the zoo keeper let me scratch his stomach, seemed to like it. joke:)
Cheetah
January 11th, 2012Anabelle steps out
December 29th, 2011 
This is officially the first doll I have done a total customization on, outside of the usual sleep eyes, a bit of a faceup, minor carving, eyelash type thing. She is a dark skinned Blythe on a Hujoo Berry body. I dyed the mohair in 8 shades – black, chocolate, …
Coach
December 21st, 2011 
Taken near Walburg TX. The kids kept calling him coach. As for the scratches on his face, he said they came from a cat. Kinda strange. SB800 w small softbox camera lt. 1/16 pwr. Single shot tonemapped.
Acantha
December 7th, 2011 
…She was a nymph loved by Apollo, the sun god. In one version of the story, Acantha refused Apollo’s advances and scratched his face when he tried to rape her. Apollo then turned her into an acanthus plant…
Ancient petroglyph
December 6th, 2011 
One of a series of old stone carvings, scratched or pecked, near Tarhuna. There are a variety of petroglyph styles and subjects here, mostly of cattle and other animals.
Elephant seal scratching its armpit san benitos
December 3rd, 2011 
This photograph reminded me that a seal’s flipper is homologous to a human hand, with each equivalent joint and bone.
Ouch
November 27th, 2011 
Day 294– She looked one way and stepped another and fell down two steps onto the sidewalk, where she landed face first. It was traumatic at the time, but she forgot about it pretty quickly, and the scrapes all over her face were the only hint that anything ever happened. …
Peace is good for the world.. and the heart
November 16th, 2011 
In a man or woman with dermographia, certain epidermis cells known as mast cells have a tendency to be overly sensitive once they experience minor trauma, such as that experienced when a person scratches his or her skin. When a person with dermographia scratches his or her epidermis, it brings …
I want to scratch her eyes out….
November 4th, 2011 
….why does she do this to me. China in her new Christmas outfit. She was looking a little angry but it looked so cute on her 
Peachland, BC
Caught in a winter’s nap !
October 30th, 2011 
This Raccoon is all snuggled in and was sleeping when i first got there.His head was buried in the leaves.I went over to the tree and made scratching noises with my gloves to wake him. This worked, as he then had a look to see what i was up to …