Sunday, July 09, 2006

open invitation?

We've told most all of our friends that if they'll come visit us in Cullman, we'll take them to the All Steak. We haven't had many takers yet, but we did entice the great Kennard Craig Smith up (as well as taking my parents and grandma). We're excited about any opportunity to go, as it's quite good.

We might, however, have made the invitation a little too broad. I'm sure that I've said previously that I'm a friend of nature (I'm not sure exactly when, but I'm sure I have).


Well, apparently Ahab the armadillo considered the invitation to show up at our front door as being open to him. We pulled in this evening after going for a walk in the park only to find an armadillo running off of our front porch into the yard. It's an image that I can't stop laughing at, having seen armadillo as highway shoulder decorations throughout America but only alive in New Mexico.

Thought we'd share the latest from Cullman.
Peter

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

ha! armadillos are so funny! i saw a picture in Micanopy today (a small town 10 mi down the road) of 4 armadilloes -- a small herd! it was a funny sight. i've definitely never seen that many alive!

Anonymous said...

armadillos have to be the funniest animal, hands down. the way they run is absolutely hilarious. I watched one run and jump into my car one summer night- which is why I think we see so many dead- they purposefully attack cars.