You’re not Slick!

December 17, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 2 Comments

One of my daughters let me know that the water bowl in the sun room was no longer on its heater, so when I had a moment, I went out with a pitcher of fresh warm water, heading through the Old Kitchen to fix it.

On opening the inner door, I noticed the food bowl in the sun room was empty, so I paused to grab some kibble to top it up.

Of course, as soon as I opened the door, there was a flurry of cats running out of the sun room, while others were running towards the Old Kitchen door. I saw Ferdinand run out, and then Slick headed for the door.

Except…

Wait a minute.

Is that Slick?

Thanks to Ferdinand staying in the doorway, preventing the other cat from getting out, I was able to grab a few quick pictures. I had to show it to my daughters to confirm.

This is not Slick.

What I did not see until my daughter pointed it out to me, not only is Ferdinand in the doorway, but Nicky the Nose is outside, looking through the window.

The new cat finally ran past Ferdinand when I opened the door. I never saw Nicky the Nose at all, but Ferdinand did not run off like he usually does. He actually hung around, watching me from just a few feet away, as I knocked the ice out of the outside water bowl and refilled it, as well as topping up one of the outside food bowls.

The water bowl was indeed knocked off the concrete block, but there was no spill. It was completely dry! With the outside bowl frozen over, they were very happy to have fresh water.

He has the saddest expression on his face!

My older daughter had been seeing a strange cat that was more grey than Slick, off and on, but this is the first time I’ve finally seen him. So he’s actually been around for a little while.

This brings us to 14 outside cats in total. The 6 kittens. Beep Beep, Butterscotch, Rolando Moon and The Hand are all cats we were feeding when we first moved out here. Slick, Nicky the Nose, Ferdinand, and now this guy. That’s basically twice as many as we were regularly feeding last winter.

No wonder we’re going through the cat kibble so fast! ;-)

The Re-Farmer

Critter of the day: blep

December 16, 2018December 7, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

*insertchildishgiggle*

I just love getting shots like this! :-D

Late!

December 15, 2018December 16, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Yesterday, I started on making a last minute Christmas gift – a wheelchair capelet for my aunt – and ended up finishing it at about 3:30 in the morning. So I slept in a bit.

The cats did not appreciate my bringing their food out, later than usual! :-D

When I came outside, there were cats running, jumping and scrambling from all directions. Then they got confused, because I had to do something else first. Not only did I come out of a different door, but I didn’t go straight to the food! How dare I!

There is a cat missing in the above photo; Rosencrantz or Guildenstern ran in as I came over, then hid when I got to the door.

I’m glad that floor is concrete. We’re going to have to empty the room out in the spring and scrub it down again. Cat puke is a little more challenging to clean up when it’s frozen. :-D

The Re-Farmer

Critter of the day: redpoll

December 15, 2018December 7, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 2 Comments

We didn’t see these guys over the summer, but they are back now. :-)

Foxy Neighbour

December 14, 2018 / Re-Farmer / 3 Comments

I wanted to share some images from a few days ago, when a fog rolled in, covering much of the prairies.

20181212.frost — Part of our spruce grove.

It resulted in some incredibly beautiful frost.

On the way home from town, my daughter tried to get some photos out the window. At one point, I was able to come to a near stop for a while, as she took photos of an old church. Which is when we spotted this guy. He was right in front of us, then dashed off towards the church, where my daughter managed to take a few pictures.