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Did you know that hedgehogs come in 92 different colors ?

http://hedgehogclub.com/colorguide.html

And that the “domestic” hedgehog is a hybrid of the White-Bellied and Algerian hedgehogs ? For that matter, did you know that there was a domestic hedgehog ?

I didn’t.

For some reason, I just figured pet hedgehogs were either hedgehogs that somebody picked up off the side of the road, or were decended from hedgehogs someone had picked up off the side of a road. But no, apparently someone set out to *create* a specifically domestic hedgehog.

This week we have actually been getting some summer-like weather. The clear skies and warm sun is a nice thing- though it does make me a bit reluctant to work out in the baking sun. Yesterday we had a “bit” of wind, with a strong notherly blowing. I decided that doing a bit of chainsawing when Tam got home was a good plan so I started sharpening the blade. Mid way through the lights went out suddenly, and a fraction of a second later there was a mighty BOOM! as the transformer blew. I grabbed the keys and hopped in the car to find where then tree had come down across the lines, but I didn’t have to go beyond the bottom of our driveway. A big branch came off the elms, and clipped the 400V line on the way down.

So that evening I did get to chainsaw-up a fallen log. It just wasn’t the log I was planning on. Never a dull moment. We think that branch might have been damaged by the tree that came down in August. Hopefully that is the last falling tree or branch for some time!