrown in). Just hope for no obnoxious (but cute) porcupines chewing on the side of your building during the night. Sounds really loud.