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Jul 12 / Amy

A Couple of Fantastic Ads and a Really Stupid Question

Three finds that are too great to keep to myself.

Jun 22 / Amy

The Caterpillars in My Life

Click here to take a look at the two caterpillars in my life. One is just plain awesome. The other is fascinatingly disturbing.

Jun 3 / Amy

Just a few of the many reasons why we shouldn’t be allowed to interact with nature

As if the bird photography, squirrel in a rubbermaid, mysterious circumstances of Franklin’s disappearance (as well as the subsequent kidnapping and release of Frankie) and bat catching outfits aren’t enough, here are ten more reasons why my family shouldn’t be allowed to interact with nature.

Reason #1:” Snakey” the First[keep reading]

May 18 / Amy

Nantahala Chainsaw Massacre (or Why my husband’s a jerk)

At one point Steve took to hiding the saw. But I am not to be deterred…

May 7 / Amy

Mum’s the Word

Some of my proudest moments through the years… plus a pretty sweet photo of a smoking cow with a mom tat.

Apr 30 / Amy

How I went from being a FB admin to “an individual exhibiting a chance and usually inferior biological variation.”

Main Entry: 3rogue
Function: adjective
Date: 1872

1 : resembling or suggesting a rogue elephant especially in being isolated, aberrant, dangerous, or uncontrollable
2 : corrupt, dishonest
3 : of or being a nation whose leaders defy international law or norms of international behavior

Apr 27 / Amy

Birds Really Really Like It When You Take Their Picture. Except when they don’t.

It is one of the great disappointments of my adult life that I didn’t capture the bird coming at me on film, but here’s what I imagine it would have looked like, had I not been so deft at dodging it and saving my life while not falling off the ladder at the same time. (click title to read more)