SCUDDER POND SAYS FAREWELL TO US

HOW THE MAHALS "SHARE" BREAKFAST! COURTESY OF YouTube

Guini Pig SINGING

WE HELP MOM CLEAN OUR CAGES! NOT.

TRAINING THE MAHALS IN NON-VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

Dear Readers,

Now that I am the Head of "The Herd that Hears" I have something the herd needs to hear: To make it in this world, do not allow yourself to do any of the things mom asks you to do because then you will lose all respect for yourself.  We are all males. Not females. I am the #1 Alpha Male of dis here boy-band, thus: Here is my photo essay on Civil Disobedience.

Ok, Ok, everybody, calm down! Yeah, I bit that woman's hand the other night and the medics came (blah, blah, blah, they made jokes about how guinea pigs would taste on a barbeque grill) AND THEY CALL THEMSELVES FIRST RESPONDERS? They just NASTY!

So, big deal, then mom spent half the night in the Emergency Room having the gusher flushed out, cleaned, getting pain meds and antibiotics and what EVER. Mom, it's not like this is the first time, you should know the routine by now and not make QUITE such a drama out of it. You know one of the friends moving you is going to wash all that blood off the walls, so just take a deep breath, focus on your whatever-the-yoga-you-do Thing, and relax. That's a good mom. There you go...calm down.

Now, we get to the Mahals. What mom did next set the stage for their first Really Big Lesson in Gandhi-esque revolution:

Mom felt that since I was the one who bit her, she could just hand me her guinea pig cage & clean "To Do" list, which she did.

Mahals, listen UP! That's it, Raj, watch closely: Politely thank mom for the opportunity to pitch in and help, since she is one-handed yet again (which, if you really reflect upon it, doesn't speak so highly of mom's learning curve)
and accept the list graciously.

Act as if it would be an honor to read the list and follow the stuff the blue letters on the paper say to do.

Now, Mahals, REALLY PAY ATTENTION NOW: The second mom thanks you and turns her back, DESTROY THE LIST, EAT IT, CHEW IT UP, AND THEN - AS A PARTING GESTURE OF "OH YEAH, RIGHT, MOM, YA THINK WE'RE ALL A BUNCH OF LITTLE GIRLS?" YOU MUST PEE ON IT. A FEW TIMES. That Way, the blue letters change and mom has no proof that she ever asked you to do anything in the first place.

And, now that we have a chirper amongst us, get Taj to chirp to the birds, which mom finds so delightful she forgets all about the list and goes about cleaning our cages with her newly bandaged hand covered by a rubber glove.

And THAT, Mahals, is how we do iT!

IF THESE PHOTOS ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF SEQUENCE IT IS INTENTIONAL: WE ARE NOT LINEAR THINKERS, we are creative dreamers! Just scroll down and figure it goes bottom to top, ok?

Thank you, dear Readers. Just had to do this while mom was out getting us ready to move this weekend.

Humbly,
your sweet darling, YumYum

WHO DA MAN? WHO DA MAN? WHO DA MAN? YUM-YUM CAN! YUM-YUM CAN! YUM CAN 'CAUSE I DA MAN!

COUNT PIGULA, BITER-PIG affectionately KNOWN AS YUM-YUM, REQUESTS HIS OWN ANT FARM

ant farm - Google Product Search
we may move in to an ant farm if this weekend's move goes as swimmingly as the rest of the week has gone.
Just who, exactly, is this "Uncle Milton" guy and what is ant gel? mom not sure of the meaning of life tonight.

OOPSY, WAS THAT MOM'S HAND...AGAIN?

Dear Readers,

Is it really 2:12 in the morning? That can only mean ONE THING, YUP! I bit That Woman's hand again and she just got home from the Emergency Room and had to watch Sarah Silverman for awhile to cool off because, well, it kinda hurts. You'd think that woman would learn to use an oven mitt next time she allows me in the Play Pen with the Mahals...or anybody, for that matter. Except Panda, I never bit Panda.

Well, mom is pretty tired, but at least This time they nipped that old infection in the bud and took real good care of her after it stopped squirting blood all over the place: WHAT A GUSHER! ick.

Then she came home and gave us all hay because she wanted us to know she was not mad at anybody!

How great is THAT? Hay at 2am! Guess I won't be getting back in the PlayPen with the Mahals, though. Just by myself to run around and sport my mohawk and adorable head-crest!
OH WELL,
HAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT! AM I DA MAN, OR WHAT?

p.s. sorry, mom. that is why i am hiding in my hidey-hole with deep remorse. so you'll know how sorry i am about, well, ya know. put something else in my mouth next time! like, uh, oh, i dunno: FRESH TIMOTHY HAY, LIKE THIS MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT "SNACK 'N online with SARAH SILVERMAN PLAYDATE!" cool!

YUM-YUM MISSING HIS OLD FRIENDS

Dear Readers,

Yes, we have posted this photo before. But it reflects my current mood, what with so many rapid changes in our lives: we miss PandaPig and Bear, love Raj and Taj Mahal more and more every minute, are packing to move from our home on the wildlife
sanctuary and adjacent nature preserve into a bright, sunny, hip, accessible, urban apartment, and mom is still totally in denial about needing a wheelchair, so she's shopping for a hot $6,ooo Paralympics Racing Cycle!
We don't have an extra $6, but Denial is ok in the beginning, so we'll go along with it for a short while longer.

The wheelchair was free, courtesy
of the Lion's Club of Bellingham, for as long as mom needs it. She thinks we will all thrive once the move is over and we begin
our new life, knowing what it will be like without all the question marks. So, lots of busy packing and paperwork for mom
this week, and lots of playing with Raj and Taj Mahal through the bars of our cages because we're getting to be real good friends
and they are youthful, full of energy, joy, and chase each other like short-track Olympic speedskaters around their Pigloo,
running so fast after one another, popping into and through the Pigloo, racing around it, playing hide and seek as fast as
their little piggie feet will run them around and around, spraying litter, hay, food, and all sorts of piggie detritus out the cage
and onto the carpet! They are half my age but twice my size! They chat and talk and wheek and love mom but play this trick
on her, any fool can see they're "playin' her" except for mom: She gives us bite-sized pieces of celery so we don't choke on the
long, stringy parts, they take a bite and then pretend to drop it. So, mom gives them another piece, sympathetically asking was the first one too small, too big, exactly what would make it perfect? What do they do? Drop it again! Amazed, they give her the
"Mom, what's happening? We don't understand..." look and, of course, she hands another piece of celery to those greedy little
mouths of theirs, the drop game continues, and before long they have a "stash" of celery pieces accumulated on their cage floor
each with only one tiny bite taken out of it. Which, once breakfast - and, now, dinner - is over, they greedily consume with glee and high-five each other when mom leaves the scene of their sneaky food crime! Bad, bad, Mahals. Guess that's why we get along so well. They take after me!

G'night, readers. A storm is brewing and wind and mountain snow but mom will pack on, the sun returns for our weekend move, and she does not have $6,0000 dollars so we plan to ask her lots of questions about her "new racing bike" to take her
mind off the old wheelchair that works just fine from the Lion's Club. She got her first wheelchair catalog today with an old
lady on the cover playing with her young grandson joyfully from a brand, new wheelchair and she got so nauseated by the thought of it, she...

Never mind. We are blessed. This, too shall pass.

Yum-Yum and Mahals OUT!

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Molly, McGee and Owlets 4-25-10 « Molly's Box

Molly, McGee and Owlets 4-25-10 « Molly's Box

Dear Readers,

Yesterday, we featured the photo set-up Carlos rigged up. Today, enjoy the fruit of his labor
with these stunning images captured of Life at Molly's Box!
Enjoy!

p.s. yeah, maybe the gopher not enjoy so much, sorry, but the owls are pretty.

YumYum Back in Action: Mahals cheering me up, makin' me Laugh, dey's so funny!

"HEY RAJ, WHAT UP ON THE PIGLOO TONIGHT?"

TAJ MAHAL SAW US FEATURE TWO-TONED LOWER LIPS AND "STRUCK THE POSE!"