Well, crud.
While feeding the cats this morning, I noticed the cat bed in the isolation shelter was askew. Not far enough to be pushed into the hammock, which has happened before, but getting there. So, after finishing with the food and water, I reached in through one of the windows to straighten the bed.
Bug went for it.
Dangit. She was the only one in there we could actually touch.
When I headed out to work in the garden beds, I saw her around, but she would run off as soon as she got the impression that I was moving towards her, even if I was moving to something else.
She did “help” in the garden, though.
The cats just love that mosquito netting!
Later on, while working in the main garden area, I went into the old garden shed, looking for something.
I found something else entirely.
A raccoon napping in the seat of the rolling garden chair/cart.
It was very groggy when it woke up, and shuffled away, but didn’t leave.
It just hit its face, so all I could see was critter butt. When I opened the door again later, it had moved a bit, with just the tail sticking out (second picture). The back corner of the shed where the raccoon was hiding has a rotted out hole that the cats – and now raccoons! – use to get in and out.
Today turned out to be a pleasantly warm day, and I got a few things done. Not the chain link fence garden bed, though. The new stakes were still too damp and I wanted them to dry out in the sun some more.
I got to use the new hoop kit, and will be comparing the two over the summer.
But that is for another post.
Meanwhile, I’ve been in touch with the rescue. They know Bug has escaped. We have Furriosa booked for the day after tomorrow, but it turns out it is Furriosa and Marta – the mostly black one. !! I really hope we manage to get them into carriers! I also hope we get Bug before her appointment on the 28th.
This is not going to be easy.
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 