eponymous five

five, originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

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So Alice wins to prize for today's most surreal comment: "I hope shrew tastes like chicken."

I can explain. Or you can just enjoy the mystery.... 


So -
We've had a skittering presence around the baseboards of the house, and I've been too tired to deal with it, plus it seemed kind of friendly. I finally set a trap when Aerin started freaking out (post college application process, understandable) and today I caught somebody. I couldn't shake it loose from the trap at first, and finally got it out into the old hamster cage (tank). It is small, pointy, soft gray, short tail with fur, tiny eyes and tiny tiny ears. After a little effort with google and wiki, Alice and I agreed on a Northern short-tailed shrew. Which has venomous saliva, and eats mostly protein including the usual (bugs, earthworms) and the horrifying (mice and other shrews). Which explains why it cared not one whit for the carrot but was enthusiastic about the cheesey crackers. So we gave it some chicken leftovers, and some water, and we'll think about what to do with it tomorrow. Because clearly this is not a tameable kind of thing.  

Although it does make me wonder if it has been keeping the mouse population in check. Because I know we've had mice too. And roof rats? or wood rats - I forget. The joys of an old and permeable house.

lego ad from my yooth

lego ad from my yooth, originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

I finally found this, and it is what I remember building when I was that age. Girls don't necessarily need pink blocks, Lego needs to back off the genderization that requires pink blocks because girls may not want to build motorcycles. Although some probably do.