Dried Batstar

Well, we found batman here dried out on the beach and brought him home for our collection. Unfortunately, dried up batstar doesn't look as decorative as dried up seastar. In fact, dried up batstar looks kind of like a hunk of dried flesh. I guess it makes sense, since the sea star is rough like sand paper, while the batstar feels more like the flesh on the roof of your mouth. Oh well...it is a sample none the less. It didn't die in vain...no, it is furthuring homelearning science...

Dogwinkles

Ilya and I found some lovely wrinkled dogwinkles (it's not as bad as it sounds...just a snail) at Columbia Beach. As well, we came upon some collections of the egg sacks of the dogwinkles as well. (above...no, it is not a serving of orzo and oyster...)
The wrinkly little guy at the bottom is our very favorite!!

Down by the bay...

Have you ever seen a deer, scratching his ear??? Great pics by Ilya of the deer behind Grandma's house..

Isaac's Glamour Shot

Ioan took this first shot of Isaac (formerly called by his buddy's name, Iggy, in this blog...oops!) the ferret...we hadn't expected to see either ferret. We've always suspected that in the bottom of their cage (where you can't see) they have a big screen HDTV with satellite and a PVR...which means they only come up for popcorn and potty breaks. I guess it was Isaac's turn to get the munchies...

Ioan found a turtle

We were at NIWRA and Ioan had his heart set on finding a turtle. I was a little concerned that he'd be disappointed, but luckily for us, this little guy was out sunning himself. Arwen's book is a little kids size 7, so it gives you a perspective to how big he was....