Happy Bench Monday! The DaisyPuppy edition :) Technically, my feet should be in this shot too.  But although I'm getting good with the timer on my camera, I can't perform miracles and try to keep DaisyPuppy still and not chase me while I run back and forth...

Five years ago today, this little bundle of fluff tumbled into the world and, much to my surprise, proceeded to totally wrap me around her stinky little paw. July 2005 Cute, right? Wait though.  Now how about this? aaarrrrrrr!!!  it's mah birthday!  I'ma eat dis present! Hmmmmmm ...

And his wife? These two have been hanging around for a few days.  They're nesting in my juniper, same place they nest every year.  And every year something happens to their babies. I found bones and feathers outside my window one Spring.  It wasn't pretty. But speaking...

I was fooling around again today with macro shots and decided I needed to get DaisyPuppy's nose. No easy task, that. Short of putting her head in a vise, this is as good as I could get.  There are so many things wrong with this photo I'm...