Paint Stains

Captured this morning on pixels was Squeak, our pearl/mottled dwarf hamster adopted from the SPCA. Honestly, after a few years of having pet hamsters, Squeak takes the cake for the weirdest behavior and sleeping positions. This position's actually pretty normal as hamsters go. (Squeak's weird sleeping positions are hard to photograph, being that they often happen in the plastic tubing...) He's horribly cute nonetheless. My kind cousin will be taking care of him when we're in Hong Kong from Friday (tomorrow) to next Tuesday.

Egon the Russian hamster died last night. He looked like he was in pain. We were there for his last hour. He was the hamster against which all other hamsters will be measured. He was the absolute best.

This morning, for the first time since we've been in this apartment, there were mourning doves hanging around outside our kitchen. Strange and fitting.