The neatest one first, from today. A tiny little animal less than half an inch long (not counting it's pretty tail)! J. suggests this might be a shrew and I think he is right. I have never seen such an animal in person, it was really neat! The entire animal, minus tail, is less than half an inch long. It was tiny! I took photos with my zoom lens, kneeling less than a few feet away. I saw it while watering my baby Alberta Spruce trees. Luckily it stayed in one place while I ran inside, grabbed my camera, switched to the zoom lens, and came back to take pictures. It was so kind, so after I was done I covered it with a leaf to help it feel safer. Then I left it alone, and it ran away shortly after. SO CUTE! It has the weirdest elongated nose, like an anteater only furry and with whisker-like thingies!
This is a northwest salamander, found while J. was digging around by the cut tree. It was so cute. But it did not enjoy being petted at all, so sad.
Finally, a picture of the small brown cat! She came back to play with me all afternoon on April 9th, but I haven't felt up to posting until now. She chased everything including J.'s extension cord for his power tools, so I distracted the cat with sticks and pinecones, my toes, fingers, pretty much anything that I moved she would chase and pounce on.
Lovely patch of moss. Not one I planted, just one growing randomly in the yard. So pretty! I love love love how it feels under my fingers.
Three of the pea seedlings that have sprouted. There's a whole row of them growing, I will need to build them a climbing fence soon. How exciting.
Ohhh! Spotty cat!
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