badger!

[Kali]

I think this is only the second time I have seen one in the wild (other than as roadkill)!
Spotted him checking fence along the railroad this morning.

[Ptah]

1. Excellent, Kali

How your rainfall totals so far?

[Kali]

5. a little short, but not a disaster yet

under 4 inches at the house, and the lower country is only at 2.75

ponds have all caught but none are even half full yet. it is getting green, though!

[Ptah]

16. Thanks for the sunflowers, neighbor.

[Kali]

17. just had a hell of a storm come through

E-bound through Texas Canyon is stopped, hope nobody is hurt bad, must be a wreck, storm came from north east.

back wash is running bank to bank, water coming in under the front door! Yeehaw!!!

[Ptah]

18. That's one way to drown the house-bound rattlers!

[Kali]

21. yeah but flooding brings out some other critters

[mike_c]

31. who doesn't love a centipede...?

[pinboy3niner]

2. Badger?

Nice photos, Kali!

[bluesbassman]

3. Damn! Beat me to it!

[CurtEastPoint]

8. Badger badger badger....

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. great shots, Kali !! I bet he don't give a shit!

[Kali]

6. hahahah!

meet the voice -

yeah, he lives just across a dirt road right nest to a double set of train tracks, I don't think he gives a shit at all. saw him go in his hole and turn around and just sit there looking at me. watched him for about 5 minutes before the dogs started getting agitated and I had to leave. I know who would get the better of that match-up and it isn't the dogs.

[bigwillq]

7. Great pic!

[CrispyQ]

9. Cute.

Great image!

[Brother Buzz]

10. Is that badger stoned on jimson weed?

[Kali]

12. maybe

nice to see someone knows it

[Brother Buzz]

15. We have a big bloom going on in the kitchen. Spectacular, actually

I brought it home yesterday as just a cylinder. Stuck it in water, and it started opening within hours. Last night it was pointing downward, this morning, it was pointing up in it's true glory! It's alive.

[panader0]

34. Ah yes, Sacred Datura

The most powerful psychedelic I ever tried. Carlos Castenada wrote of this and, as a young lad, I was drawn to try it.
I ate three of the unopened flower pods and went on an incredible trip. Not again.

[Kali]

36. OMG

we ... er I mean, I know people would use a bit of leaf as marijuana-helper for shit weed or maybe ead 5 or 6 seeds!

Proctor and Bergman of Firesign Theater on datura.

[Solly Mack]

11. What a cutie!

[truebluegreen]

13. Badgers are way cool, but "cute"

is not a term I would associate with them...

Excellent pics though I hope that was a really long lens...

[Solly Mack]

14. I think they're cute...from afar.

Probably even up close....I'm just not getting that close to one.

[taterguy]

19. I thought you lived in Arizona, not Wisconsin

Did you move?

[Kali]

20. I got lost trying to deliver a pepsi to some dumbass

cheese is pretty good around these parts, though.

[taterguy]

24. You must have gotten really fucking lost

Not that difficult:

Step outside your house, go east til you see the fucking Atlantic Ocean.

Last time I checked, Wisconsin wasn't in between Arizona and the Atlantic Ocean.

[Kali]

37. I knew I shouldn't have turned left at Albuquerque.

[taterguy]

41. Some people will do anything to avoid going through Texas

[mockmonkey]

25. Actually...

the nickname the Badger State has more to do with the lead miners that lived in dugouts in the sides of bluffs and hills of Wisconsin like a Badger.

In 1957 the Badger was officially adopted as the state animal.

I've never seen a Badger in the wild or even as roadkill in Wisconsin even though they are here somewhere.

Governor Scott Walker has proposed changing the State nickname to "The Lead Paint Chip State" because that was his favorite snack while growing up in the State and about half the States residents most have also enjoyed that special treat.

[Scuba]

33. The Lead Paint Chip State is perfect for us!!!

[Dragonbreathp9d]

22. How are you doing Kali?

[Kali]

27. Hey!

Good to see you! I am good. That storm turned out to be just crazy - we had an inch and a half of rain in about 40 minutes and the canyon ran bank to bank, washed out a bunch of stuff on teh way downstream and yet less than a mile below the house it didn't even sprinkle! about 5 miles downstream the canyon crosses a county road - it was sunny down there and water was gushing across the road, people were turning around to go back the way they came - and that was a good 2 hours after the rain stopped. A true flash flood down below.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

40. Wow that sounds amazing and beautiful

I'm doing pretty well- my job sucks right now but I am looking for another one (I'd say I'm "underemployed&quot . My best friend is expecting his second kid in December and his first is turning 3 next weekend so we are all pretty excited about that! I'm getting him his first kiddie fishing pole an can't wait to take him to a neighborhood pond with lots of little sunfish.

[mucifer]

23. Go Badgers!!

Sorry I'm an alum.

[truebluegreen]

26. On Wisconsin!

[Kali]

28. hee! I lived there when I was 3 or 4 years old.

My father got his PhD there.

[Locut0s]

29. LOL that's quite the sly look on his face there...

Looks like he's got some nasty plans he's cooking up Nice shot!

[mike_c]

30. wow...

Very cool.

[Kennah]

32. Almost got to see one here

[Hassin Bin Sober]

38. It was nice of him to check fence for you.

[Kali]

39. yeah well it took 38 replies until somebody finally said it