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Things We Found Dead In Our Pool

(and some other stuff)

The Pool Is Closed

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2009 - The Year of the Ox

(But I don't want to find one in my pool.)


The pool has been closed for . Unlike previous years, I took a lazy approach to capturing images of every rodent, amphibian, and extraordinary insect that took its final swim in our pool. That is, I didn't particularly knock myself out to photograph every last critter.


These pages merely document the cruelty of Mother Nature.
Animals19961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Mice 1111 9 911 9171415 7 4 8 4 -
Chipmunks 7 6 3 5 3 5 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 -
Frogs 232613 912271119 615 124 9 -
Salamanders 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Shrews 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Opossums 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Birds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -
Moles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

September 5, 2009

What a lousy year to have a pool. I took lots of pictures (well, some pictures anyway) of dead stuff this so-called summer, but I haven't gotten around to posting them yet. And the pool has been so uninviting this year, I have just thrown up my hands and closed it quite early. When I get some free time I will post the pictures that I have. Blah.

June 28, 2009

The season's first casualty happens to be our new old friend the Star-Nosed Mole. This picture isn't great, but the leg and the claws are pretty distinctive. He was floating ever so peacefully in the southern (deep-end) skimmer.

On another note, the pool is being more of a pain than usual this year, partly because of the never-ending rain we've been having and partly because of some mysterious white foamy stuff that wants to gather around the deep skimmer. Just sharin'.

June 4, 2009

The pool is open!

May 28, 2009

The pool should open late next week.

May 14, 2009

Heh, a little late getting this page updated!

Check out for last year's pictures!




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