Hello, Mr. Wabbit

"I need the hamster cage!"

... was what my father yelled when he walked into the house while taking a break from mowing the lawn. "There's a baby rabbit that just won't get out of the way of the lawn mower."

I ran out the door to see this rabbit he was talking about. It stood still next to a big hole in the ground on the side of our neighbor's house. It made me think it was a baby too because of its small size and the way it was sitting sprawled on the ground. For some reason, it had a leaf covering its face and it wouldn't move.

"It thinks it's a ninja," said my father.

My father put on gardening gloves and placed the rabbit in the cage. The rabbit didn't move nor blink.

"Put it somewhere safe, but not in the house. I'm going to finish mowing the lawn."

I put the rabbit on the front porch and went back into the house to share the news of the rabbit in a cage on our porch with my mother and sister. I went back out to take a picture of the rabbit.

Then my father had this idea that its mother left it (for good) and that it would need our help (somehow). I told him it should be put back where it was. He insisted that it was going to be killed by the local raccoons and didn't want to leave it alone. We didn't know what to do with it later. I called the local animal service groups but they were all closed, so I went to the one place that wouldn't disappoint me-- the Internet.

We ended up putting the rabbit back where we found it after the lawn was mowed.

Squirrels could take over the world 8

I took a walk around York University Keele Campus back in April and saw a squirrel sleeping on the side of the tree's trunk. I our my camera to take a picture, but right before I pressed the capture button, it woke up.

Snow, I miss you

_{I didn't bother to edit the image other than resizing it.}

It was a dark and snowy morning when I took this picture at York University Keele campus on the 27th of January, 2012. Why couldn't the snow stay for another week? Every time it snows it stays for about a day, then it rains. Slightly warmer days ensue and a snowy day comes by. The pattern starts over. Does anyone else miss the large amount of snow Toronto used to get?

In other news, I saw a squirrel sleeping on my neighbor's fence on January 7. Yes. It was warm enough for the squirrels to come out sleeping on fences again. I'm not sure if it's the same squirrel from September 8, 2010's post. That would be cool, unless squirrels normally like to sleep on fences (though that's cool too).

The following image is a screenshot of the sleeping squirrel from a video I took of it.

It's December already?!

Examinations time!!

It's already December and I haven't finished most of my essays. I'm expecting a few take-home exams soon too. This is bad. I have a tendency to procrastinate because procrastination pays now--hard work pays later.

Also, I believe I forgot to share pictures of a monarch butterfly I passed on my way home on November 1. The only camera I had with me was the one on the ipod 4. Either the camera on the phone takes pictures with terrible quality or my hands shake much more than I thought. FYI: I carry a picture that distinguishes a monarch from a viceroy, and I confirmed it was a monarch.

Click to view the pictures in a larger size:

Last Day, Next 7 Days

It was my last day volunteering for the Toronto Zoo's Rouge Park road ecology survey. I'm going to miss those 3-hour morning walks around the park. Turns out the park has a good population of leopard frogs. Though I've picked up more than 500 dead frogs off the road over the last 6 months, at least they're doing better than the snakes and snapping turtles. There are many animals in the park that cannot be found in the city or the suburban area I live in, so it was quite refreshing. Will have to visit the park once in awhile.

Now to tackle my midterms and reports.

I regret wasting 20 hours on a mask I didn't want to do in the first place. I don't even know how I ended up promising that person a mask. I could have used those hours to study and work on assignments... and now I'm late with my study schedule. I guess I'll be getting only an hour of sleep per day in the next 7 days. Everything is my fault: I should stop worrying about causing another person to want to commit suicide. Time to put up a mean wall again.


I will be uploading a few pictures I took at Rouge Park in this album by November 5:

Rouge Park