Who You Are

The map to the left shows where readers of this blog come from. It's a neat little feature I discovered recently and decided to use to see where our readers live. It resets daily, but has some historical information on the web page*.

It's a small world, isn't it?

* - You can always check it, if you're curious, by clicking on the BF MAPSTATS button in the right-hand sidebar.

Dog of a Different Persuasion

This is Mimosa.

Mimosa is a prairie dog. She loves to snuggle.

To the least of these...

We are thrilled to report that at least one group of rats did survive the disaster in New Orleans, although, sadly, one rat died after being evacuated. The rats and their human family (and one cat) are now refugees in Florida, and have nothing.

To read more, and see how you can help, go here...

Photo Shoot

Centerfold

For readers that may not be aware, the Dapper Rat website puts out an amazing calendar of our furry friends every year.

Here are some advance shots of the 2006 calendar coming out in the near future...

Humphrey hams it up

"Am I not handsome?"

People-gymnasium!

Just hang in there...

A little peanut butter for a treat.

Getting ready to jump...

"What part..."

"What part of leave me alone don't you understand?!"

I'm busy...

The wheel is also a sleepy place.

"I'm busy. Go away..."

water sippy-break time

Humphrey Hampster, the new rodent on the block, taking a sippy-break between running on the wheel or hiding from us. He was actually very calm when I took this picture. Sometime I hope to get him in better light.