The “Secret Life of Mountain Lions” provides an intimate glimpse into the family lives of mountain lions. This true story follows F61, an adult female mountain lion, and one litter of kittens. Click this link to view: Short Film: The Secret Life of Mountain Lions
A certain someone is lucky to still be alive today. I came home last night after working 12 hours to find this:
My Thomas Edison Battery Oil bottle that I found while “Black Friday scavenging” with my Aunt and her friend was shattered on the floor. A 100-year-old antique bottle that had survived being thrown by the railroad tracks and had avoided being crushed by 1,200 pound bovines met its demise in my house, thanks to a rambunctious, young cat.
I believe she just used up another of her nine lives. Is this a guilty face or what?! Bad kitty, bad!
Exciting finds discovered by the team excavating the site of the new Sunset Road bridge: the oldest human footprints in the Southwest! You can read more in this article. Lucky for us, a flood covered the sets of footprints with mud preserving them. Preliminary dating suggests the adult, child, and dog were walking in their agricultural fields 2,500 to 3,000 years ago.
The archaeological survey also unearthed a more recent Hohokam settlement in the vicinity. Pima County is offering free tours of the site for the next few weeks.
If you’re interested in taking the tour, you better hurry since bridge construction commences this spring. Don’t fret about the loss of artifacts or the footprints, they will be preserved and further researched to glean more clues about these ancient Santa Cruz River Valley inhabitants.
Here’s my recent interview on local radio promoting Beat Back Buffelgrass Day. Many thanks to Dan’s skilled editing for keeping me comprehensible. And yes, I am painfully aware that I used up my lifetime supply of the word “great.” Isn’t that just great?!
Click on the link above to go to The Weekly Green page, the audio is at the bottom of the page.
Spotted this yesterday in a little shop in Willcox, AZ. At least they have a sense of humor about it!
Poster hanging on the wall in my boss’s boss’s office. I know it’s sassy but it cracked me up.
A collage of sights from my Christmas trip to the San Diego area. Featuring (l to r): sea lion, harbor seals on beach, sea lion pile, sunset, metal detecting, dog sporting shades, surfing, stand-up paddle boarding, rowing, brown pelican close-up, gull close-up, decorated tree at the beach, an injured harbor seal, harbor seal poop, harbor seal yoga (3), sand loving harbor seal, harbor seal yawn, tide pool waterfall, sea lion close-ups (2).
Six of these beauties wandered through my yard today. 
Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
Bailey is helping me watch all the Star Wars movies in preparation for the new one. Thus far, he appears to like Jar Jar Binks and Watto the best.
* Quoting Boss Nass, of course.
That’s a lot to be thankful for! Our Thanksgiving weekend started with a celebration of Scott, George, and Coralie’s birthdays (all within a week of each other). Desiree and I topped the cake with 205 candles (their cumulative ages). We couldn’t get them all lit before the heat melted the icing and started a small fire. The flaming cake was hysterical! Luckily, we didn’t need the fire extinguisher and some of the cake was still edible.
Thanksgiving Day was blustery and cloudy, very Fall-like which made staying inside and eating lots of delicious food quite desirable. During our after dinner stroll through town we admired some of the fine architecture. The evening was capped off with belly dancing by Deborah.
On Black Friday we “shopped” for treasures along an old, abandoned rail line: netting one dime, an intact Thomas Edison battery oil bottle, flowery painted pieces of Southern Pacific china, 3 devil’s claws, and 2 barrel staves.
Good food, laughter, and random activities = one of our typical family gatherings.
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