Peek-A-Prize Uschi

Uschi (look close at his eye, pretty cool)

Loves to lick feathers.

This one is stuck in his Peek-A-Prize toy box.

Why won't you come out ?

Are you stuck down here ?

I'll try from this side.

Come onnnn !!!

Noooo, I don't need any help !!

Grrrrr!!

Tug, Tug, Tug !!

Maybe I can push you out,...

This is a lot of work,... I guess
I'll settle for my favorite yellow feathers.


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House End Run

Sometimes you can see it in Tanjiro's eyes,

he is ready to open up his stride and go.

Tanj coils,...

and launches.

Past the rosemary bushes and the bed,

striding by his cat door,

opening the throttle next to the kennel,

turning sharply under his south kennel perch,

he tries to counter balance
his momentum with his tail,

but his speed carries him wide on the turn.

Another long stride and he is
around the end of the house,

where he relaxes on some downed lattice.


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Vole Hunter

The boys were out stalking the little remaining
tall grass from last season.

Tanj moved stealthily, until

he spotted some movements.

He sprung,

into the air,

landed and,

bounded again,

then dug in the grass.

When he finally came up,

he instantly turned and ran,

out into the mowed field.

Uschi and I took up pursuit.
When we finally caught him

he was "playing with" a large vole.

T knew we were coming to take his prize,

Nooooo, this is my vole.

I'll take it and run again,...

Gradually, we approached him
and leashed him up.

One last look at Tanji's vole.

We don't want the boys to kill birds and critters.
However, we have so many mice, voles, shrews,
and moles around the property, we essentially live
in a grass field, in a grass (strawbale) house, they
sometimes catch little guys before we catch them.

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Frosty Spring Sunrise

On the first day of spring, I woke early to the sounds of the Tanj-Uschi alarm clock. The boys were running around the house yelling and growling. I decided to take them for an early morning run, as the weather has been nice. The sun was just coming up over the Cascade mountains but it was still pretty dark. As we got outside, we all stopped in our tracks because the dew covered grass was instead frost covered. After some sniffing of the fresh crisp morning air we got moving and headed out into the field.

What is this ?

We are not sure,....

Its a bit cold out here.

Tanj looks to the sun for warmth,

while Uschi warms his back.

Hey Uschi,...

my head is in a hole.

Is it warmer over there ?

Nope.

That's enough out time !!
We're ready to go in, out of this 17 degree air.

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Walking Boys

The boys do a good job of staying right with us
when on our daily outside adventures.

The boys strolling up the south fence line.

Good Boy Tanji, way to stay close.

Uschi stays "close."

Wait up Daaad.

Come-onnn Mom.

Daddy's Boy

Okay, time to head home.

The boys do a good job on their leashes.
Tanji is actually better than Uschi on the leash.
He seems to really try to keep the leash slack,
attempting to predict our direction of travel.



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