Yesterday, Buster our tortoise took most of the morning to find the snack of snail vine blossoms I left for her (which she then devoured within minutes). This morning within minutes of installing her foodstuffs (with another generous helping of snail blossoms), she was aaaaalllll over it, allowing the TortoiseCam to capture what I consider …
It took more than four hours for Buster to discover the snackables, but there she is exiting the scene of the carnage for a much-needed high-noon nap, In case you missed out on all the feeding frenzy fun, I managed to capture images of Buster going stone cold-blooded off on the edibles and they’re viewable …
In the wake of my post about snail vine blossoms and our tortoise Buster’s addiction to them, my friend and fellow L.A. Metblogs contributor Julia excellently suggested “Dude, howsabout you webcam Buster so we can feast our eyes upon the tortoise feasting upon the flowers. So of course I said oh hell yeah and cranked …
This snapshot above of the greenery growing alongside the onramp to the westbound 10 Freeway from Vermont might not be much of a big deal to you, but when I first spotted it a couple weeks ago biking home from work I put it on my list of I Shall Returns. Not for me — …
On the windowsill in the kitchen I’ve been keeping one ripening passion fruit pulled from the side of the Ballona Creek Bikeway and a bowl full of loquat seeds from the fruits I’ve eaten off the portion of the neighbor’s tree that hangs in our yard and wondering what the hell was I going to …
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Oh. My. Gawd. It was awesome. And yes, I ate the whoooooooole thing. Flickr set here.
It wasn’t more than a few days ago that Susan spied our first teeny tiny tomato on the vines she’s been nurturing since March and there was much rejoicing. Then today Susan found the first born ‘mater had an unwelcome guest that had moved in (click to triplify): Drats, but such is life in the …