paisley

I’m welcoming in the new year with another monthlong photo-a-day project, which I’ve done a few times before with great success.  The simple act of forcing myself to pick up a camera and photograph something every day causes me to be more comfortable with my camera, and I have gotten a few notable shots as a result.  If you’re interested, you can check out my past efforts.

As usual, the hedgehogs will feature prominently in the photos for this month.  I started off last night with Paisley, who was happy to model in exchange for some tasty roasted waxworms.

I’ve had an evening of unadulterated cute.  First, Chopper and I watched all the special features on my newly arrived WALL-E special edition DVD, followed by the movie (for the fourth time, yeah).  It is my favorite movie of all time.  Yep.  It sure is.

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.

I bought 500 live mealworms yesterday with the intention of feeding them one by one to Paisley.  (Dexter isn’t a terribly big fan of live food.)

$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).

Paisley is two months old today.  When we were at Mom and Dad’s this weekend, we introduced her to a new favorite treat: live mealworms.  Not my pick, but hey.  More photos on Flickr.

For the weekend, we returned to Lynchburg, Tennessee for the Jack Daniel’s 2008 World Championship International Barbecue with Mom and Dad.  A good time was had by all.  Again, more photos on Flickr.

Paisley and Chopper had a big day out and about on Wednesday.