Today we woke determined to tackle the Smithsonian and all it has to offer. From the air and space museum, to the Holocaust Museum, to the numerous memorials. We started at the air and space museum. We saw a replication of the moon lander. We saw dramatic landscapes of the Moon captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and we actually got to actually touch...
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When we decided to head to the Outer Banks, we were well aware of the fact that is was hurricane season. But we rationalized that it was just the start of hurricane season…..We would be fine! When we started our journey on Sunday, we were tracking a tropical depression with keen interest. By Monday all we could see was pounding rain and our mother’s...
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The first catipillar started to make his cocoon.
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They are spinning webs and huge, I’d say almost fill size. Not sure how much longer they can lay in there before they are pushing each other out.
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Kaatje managed to snap a picture here. Ya!!!
Read MoreWhat a fast snake – since the post the snake has managed to cross the road, and get about 200ft back to his ‘hole’. All on a full mouse lunch. I released him a fair bit down the road into a field thinking he wouldn’t come back. I was wrong. And still faster than we can get a camera on him.
Read MoreIn my meeting, Michelle asked me to come outside. A blackish snake with dark markings. It happened all so fast I didn’t get a picture. As i stepped outside, Kaatje said she heard a squeal. As we moved some tall grass, sure enough there it was, coiled around a mouse. I pushed it into a bucket and crossed the road to release it. As I carried it, it was rattling...
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We should have taken a picture Thursday night when we picked them up. We had no idea they grew so fast. They were the size of a grain of rice. Little black things. This is only 48hrs later. The big two are easily the size of a penny (I know, what’s a penny you say). Not sure what the yellow stuff is nutritionally, but it’s certainly making them...
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Thanks to Aunt Jessica’s amazing connections we were able to spend today behind the scenes at the Riverside Wildlife Rescue Center. Have you ever wandered around a pet store and wondered- what people do when those baby crocodiles and python snakes they bought, grow up to be adults. Unfortunately, a lot of the time they abandon them at places like this or...
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