Pets and Planets

I ran out in the butt freezing cold and took some pictures of the full moon tonight. From what I've heard, it's the closest it's going to be this year? Or for the next few years? I should have Googled it before I post that part....what did we do before Google?! The Celsius equivalent of Fahrenheit today? Google it! What is the square root of 456? Google it! So, I loooove taking pics of the moon. I missed the night it was crescent and close to the two planets....My tripod decide to break...with camera still attached. No, it didn't fall THANK GOD cause I'd still be in the hospital after having a nervous breakdown....off subject...so one of these days I will get an attachment to our telescope and take some KILLER pics of the moon!!

Ok...here's the moon! (Finally chris shut up!!)

One through the trees

So my husband has taken up Falconry. Yeah, I was a tad shocked at first..but anyone that knows LeRoy, shouldn't be surprised. He loves animals. We've had a baby cayman before..I named him Igore. Totally Leroy's idea!! He died of bad gold fish. I think I was more upset. This was pre-kid of course!! We've had tons of dogs & cats...we have two bearded dragons...Killer Crock (my son's) and Stella (mine). She's scrawny. They do nothing but lay around and stare at you...and poop.
Goldie our Corgie...

Frodo the big black fat cat that everyone loves...

But..I have to say Buckbeak, our hawk, is awesome! He's beautiful!! He's a Red Tail Hawk. These are when he was first training him.

Here he is up close. So beautiful!

one thing I never knew is they squeak. you hear them screech when they're flying high but squeek?? that was very unexpected...

The fluffed feathers means he's a happy bird. He's comfortable with us. He lets me pet his feathers and his back with no prob. Just looks at me, squeeks...O and his eyes remind me of a camera lens, they focus in and out soo fast it's amazing!!

A lot of people ask "What happens if he flies off?" Well, he flies off. L will go back to where he flew off at and see if he'll return, which a lot of the time they will. It's fascinating to watch him fly! So graceful! I have more pics but..they're on my laptop and I'm too lazy to go get it right now.
More to come at another time :)

~christina