The Outsider, under the bird feeder.
Critters
Well… at least they like it!
Since re-arranging the set up for the outside cats, we’ve been checking out the bathroom window, to see how they’ll take to it.
In my case, that involves holding my phone up to take pictures, because I’m too short to actually see that area through the window. :-D
Looks like they have a new favourite cuddle spot! Continue reading
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Winter(ish) Morning Routine
Things are much, much less active, now that the yard work is done for the year! We’re settling in to an indoor routine, which is pretty domestic.
I am enjoying the relative peace and quiet.
Now… I am NOT a morning person. Never have been.
But we have critters to feed, and I have my morning rounds to do.
Thankfully, there are things that make it worthwhile. :-D Continue reading
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Frozen Food
The smaller of the pair of deer that come by regularly now, trying to eat a frozen apple.
I’ve knocked down as many of the frozen apples as I can reach with the pole I found. From the branches I’ve been finding on the ground, I think they’ve been trying to reach up to them, and pulling twigs down in the process.
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Bleh!
We got invaded
I go this photo this evening, of three deer showing up at the feeding station. It was getting a bit too dark for photos (we’re fully dark by 5:30, these days), but I did manage a couple.
None of them are the ones we’ve been seeing for the past while.
Less than 10 minutes after I took this, more showed up. By the time I got back to the window, there was 4 at the feeding station, a 5th one had been chased off, and two more were under the crab apple tree!
So we’ve gone from having 1 or 2 show up at a time, to an entire herd!
Maybe time to start leaving more than just an ice cream bucket full of deer feed. :-D
The Re-Farmer
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Love that face
Bucky
This little 2 prong buck has been coming by at least once a day.
I call him Bucky. Because I’m so original when it comes to naming critters. :-D
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A brief reminder
That cats are efficient hunting machines.
It takes a lot to get a squirrel! They tend to be hyper vigilant.
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Enjoying our visitors
I’ve just uploaded a new batch of photos from the camera in the living room, and have a few I’ll be sharing over the next few days.
Including these guys.
Deer have started to show up every day, now, sometimes several times a day. There’s just three of them that come regularly; a buck that always comes alone, and a pair that come together, if not always at the same time. One looks like a buck that’s already lost his antlers for the winter. He sometimes comes alone, or ahead of the other, larger, doe.
Their winter fur is coming in, and their colour is starting to get greyer.
From the tracks I’m able to see as I do my rounds, they are in and out quite a bit, throughout the day! :-)
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 