Muskrat Love

Its Springtime at our house!!! Let me introduce the latest residents. I have named them Sam and Suzie (there is a memory throwback for my 40+ yr old readers). They have made a home in the creek on the edge of our backyard.

I don't know which one is pictured here, but they were sure entertaining to watch. I am going to assume they are immature, since research lead me to find that adults are 18-25" long (including tail) and 2-4lbs.
Uh oh, something tells me that this might not be fun much longer, if they are inclined to "roam withing 200ft of their dens"...cuz that's my yard!

These little ones are only about 5 inches long + their 4 inch tails.

...and they whirled and they twirled and they tangoed,
sining' and jingin' the jango
Floatin' like the heavens above,
must be Muskrat Love.

Its been a wild winter around here. We are all doing well, and we put a big addition on the back of our house. I was just too busy to blog much, and felt like we were Primitive Camping in the living room for three months. We also went back to New Orleans, which included the opening weekend of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. But that is all done and I 'm back with interesting pictures and funny stories.
OK, how many of you now have that stupid song running through your head?