I counted 31 yard cats this morning. I even got the same number twice, so I think it’s correct. 😄

The cat with the messed up eye is still staying in the sun room and around the cat shelters, which I’m happy to see. He wouldn’t let me close enough to touch, though. Broccoli, however, did let me give her back scritches while she was eating! As I continued my rounds, I found myself followed by Judgement, Driver and Rolando Moon. 🧡

From how dirty I found the dregs of water in the bowls this morning, it looks like we had racoons visiting again. Yesterday afternoon, while I went out to give the cats a treat of leftovers, I found a couple of skunks, but they don’t mess up the water bowls. I spotted one skunk as it disappeared under the cat house. A second remarkably small one was eating kibble on the tray under the water bowl shelter. I managed to shoo it away, but it did NOT want to leave! Neither skunks nor racoons truly hibernate in winter, but go into a low metabolism state called torpor. They’d still be pretty hungry when they come out of it, I’m sure! While I don’t want any animal to go hungry, I don’t want them eating up all the cat food, either! At least they don’t attack the cats, and even seem to get along pretty well.

While I was switching out the memory card on the sign cam, I heard noise from across the road, and found a guest emerging from the trees.

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I can see from the tracks in the snow that we do get deer in the yard, but since we stopped putting food out next to the house, they mostly just pass through. Mind you, they sometimes come up to the house and eat the cat kibble, too! I haven’t seen any tracks lately, though.

On another note; today is Holy Saturday, and we will be putting our basket together for blessing soon. Overall, it’s going to be a quiet day, though. In fact, right now, I’m fighting the urge to burrow in between the cats on my bed and napping! 😂😂

The Re-Farmer