If I see one more super cute baby animal

I am going to go into loving spasms of ecstasy and end up writhing straight into a black hole of tiny adorable oblivion.



These little dudes were under the tall pine tree. You know the one by the far end of the pond? No, not the cool one holding up the boulders with it's roots, the one right before that. Yeah. That one. They have a nice little shelter that has been dug out. I'm not sure their mother is still with them so I check on them every now and again just to make sure they're okay. If they show any signs of illness or starvation, you know I am taping their little tails to their back legs and taking them to the wildlife center. These people don't even know what I am capable of. The tail taping thing isn't a joke, I guess they can't spray you with their tail kept down. Works for me. These little guys know all about it too. When they see me, they get all nervous and one of them turns his wee little ass towards me with his itty-bitty tail straight in the air. Oh man. I can hardly stand it... so endearing. Then Jim comes over and everything goes to shit once he starts looking around for the attention getting baby prey. Also, he is not afraid of skunks and has been sprayed more times than I would like to admit. He was sprayed in the same night, by the same skunk, four times in a row. Back to back spray fest. It was one of the worst nights of my life. I now keep a bottle of skunk off on reserves. That shit just isn't funny. It's even less funny when it's about 2 in the morning and the only reason you are out is because you feel guilty for how much you have been away that day so you might as well take the dogs (who are not showing signs of being tired) to the local field to stroll around and show them you love them. In my face. Or more specifically, Jim's.

This no camera thing is getting stupid. I'm going to empty the pictures onto my desktop in a folder labeled "hoping for the best" and if I lose them all I don't care. Baby animals are aching for their chance with the lens. There are baby turtles all over the pond, baby skunks, baby birds, baby everything everywhere and I'm sitting here worried about losing a picture or two.

I found a job. It's going to take away from my time with nature but some things must be sacrificed up for sanity's sake. I think I am really going to enjoy this anyway...