Animal Stories
Hummingbird Breakfast Morning snack
At seven in the morning, South Fork, Colorado is Closed. The Rainbow Grocery, down from the Rainbow Motel, opens at seven this morning. The Rainbow gas station, next to the Rainbow Grocery, is open but their coffee is not good enough to make me want to...
Animals on the Wall Rainbow Sporting Goods- South Fork, Colorado
These mounted animals look down at me like judges ready for my sentencing. Hung over the aisles of rods and reels, shotguns and rifles, fishing tackle, ammunition, these guys are frozen in their final moment of life. Hunters have always stayed close to...
Snail and Tortoise sticking your head out
Back in yesteryear, a school assignment, in English, was to compare and contrast apples and oranges. The assignment was dropped on us to develop critical thinking, stimulate observation, and bring order to our primitive minds. The assignment proved that...
Tarantula a survivor
In the 1950's, the world was in a Cold War. Yet, there was hot atomic testing with Pacific atolls being blown into non-existence and school children crawling under their desks at a school bell. Russia and the United States were headbutting and...
Lucky Top Dog
Lucky has had two litters. Her first litter was given away and taken at night when no one was paying attention. This second litter of seven is housed in a suitcase under the front porch of the guest house. Besides the banging of mango's falling on...
Tied up in Haiti in the country
Roads, in the Haiti countryside, are mostly dirt,with holes filled with rain water, covered with a sprinkling of rocks. After a strong rain,these roads, leading deep into the bush, become non- negotiable and new paths have to be made through the...
Gecko on the screen
Gecko's are ubiquitous, strutting on television commercials, hiking up walls, screens, lounging on tree branches around my Haiti home. This gecko doesn't stay long enough for introductions and moves away quickly as I approach. In a shutter click he is...
Albert and Bella playing on the front porch
Albert and Bella are two of five dogs at the house. There are also two cats plus a new Kitty who joined the wrecking crew last night, abandoned in the road and following us home. Next morning it is curled up against one of the dogs on the front step,...
Cat and Birds just out of reach
These two parakeets are new to the front porch. The two birds and cage were a thousand pesos, about $20.00. The two of them sing, preen, watch the world from their small enclosure.They are confined, but they are safe. Sitting below is one of Alma's cats,...
Who’s got the best rooster? to the end
Excitement builds during the week . As Sunday afternoon grows close, the roosters crowing takes on more urgency. On Sunday afternoons, a stadium in a local neighborhood opens for business and men pay for permits to fight their birds. The fighting cage in...
Feeding Pigs Noisy Eaters
These guys and girls aren't going hungry. They are fed in the morning and in the afternoon with snacks in between meals to help them put on weight. They will eat as much as you give them and they always behave as if they are starving. Alma washes out...
Piggy goes to market business is business
Pigs are popular on Marinduque. They are particularly popular for large family get together's and celebrations. Like Ecuadorians and Mexicans, Philipino's like pork and many households have a pig or two staked out in back yard mud holes. On this day, the...
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