chipmunk telly

we finally got some rain last night - looks like we'll get more of it this week - i love being the first one up in the morning (even tho the cats are usually up before me) and this morning it's even nicer, all quiet and wet and green after the rainstorm (yesterday there were lots of road-work vehicles beeping and clanging - i'm sure they'll be back, since the road is all chewed up in front of our house but for now it's quite peaceful)

in fact, this summer the cats have been enjoying a fabulous new show, "Chipmunk TV" - they sit in the window and stare at the little critters who cavort along the top of a stone wall on one side of the house - if you squint, you can see him standing up, almost like a meerkat (according to the dictionary, they are small striped american squirrels) here's a couple of shots from the latest episode of "Chippy" - enjoy!

a new look

hey there!

i decided to try one of blogspot's newer background templates - i like the darker screen with the white text (everything else is so hard on the eyes - all that white space) so much easier to read, at least for me - i really like it - more later - with a new photo or two!!

my inner gargoyle

gargoyle/photo by t j googins 2010/all rights reserved

if i were a gargoyle, this is what i'd look like... sitting, thinking, smiling enigmatically...

actually, after i spray him with some thompson's water seal, he's going to live outside and guard my garden - i also have a gazing ball that i bought years ago when i lived in georgia - it's a lovely teal color and needs to go outside - if i ever finish digging up the invasive rose out front i'll put them both there - then i'll take another picture - i'll embellish this post later - just had to post something - much like this gargoyle, i sit and think about blogging but then i never get around to it - so annoying...