Another Tribute: Richard Buckminster Fuller
13 July 2004, 2:58 PM

Tribute to an Astronaut
13 July 2004, 2:00 PM

Doe and Fawn Movies
13 July 2004, 1:33 PM

I finally edited and clipped the video I got yesterday of the does and their fawns. They're in Quicktime. I apologize for all the shakiness - I was zoomed in as far as I can get and that really amplifies any hand shakiness.

If you're on a slow connection you probably just wanna look at these two clips:

Turkish Needlework
13 July 2004, 9:07 AM

Critters, Critters and More Critters!
13 July 2004, 8:40 AM

Since the three baby deer have appeared in our back yard most mornings recently, I peeked out the window as soon as I got up this morning.

Sure enough! There they were - two little heads above the long grass. They were taking a snooze. I think of back yard is like a morning day-care for the does, since they're usually munching on grass in the front yard while the fawns sleep.

But that wasn't all! After I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and Jeff pointed it out, I saw a tiny cottontail bunny in the middle of our backyard. Later a roadrunner zipped across the grassy expanse.

Even the drive to work was full of critters. There was the katydid in the windshield and the windsurfing spider. It'd built a web on one of my side-view mirrors. The hurricane-force winds that a car zipping along at 60 miles an hour produces promptly destroyed much of the web, but the tenacious spider hung on by one thread, looking for all the world like it was air-skiing. All it needed was some tiny little goggles and six little skis.

I got video of the deer yesterday morning - Hopefully I'll have them up here by the end of the day.