My usual morning routine starts with feeding the outside cats, then doing my rounds to check everything is as it should be, switching out memory cards on the trail cams, tending the garden, etc. We did get a good rainfall last night, so no watering needed, this morning, but that’s usually part of the morning routine, this time of year.
By the time I’m ready to head back inside, the yard cats have had their chance to eat and are more relaxed. Sometimes, I can even walk relatively close past some of the more feral ones.
This morning, I found several kittens and Adam on top of the shelf shelter next to the sun room door.
The cluster of three kittens snuggling for a nap was adorable, but then there was Adam and her one of her progeny, glaring at me. 😄 They have matching angry expressions.
We had some packages come in today and the store the post office is in, closes at noon on Wednesdays, so I headed out as soon as I could. The truck is parked in the yard for now, with the garage being set up as a workshop right now. As I was leaving the yard and driving past the garage, I spotted Brussel’s last surviving kitten, just loafed in the grass, watching me. Even when I stopped the truck to take a picture, it just stayed there.
When I got back and was heading up the driveway, Brussel and her kitten were in the vehicle zone in front of the garage. As I got closer, Brussel ran off, but her kitten just hunkered down! I was able to drive around, but there’s a point when I just can’t see the kitten anymore. By the time I got to where I could see it again, I found it had barely moved at all, and was just sitting in the grass.
The little bugger. Runs away from people, but not a moving truck!
In other cat related news, we finally connected with the Cat Lady this morning. The vet appointment I was concerned has been changed; she’s bringing in a couple of other cats, including a pregnant female, instead. She has us for September, though I don’t have a date or details yet. Hopefully, we’ll be able to get a female or two in for that one! The isolation shelter should be finished by then, too.
As for connecting to pass on Button, that is likely going to happen on the weekend. One of her other kids is sick now, too! They just can’t catch a break! But she will be in our area on the weekend and we’ll meet up to pass on Button. He’ll stay with the rescue for a week for vet checks and the usual treatment (he won’t be neutered, since he’s waaaayyy too small for that!) before going to his forever home.
I had considered making a trip to the nearer city today, but will be doing that tomorrow, instead. One of the things I’m looking for is in Canadian Tire, and it goes on sale, starting tomorrow, so it’s worth a bit of a delay. Among the other things I’m looking for is wheels for the isolation shelter. This is one shelter we will want to be able to move around, as needed.
I’m still gathering what materials and tools I can think we might need, and hope to get started on it this afternoon. I might end up redoing the plans in more detail, now that I have more of an idea of what materials I have to work with. I did get a chance to look at the windows in the barn and shed, but there is nothing suitable for this project. Many of them are broken, too. Which makes me think that if we ever do make windows in any shelters we build, I wouldn’t want to use real glass at all!
We’ll figure that out when the times comes. Until then, we make do with what we have!
The kitties will like it either way, I think. 😁
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 