Blogs

Melly’s Blog: This is the third in my series of blog posts about my recent trip to the Pantanal in Brazil. You can follow these links to the previous posts: Pantanal Nature Part 1 Pantanal Nature Part 2 This post is going to focus on an interaction we saw between a jaguar and a capybara. […]

A happy, healthy capybara? Melly’s blog: Another installment in the long suffering of a poor little capybara who never hurt anyone, my adorable Garibaldi Caplin Rous. And it’s not a good one. The photo above was taken the day before we went to the vet. He looks both healthy and happy but apparently

If you’ll recall, Melly spent a lot of time last winter fixing up my pond. At first I thought she was ruining it by taking out all of the irises that I used to hide in. But then she put in a new liner so the pond actually holds water. I still can’t decide if […]

Melly’s Blog: Today’s blog post features photos of a large group of capybaras that we spotted when a few of them crossed the Pantaneira Highway, as shown in the photo above. So rather than being all birds, this post is all capys. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Melly’s Blog: If you’ve been following this blog then you know that my daughter Coral and I recently returned from a trip to Brazil where we went in search of wild capybaras. I’m happy to tell you that we found them! And much more. Brazil is a fascinating place with amazing wildlife and wonderful pe

It did a strange thing at my house this week…it RAINED! Rain is when water falls out of the sky. I think it might have to be cloudy and noisy too with flashes of bright light. But the main thing is the water. It falls everywhere, even on a capybara if he is sitting outside. […]

Melly and Coral are FINALLY back from Brazil! I know I should be happy, but I was a little mad too. How could they go off and leave me just to see wild capybaras? Am I not better than any wild capy? Do they not love me more? And the whole time they were gone, […]

The company where I had my previous puzzles made ( view them here) is having a sale, which ends tomorrow. Because the sale price is pretty good, I am tempted to make another puzzle, this time 336 pieces. I’d like to get some feedback but I don’t have much time. The puzzle would cost about […]