Happy 8th Birthday, Orlando!

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Our merry group got in the back of diezelsmommy’s truck and headed down to the pond. When the pond came into view I wasn’t entirely surprised to see a familiar sight – the same pond I’ve ridden by on the horse (or tried, he did not like water). Well now I know who owns the adjacent property!

After a successful cleanup we headed up for some grub and were treated to a meet & greet three of the WVRRC’s residents.

Annie a 28 year old red tail hawk. Very dignified and stately.

Alice, the cutest little squeeeeee owl in the world. Oh how badly did I was to schnarfle that ball of fluff! At least I was smart enough to know that would end poorly.

And then…after stuffing ourselves quite heartily we got to see Thunder. Who is every bit as impressive as his name implies.

Another great clean up. And a great learning experience. Check out the rest of the photos for more pics of the raptors and of us standing around staring at them!

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While the rest of us were hard at work unearthing trashbags of fabulous clothes (swimsuits, fairy wings – 3 pair) others stumbled upon what could only be the garments belonging to “a lady of ill repute” and just hoped that the rest of her was not there as well.

We also hit the mother lode of bumpers from a vast array of vehicles and some seriously freaky toys. I’m pretty sure the one doll that was run over by the front loader is alive.

(This penguin, by the way, is not going home to be friends with Ping.)

And speaking of dolls…..thebuddhaman somehow managed to get the cushiest job of the day – driving one of the front loaders. For real.

And just as we finished up and got into our vehicles…the rain started. Too late Mother Nature! Another fun day of picking up trash that should have been disposed of in a proper manner. I think we should now lay in wait with paintball guns for the next person to dump here.  SURPRISE LITTER BUG!!!!

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March 19, 2012

There’s a very interesting cemetery near our house. There are so many interesting stones there.

March 20, 2012

I did my best to make it to 123 before Ancient Shores came on stage. Unfortunately due to a colicing horse I was…as always…late. Still going to 123 is always fun. And I love to check out the wall graffiti.

March 21, 2012

You may think we live near a lot of cemeteries. Well, we do. And they make great places to take a walk.

March 22, 2012

Well, I did take a single photo today. But since it involved mail, it wasn’t really interesting.

March 23, 2012

I found this note in my lunch bag. I can not even begin to tell you how hard I laughed. Then I started looking for Gary Oldman. Sadly I was unable to locate him.

March 24, 2012

We were out caching. Chad found a light sabre. I found the cache. Score and Double Score.

March 25, 2012

Don’t be confused. We did not walk to this cache. In fact we drove a fair piece to get to this cemetery. Chad pointed out that this cemetery was full of English names. Unlike the ones near us, which tend to be a little less…well, English.

March 12, 2012

When I’m out for a walk I spend a little bit of time looking down. Tripping & falling is not high on my list of things to do. At any rate today I looked up and thought, wow what a nice contrast. I’m quick like that.

March 13, 2012

I was out at the barn this evening. It’s been nice and warm and the sky was beautiful.

March 14, 2012

There is a chance that once again we found ourselves at Sharp Edge.

March 15, 2012

More flowers. They are like eager puppies these flowers. Oh HAI!

March 16, 2012

That is some lovely moss that Chad has cultivated. Lovely I say.

March 17, 2012

I have no idea where I was when I took this photo. What I do know is that West Virginia is beautiful.

March 18, 2012

Ping enjoys sitting out by the fire, provided he isn’t too close of course.

March 5, 2012

So, it snowed. And as you can see, our flowers are very silly. And rather happy despite the snow. I have no idea what type of flowers they are, but they are quite hearty.

March 6, 2012

Yesterday there was snow on the ground. Today the crocus are springing forth. This is one crazy Spring.

March 7, 2012

And now we have….flowers.

March 8, 2012

Freyr. He’s very soft.

March 9, 2012

Kitty in a box. Or more accurately, Kimi in a box. She’s so smug it’s nauseating.

March  10, 2012

Chad and I often take a walk up to a local cemetery. It’s beautiful there.

March 11, 2012

It was a lovely day to be hiking out at Old Hemlock.

February 27, 2012

Off to a good start with a photo of my Garmin and a travel bug I’ll be dragging around until GeoWoodstock X

February 28, 2012

I’ve been lugging this TB around for a while. And I’m trying out a new geocaching app. If only someone who knew how to use it could help me.

February 29, 2012

Leap Day – the most important day to get a cache in like…well four years. So yes, I did go out into a driving rainstorm.

March 1, 2012

We may or may not have been at Sharp Edge. Just like my camera may or may not have had a focus issue.

March 2, 2012

So Chad was preparing to put out a new cache or two.

March 3, 2012

It’s March 3 and yet these flowers have been out since early February. VERY early February.

Unfortunately loyal sidekick was still suffering from The Crud (bronchitis or pneumonia…your choice) and so opted to stay home and not infect the rest of us.  Our motley crew of 3_Dogs, Gentleman-Carpenter, Aquacache & I planned first to tackle Panther Run and then head on over to 89SC’s newest master piece Big Run Waterfall Cache.

Basically the day went like this:

Jeep, jeep, jeep, jeep.

Didn’t we just pass the cache?

Jeep, jeep, jeep.

“Let’s place a cache.”

Jeep, jeep, jeep.

“Woohoo! We found a cache.”

Jeep, jeep, jeep.

Crap, footprints.

Walk. Balk. Stand. Hop, hop, hop.

“Those guys are idiots.”

Wait. Wait. Wait.

“Did ya find it? Oh good, they found it.”

Jeep, jeep, jeep.

Coke ovens!

Jeep.

Waterfall!

Jeep.

Food!

Home again, home again, lickity split.

And now…enjoy our fine photos.

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February 20, 2012

So I was on my way home from work and I saw this car with some serious ductapery going on. I was unaware that body shops used duct tape.

February 21, 2012

Our cats spend an awful lot of time hanging out on the ottoman. Sometimes it starts out peacefully, like in this photo. Freyr (on the left) tends to be a bit of a shit head so it’s only a matter of time before he passive aggressively annoys Ghost (on the right).

February 22, 2012

It rained. And I was stuck in traffic. La la la la la.

February 23, 2012

Ghost really loves her daddy. It’s pretty nauseating to be honest. Also, nauseating is when the cats are jockeying for a spot on his lap.

February 24, 2012

Today is Mamaw’s birthday. That has nothing to do with this photo. It was a warm day out, but windy. Wow was it windy. I was originally going to go out and take a photo of the lights on the pampas grass, but due to the crazy wind, I figured I’d do it from the safety of the house. I’m lazy.

February 25, 2012

I went to the gym Saturday. I’m sort of confused about why. Clearly it was because the weather was not good enough for caching. It is still Winter after all.

February 26, 2012

Sunday was a glorious day. We jeeped. We grabbed a cache or two. And we stopped by Douglas Falls which, thanks to the profuse rain, was running fast and furious.