11/365: Take That Water!

11/365: Take That Water!, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

We have a little man-made pond in Sonoma that has become a habitat for endangered Western Pond Turtles and the increasingly threatened Western Chorus Frogs. That despite the fact that Oscar loves to stand on a rock in the middle of the pond, bite at the water and bark and bark and bark and bark. I guess the turtles and frogs have figured out that he's harmless. At least if you aren't water.

4/365: Water Mimes

4/365: Water Mimes, a photo by doglington on Flickr.

This is Alison and Sarah, our friends' kids whom we've known all their lives. They are in their twenties now and were part of our group on the Cabo San Lucas vacation. They were horsing around in the pool under a little decorative waterfall trying to get out of the almost invisible water box.

Usually I find Mimes quite creepy, but not in this case.