Updated the website today to improve the flow and look of things. The only thing left is to work out the pay pal integration. For those of you who have never messed with web programming let me say that WYSIWYG web page editors aren't and the best way is still to write in old fashion HTML. Wanna see what it looks like. Just right click on most web pages and select View Source.

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But this blog is supposed to be about the desert and what happens here. Being in a drought for pretty much the last ten years has brought more and more animals, particularly predators, down from the mountains. Lately in the news there's been lot of talk about "A coyote just came up and ate my Fifi" or "That creature attacked my child" There are two reasons for those attacks. First brother coyote's hungry and has little ones to feed. Fifi being about the size of a large rat makes a nice meal for a critter that usually lives on rodents and anything else he can get. As for attacking your child, most coyote attacks on people come from either a little one wanting to feed the cute doggie a biscuit or people leaving food out where it can be found. Even the raccoons now found in our area are smart enough to come in a dog door and have done so. Never heard of a coyote doing that but raccoons habituate to people easier than "cute doggies do" Nonetheless keeping an eye pets and food inside along with teaching your children not to feed the animals is a key point in preventing animal attacks.

Did you know that owls eat cats? Since owls can't digest fur and bones the spit up what are known as owl pellets. A number of years ago I found more than a few in my backyard where a great horned owl perched from time to time. Breaking one of them open revealed the remains of a cat.

"Never try to kill a snake. It's a tough to do and all you do is piss 'em off". - The Desert Bandanna