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Henry, the party crasher
Porcupine chocolate cake
Jack - star - wishing me happy birthday
good boy Jack!
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
birthday treat!
Wednesday is spa day! I am treating myself to an hour massage with extra time for reflexology and later in the day I go for a chiropractic adjustment. I ought to feel pretty good by the end of the day. At that point the dogs and I will sit in front of the wood stove, and I will complete the treatment by giving all my dogs a massage, and laser treatment. Ahhhhh.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Dinner at the Inn
What better way to gear up for the big day than dinner at the Inn, two weeks to go.
Lets hope the storm keeps people home. Sunday, from 5 - 7 PM, the Hancock Inn offers dinner for $16.95! A few friends and I are going, provided there is a cancellation. I don't recall exactly what is on the menu besides baked brie, and chocolate something for desert. Lets hope for the best friends!
Follow the link to view the Hancock Inn webpate
http://www.hancockinn.com/fine-dining.html
Lets hope the storm keeps people home. Sunday, from 5 - 7 PM, the Hancock Inn offers dinner for $16.95! A few friends and I are going, provided there is a cancellation. I don't recall exactly what is on the menu besides baked brie, and chocolate something for desert. Lets hope for the best friends!
Follow the link to view the Hancock Inn webpate
http://www.hancockinn.com/fine-dining.html
Friday, February 6, 2015
porcupine courtship update
It was a fun night at the inn! A great turn out and an entertaining speaker... In short porcupines breed in September and October, porcupets are born in may. There quills are soft when born, but firm quickly. They nurse once a day for four months. Neither parent is very maternal or paternal. At two weeks the porcupet begins to forage on their own of soft vegetation. Main diet for the adults is of bark, and they love salt.
Now the important stuff! Females are in heat for only eight hours! She will mark trees and her area with slimy urine to attract the male. He comes from his area, and has to wait for the female to be ready otherwise she will do serious harm to him. The male,will spray the female with urine, get her totally smoked. He can urinate a stream up to six feet! When ready the female lifts her tail, and drapes it over her back. there are no quills on the under side of her tail, the male does his thing. There is a 95% success rate in porcupine breeding. If more than one male shows for the event, they battle it out. Often the larger wins. Porcupines are of age at two years hold and the male usually don't breed until they are four.
Certainly I missed a few steps, but it is true. Porcupines breed carefully.
Now the important stuff! Females are in heat for only eight hours! She will mark trees and her area with slimy urine to attract the male. He comes from his area, and has to wait for the female to be ready otherwise she will do serious harm to him. The male,will spray the female with urine, get her totally smoked. He can urinate a stream up to six feet! When ready the female lifts her tail, and drapes it over her back. there are no quills on the under side of her tail, the male does his thing. There is a 95% success rate in porcupine breeding. If more than one male shows for the event, they battle it out. Often the larger wins. Porcupines are of age at two years hold and the male usually don't breed until they are four.
Certainly I missed a few steps, but it is true. Porcupines breed carefully.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Here's a 50th/ porcupine courtship discussion
February 5th AT the HANCOCK INN. 5:30pm to 6:30pm reservations required. Thats tonight! Happy hour discussion on the courtship habits of porcupines. Exactly what I have always wanted to know! Finally a chance to get answers to one of life's big mysteries.
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