Baby Garter vs. Spider Web

There are times where I love my job more than usual: this is one time. So I was sitting at my desk and my co-worker comes up to me and plops a piece of paper on my desk. On that paper, was the tiniest snake I had ever seen. Our Associate Director of Facilities & Grounds was sweeping the floors and discovered this little guy caught in a spider's web! He rescued it and gave it to me to take care of it! Haha. I find it quite amusing that I am the go-to person to be given such tasks. But I'll take it! So we used some tweezers to remove the cob webs and placed it in a specimen jar to calm down from its terrifying series of events. Before we let it go, we had to take a picture of it next to a quarter. It was that tiny!

It really got me thinking, could a spider really eat a snake? Maybe a tiny, tiny snake? Herp friends, help me out! Is it possible?

theChristyBel

The Tiniest Garter Snake Ever Found

Guess the Warbler

Besides teaching, part of my job is to draw flora and fauna of the Preserve. These images can be used in our programs, advertisements, curriculum, and exhibits. We are considering an event in the next year or so, and I was asked to create some images for a potential logo. I am starting to draw three different warblers for this logo. Going detailed first and once they go into Photoshop, we'll make them a less-detailed and more logo-friendly. In the meantime, can you guess which Warbler I am drawing?

Hint 1: the Sketch

Hint 2: Begin the Pen & Ink

Hint 3: Finished

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a Black and White Warbler!

(kind of easy as there was no color to this one)

The Petting Zoo with Amanda & Ev

Having Marc leave for the week is pretty hard for me. I get super lonely when it's just me in the apartment with Ted. Marc just left for a 2-week work trip to visit and work with his mother out of her Phoenix-Home Office! Having time away from Marc is sometimes nice, but it gets pretty boring and lonely without him. I have a small list of friends that I hang out with up here, so it does help fight that lonely feeling. This afternoon, my officemate, Amanda, texted me asking if I'd like to join her and her son, Ev, to an afternoon at the petting zoo. I happily accepted. It was super fun. The petting zoo is the Goodnow Family Farm right near our work on Rte. 44/55. It's tiny, but for $5 you can visit with some goats, llamas, cows, pigs, chickens, a donkey, a few horses, and sheep. Oh, there were also a bunch of kitties! Ev, Amanda, and I had a great time feeding and petting ALL the animals! Afterwards, we taste-tested the new ice cream parlor on Rte. 44/55. Ev really approved of the chocolate ice cream. The store was also giving away a whole bunch of CD's; he even picked me out one. Watch out Marc, Ev is moving in by sending me mixed tapes! Haha!

theChristyBel

Llama, Llama, Are You My Mama?

Feeding Goats

Ev is a Little Hesitant of the Goats

He Liked the Bunnies

But Really Loved the Cats!

Who Doesn't Love Cats?

Hanging with My Other Boyfriend!

Love = Mixed Tapes