A friend of ours recently moved in. They brought their cat, so soon you will be reading some fun stories about how Tank is trying to become best friends with Fiona. However, it also means that I need to figure out a new place to block my work. I used to use the guest bedroom, but now that it has been claimed longer than an overnight stay, I will have to figure something out.
The first night she was here Tank would not leave her alone, even though she was feeling pretty overwhelmed. He has decided to back off some since then, but he does try and be near her as much as possible. It seems to be working because there is a lot less growling. There was even one point where Fiona was on the bed with me and Bill and when Tank saw her up there he jumped and didn't know what to do. He also stood up for himself at one point when Fiona could pass by but started growling at him because she had to get a little closer to him.
Since I won't have any blocked items to show you for a little bit, here are some pictures from when we went camping on Assateague Island. I was so excited because I have read Misty of Chincoteague a million times. Talking about it makes me want to read it again.
The ponies are way too smart and I'm pretty sure that they know that people aren't supposed to approach them. They will go right up to anything in your camp area and help themselves.
We were there in the middle of foaling season, so we got to see a few young ones. The group that wondered through our area only had one with them.
It took a dust bath while mom was off munching on grass and looking for people food to get into.
We didn't know what this was that had washed up on shore. It was dry and looked kind of hollow.
I actually got some knitting done! It's a hat based on the latest Knit Block Of The Month class I taught. It's a weave pattern with seed stitch as a background.
While you aren't supposed to approach the ponies, they sometimes get close to you. I know the Park people just don't want visitors trying to treat them like domesticated horses which are used to be interacted with by humans. It would be easy to forget that they are wild animals who don't understand that you just want to pet them and be nice.
They will open any coolers without latching lids and shake any trash bags until they can find out what is inside. The Park people suggest you keep any food you are not using in your car and if you can't, under the bench on your camp site.
Ponies also like bacon. We were going to use those bacon grease soaked paper towels to light the fire for lunch. We didn't start it soon enough before the ponies make their daily stroll through the area and this one helped itself to the goodies. This was definitely not good for it, but it shows that they will really go for almost anything food-like.
The little one liked to lay down and take some light naps while mom was doing her own thing.
There were a lot of these large beetles around at night. They were interesting. They would fly around and dive bomb you when trying to land. Without warning there would just be a beetle hurtling past you or you would feel this thing land on you.
I did not like the giant mosquitos, but overall it was a lot of fun. I liked standing on the beach and letting the water bury my feet in the sand while I watched the waves break. At one point I just stood there and watched it for over an hour. I would really like to go back at some point, try and see some more little ones, they are just so fluffy.
