Today’s North American river otters were spied among the ice on the Charles River in Needham, Massachusetts. Boston.com continues: The Charles River Watershed Association hailed the documented presence of otters so close to Boston as a mark of important progress…. Read More ›
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enjoyment, escapism, making and general lollygagging
Reminder
Just over a week until Autumn Hoyden Drinkies!
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Kitties!
Lots of kitties being AWESOME. A collation of some of the best cat footage on the Web.
It’s still the 14th somewhere, right?
I meant to post this yesterday. I did at least discuss it with my beloved. Did any reader do/make anything special to mark Pi Day? The video below has no direct relation to Pi Day, but the poem was written… Read More ›
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Last week it was otters telling a crocodile who’s boss; this week, it’s a coyote. The otters take a brief moment out from playing to smack the stalking coyote down; the coyote rapidly decides that it’s just not worth the… Read More ›
Whoydensday: Dalek in a Pond!
If you haven’t heard the news yet — last week, a dalek head was found in a pond in Hampshire. According to telegraph.co.uk: Sales executive Marc Oakland was pushing a rake around the bed of the shallow pool when he… Read More ›
Gricers in the Mist
Taken yesterday at the Zig Zag heritage railway, near Lithgow, NSW. A gricer is a steam locomotive enthusiast, and my husband has been one since childhood. He got to ride on the footplate back up the mountain, so he won’t stop smiling about that for at least a week.
This shot was taken as they purged the boilers to get rid of waste sludge.
Otterday! And Open Thread.
Some newcomers to Hoyden may have received the impression, over the past few weeks, that I think otters are cute little cuddly furry things. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vicious little weasels, the lot of them, and I… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 