Spring has sprung, so we went to the local Arboretum in Asheville to hopefully
glimpse some cherry blossom action.

There were no cherry blossoms to be had, but there were throngs of people 
wading througha sea of orchids at the orchid show that we stumbled upon. 
The orchids were OK, but the real attraction was the chorus of frogs 
(or toads, we are not sure) that took over a shallow pool to perform their mating calls…

And their mating.

And their child rearing…. 

After the charming security guard told us we couldn’t look at the frogs anymore, 
we walked about and wondered how the Cane Toads of Australia were doing.
In case you haven’t seen the film Cane Toads: An Unnatural History,
there is apparently a rather large invasion of massive toads, slightly poisonous,
but otherwise friendly. See the movie, it has a toadnamed Dairy Queen, so its worth
it for that at least. As it turns out, the cane toads are NOT doing very well. 
As the BBC reports, concerned citizens of Australia are going on a premature easter
egg hunt for toads, which they will gather up to then kill humanely. It conjures
up all sorts of great imagery, driving the toads out in droves with sticks…
- Spring is for lovers.

Luckily, not real ones. we are so out of that borough!
We have had a few quirks with our lovely scanner, and after hours of bitching them out
through angry emails we finally returned the thing and got a new one and hopefully
improved model. Only later did I realize that my Roach drawing for Roaches are More
interesting than YOU, was left in the scanner! Guess Epson will know how we REALLY
feel about them now. Ha!

Sorry about the crappy photo, i don’t have a scanner. (le frown)
 

Pigs are the only animal that will drink hard liquor voluntarily, or so i’ve heard!

However! they apparently DO have artistic talent…..

Not to be confused with the Tasmanian-American Devil.

yes! it’s another guest blarg post, this time our friend mike freiheit, a founding
father of the fine dapper chap quarterly publication and the sole founder of his
own site (mikefreiheit.com) has taken time out from his busy schedule to warn
us of the dangers of another unlikely foe against the freedom and the liberty of
taking that wooded back road to the wal-mart to avoid the holiday traffic.

this deer is PACKING! watch out mr. and mrs. america… and ALL the ships at sea.

If you haven’t already heard of the irresistible magnetic power of
attraction that Pandas possess, watch out! It could happen to you!
In a China zoo last week a 20 year old was seduced by the Panda
Yang Yang and jumped into the cage to give it a cuddle. Yang Yang
did not share his enthusiasm and mauled him, injuring the man not
only physically but presumably emotionally as well. No one likes to
get dumped by a Panda, especially a fine lookin’ specimen such as
Yang Yang. Read the real story here!