So Awesome!

February 17, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

I have the best brother.

He’s just so awesome.

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Critter of the Day: a Beep in the snow

February 17, 2019February 13, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

More photos going back to January.

A bird feeder is as good a place to groom as anywhere else, I suppose! :-)

Bleeeeeeeeepppppppp!

Such a pretty kitty!

Hard to believe that, only a year ago, Beep Beep was such a skinny little thing. Now she’s all big and healthy and hardy!

We got a “baby”

February 16, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 2 Comments

And it’s so tiny and cute.

Just look at that little thing! I absolutely HAD to put it next to the big one before using it, to get a picture.

It’s a good thing I called ahead to see if any were in stock, and have it set aside, because there were only two left, and by the time we got to the store, in a small city about 45 minutes drive away, we got the only one left. I’d hoped to find one at a local (ish) hardware store but, not only were they out of stock, so was every other store the guy looked up for me! Thankfully, I was able to find one in another franchise, even if it meant an unplanned, longer drive.

But more on that later…

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Critter of the Day: looking deer

February 16, 2019February 13, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 3 Comments

More photos going back to January.

Here’s looking at you, Deer!

Those eyes are just amazing.

Critter of the Day: sharing space

February 15, 2019February 13, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Some more photos from January.

I don’t really think of the grosbeaks as a particularly large bird, compared to some of the others around, but they sure look pretty big when with those little redpolls! :-)

Well, most of my plans panned out

February 14, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Today was going to be a day of out and about-ing, so I made sure to do the rounds a bit earlier this morning.

A quick glance out the bathroom window showed me that Slick was already waiting for breakfast. :-D

As I came out with their food and warm water, I found Nicky the Nose making his way out the door, while Slick slunk under the blankets and benches.

Part of my usual routine these days is to turn the electric heating pad back on for another 2 hours, while doing the cats’ food and water, then doing the deer and bird feed.

I came back to this.

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Bonus Critters of the Day: best friends

February 14, 2019February 13, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

I just went over some photos from the DSLR and found more worth posting for the critters of the day. These go back to the second half of January, and I will be posting them over the next few days.

Since today is Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d post these photos taken by my daughter.

These two just loved to be together – no matter how awkward that might be!

We really didn’t want to bring The Outsider in without Doom Guy.

Alas, if she were to survive the winter without harm, we had no choice. Once we can afford to get Doom Guy fixed, I think we’re all in favour of making him an inside cat, too! At that point, we would have 4 indoor cats, which will be quite enough, thankyouverymuch. DahBoy and his Mama are still adjusting to having The Outsider as their new companion!

Critter of the Day: hanging in there

February 14, 2019January 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Redpolls in the lilac bush.

As high as they can go!

About that snow blower…

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 / Re-Farmer / Leave a comment

Okay, time to catch up on the snow blower situation!

20190213.driveway — This driveway was not cleared with a snow blower.

We headed out to pick it up yesterday, along with the two chain saws.

The guy walked me through what he did. Along with cleaning out the carburetor, he added an inline fuel shut off valve, which would help with a leak. There already was a metal shut off valve, but it was not the sort that should be turned open and closed often, as it would wear out more quickly than the one he added. He mentioned that the float seems to stick, which concerned him a bit, but he tested it out on a snow drift, and it worked just fine. He mentioned that the sticking float was causing it to run at full throttle, and showed me what he did as a work-around – something I was already doing. He started it up – of course, it gave him a hard time! – and did a bit of a demo for me. Then he drove it out of the shop and left it running while his dad (the owner of the shop) walked me through what was done with the chain saws. After I paid for everything, the mechanic grabbed some ramps and drove the snow blower into the van for us.

Then he had to take it out and drive it back it in, because he loaded it faster than I could tell him it had to go in backwards, or we couldn’t close the door!

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