RIP Splinter, Day 8

RIP Splinter, Day 8,
originally uploaded by suedoc.

I missed days 6 and 7, during which time there was a lot of heat and a lot of rain. Splinter is pretty much a pelt and some mush at this point.

RIP Splinter, Day 5

RIP Splinter, Day 5,
originally uploaded by suedoc.

I think there’s not much left now but skin and bones, literally. Not much has changed.
I’ve been told that my little photo project is sick, twisted, and disturbing. I don’t really see how, myself. Is it gross? Yes, definitely. But twisted? Things — animals — people — die all [...]

RIP Splinter, Day 4

RIP Splinter, Day 4,
originally uploaded by suedoc.

Well, it’s still identifiably a rat, but that’s about all you can say for it. There is a crushed Steel Reserve can right by his tail now, which I find slightly disturbing.
The body has been moved quite a bit — it’s moved a little every night. GK tells me [...]

RIP Splinter, day 3.

RIP Splinter, day 3., originally uploaded by suedoc.

In case you don’t obsessively check my flickr photostream (how could you not?!), I am on day 3 of photojournaling the decomposition of Splinter. Last night the body was moved, presumably by a stray cat. The flies are hard to work.
A new rat, somewhat smaller than ol’ Splinter, [...]

R.I.P. Splinter!!!

R.I.P. Splinter!!!,
originally uploaded by suedoc.

Splinter, our friendly neighborhood gravity-defying ninja rat, passed away last night under suspicious circumstances. I found him in the alley covered with flies this morning as I walked to the bus stop. It seems like just last week he was skittering across the backyard, scaling the brick wall of the apartment [...]