I saved a bird today.

Chopper had Paisley with him during the movie and at the end, I decided that it was time again for a feeding frenzy of mealworms.  Mmm.  Paisley sort of fell off Chopper onto the down throw I’d been using and stayed curled in a ball.  I fed her some mealworms off a spoon (what, spoiled?) and then busted out the camera.

Tell me this isn’t stupendously cute.

More in her photo album on Flickr.

$8.50 was a bargain for the amount of entertainment Chopper and I have gotten out of the worms thus far, and we’ve only used maybe two dozen of them.  Mwahahahahahahaha.

We got video of the carnage for your amusement (more on Flickr).

Domo-pumpkin, originally uploaded by scpetrel.

I can’t take credit for this creative effort, but isn’t it fabulous?  This is our team entry for the pumpkin decorating contest at work.

She follows in the pawprints of Tenzing, who was also featured on the site.

I found one today and he or she was courteous enough to stay put long enough for me to take a few photographs.  Our little guests are Mediterranean geckos, an invasive but harmless species that tends to live in walls.  (Surprise!  I knew that already.)

If they eat bugs, they can stay.

On a separate note, Tropical Storm Hanna is passing just to the east of us, and we’re fine.  Conditions are going to deteriorate as the evening wears on but we’re tucked in for the night.