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FOUND A PEANUT FOUND A PEANUT JUST NOW!

Sandra Miller — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:00:57 +0000

THE SCRUB JAY WAS ABOUT 3 FEET FROM ME WHEN I TOOK THIS SHOT. THEY ARE VERY BOLD!

Yesterday I was waiting for the guy to get here for an exterior house painting estimate and enjoying my redecorating job in the front yard when I spotted the jays and squirrels peering out from the trees (“THE FOREST HAS EYES” is a great expression). I decided to grab my camera and tripod and the bag of peanuts and invite the kids down for an early brunch/photoshoot.

IN PHOTO ARE YOURS TRULY (left in mirror) THE SCRUB JAY AND DOUGLAS SQUIRREL

There was quite the competition going on at the feeding plarform between the STELLERS JAYS, SCRUB JAYS and my DOUGLAS SQUIRREL (who is a “peanut” himself hes so small and bright red) . This jay was very leary being in the same space as little “Dougie”, who will defend his food space like a lion!!

LITTLE “DOUGIE” LET ME GET ABOUT 18″ FROM HIM FOR THIS PORTRAIT

How adorable is this? Douglas Squirrels are incredibly approachable if you “make like a tree” , moving only an inch or so at a time. This guy keeps his ears pinned back when he is really relaxed but I know when he is about to dart away when they pop forward

A JUVENILE STELLAR JAY COMES DOWN TO JOIN THE FEAST…BEING TENATIVE AT FIRST

I have a beautiful clutch of 3 Stellar Jay babies who have been starting to forage for their own fook and are they a joy to watch growup. The Stellar and Scrub jays are always bickering ……usually the larger Scrub Jay wins, so this guy had his eye to the sky and was very quick to grab a peanut and run.

THIS IS A RARE PHOTO TO GET…BOTH JAYS AT THE SAME FEEDING STATION

This is a nice comparison of the two jays side by side. The youngster to the left has pin feathers coming in on his forehead….so cute!!

They both grabbed their peanut and scooted away for a few minutes to eat or stash it

Those cheeks just kept getting fuller and fuller

THE STELLAR JAY WAS TRYING TO GRAB 2 PEANUTS AT ONCE…PRETTY FUNNY WATCHING HIM

THE SCRUB JAY PLANNING HIS NEXT PEANUT SNATCHING STRATEGY

THIS PHOTO REALLY SHOWS OFF HIS BEAUTIFUL MARKINGS AND COLORATION

AND WHERE AM I SITTING WHEN I TAKE THESE PIX? ….JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PHOTO

HERE IS A PEEK AT MY NEW DOG SHRINE I’M WORKING ON

DOUGIE WITH A WONDERFUL REFLECTION IN HIS EYE

Hope you enjoyed the pix!! Have a wonderful week my friends and check out the FOUND A PEANUT video below to keep that tune a hummin in your head all day!! These kids are so adorable. I love watching their expressions as they sing.

CAT ON A COLD MOSSY ROOF…Barklay returns!!

Sandra Miller — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:31:17 +0000

HEEEEEEES BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!! MY NEIGHBORS CAT BARKLAY IN ALL HIS GLORY

Listen to todays phone cast below to hear all about how I ended up with these photos!!

BARKLAY ON MY BIRD FEEDING STATION

(My neighbor reads this blog…I bet she’s either laughing or crying..lol!)

I LOVE THIS CAT…EVEN WHEN HE’S NAUGHTY!! THE DOGS WERE SLEEPING BELOW

HIS COAT IS LOOKING SO PRETTY IN HIS WINTER WEAR!!

OF COURSE THIS IS WHAT WAS ON BARKLAYS MENU!! MY GOLDFINCHES

AND ANOTHER NAUGHTY ONE CAUGHT IN THE ACT

Yesterday my new bag arrived from Ebags.com !! This is the 25″ version of my 21″ carryon. I was SO impressed by the smaller bag on our Egypt/Turkey trip but needed a sturdy larger one for this trip….this was a NO BRAINER!!!

As hard as it was to not buy it in orange, a colorful bag in Asia gives off “money” vibes and attention you may not want to have, so I went with the nice black version. The thing I adore about all of this series is the inside is bright orange so I can see the contents better

GRAFFI-TV LIVE studio cam and chat room…an upgrade to the new chat

Sandra Miller — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:00:44 +0000

Hi everyone….thanks for helping me test that little chat widget on the blog!! I decided after dealing with lost logins and a not so great interface to do some more looking around , and I’m glad I did!! As you can see above I now have my own multi media , cutting edge TV station for the blog, the website, for live jewelry bead shows AND its also a chat room and showcase for my Youtube videos

At the upper right of GRAFFITI GOSSIP you will find this new GRAFFI-TV logo as a button. When you click it, a new window will POPUP with my TV studio in it. The things you will see right away are:

ON AIR simply means that the channel is turned on and some videos or message Ive chosen to play is ON AIR

ON DEMAND when clicked, brings up a listing of videos organized by my personal videos (travel, dogs etc.) and Jewelry related tutorials, plus recorded bead and jewelry trunk shows I will be doing in the future. Click on any video to play in the main window. click ON AIR to return to my chosen video/message display

MENU will also take you to the ON DEMAND PRERECORDED VIDEOS

LIVE ..in flashing red in the lower left is exactly what it says….I am on air LIVE either in the studio or the camera pointed at the garden a current live project etc. While I am broadcasting you can ask me questions and converse in the CHAT ROOM to the right of the streaming video. I may be talking to the audience during LIVE broadcasting so turn your volume on if possible. There is also audio on most ON AIR content as well

THE CHAT ROOM is also available at all times for you to leave a message if I’m away or talk amongst yourselves!!! Its much easier to use than that last one…the sign in just involves choosing a name…that’s it! I would love to hear from you all this weekend to test this new system
THE STATION WILL BE LIVE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS ALL WEEKEND!!

TURN VOLUME ON AND OFF WITH LITTLE “SPEAKER” ICON

LOWER AND RAISE VOLUME WITHE + AND -

The reason I opened this station was mainly to broadcast the LIVE TRAVEL BEAD SHOW from, but it is proving to be invaluable to showcase all sorts of projects I’m working on. I hope to do live streaming video from the Iphone when in Chengdu and Thailand as well!! The possibilites are endless.

THE STREAMING VIDEO BUTTON WILL BE VISIBLE ON ALL MY WEBSITES BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND!!!

HAVE AN INCREDIBLE WEEKEND MY FRIENDS!! I WILL DO SOME DRAWING WINNERS THIS WEEKEND. I APOLOGIZE FOR GETTNG BEHIND. THE BEAD SHOW HAD BEEN TAKING ALL MY TIME AS I WANT TO GET THE SHOW UP AND RUNNING IN TIME FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO CREATED YOUR JEWELRY FOR GIFTS AND SALES.

A gaze onto a hilltown in Provence from the passenger seat……SIGH!!!!!!!!