Saturday, March 6, 2010

Porcupine!



Harry does battle with plastic chimney sweep.
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They fight like cats and dogs!


The dog hassles the cat. . . .



and the cat hassles the dog!
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Cool Clear Water



Cattle need plenty of fresh water, year round.
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Rosa Bonheur



The artist Rosa Bonheur was a friend of Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (see below), and his father Etienne. Her father was employed by them to do natural history illustrations. The bull looks like Scout. . . .not?

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(ee-THOL-uh-jee)


ethology (ee-THOL-uh-jee) The study of the natural behavior of animals. The word was coined by French zoologist Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire (1805-1861). He was known for his studies of anatomical abnormalities in humans and animals.