speaking of creatures . . .

it's a no-go on the passion berry pearl.  sigh.  she had it all nicknamed 'the purple people eater'.  now they are re-scouring the countryside for the black.  oops, sorry, that's 'crystal black pearl'.  i'm thinking 'the creature from the black lagoon'. . .  we should get a call tomorrow or monday.  hooray. and in the meantime, they have given her a loaner.

on another note, sue sent me this absolutely perfect jpeg:

especially since i had her out on the pool deck today.  my nose was in my laptop so i wasn't paying her too much attention.  the next thing a know, a brown flash shoots across the deck and slams into the screen.  pip attacked my errant squirrel who uses the cage to get onto the roof.  i'm not sure who was more surprised, pip or the squirrel.  but the squirrel retreated only a few feet and proceeded to cuss pip out.  pip tried a second body slam but the chatterer was too quick.  it was a face off.  the two stared at each other for the next 45 minutes.