Beep Beep is such a poser!
I sometimes wonder if she actually expects to catch any birds while up on the platform feeder, or if she’s just there for the view.
Merry Christmas!
Critter of the Day: this is my good side
Critters
Critter of the Day: I herd you!
We’ve got a duo that visits regularly, and a trio – and sometimes, they all come at once!
I don’t know what has their attention out there, but I do know that sometimes, they get the attention of people driving by on the road! There isn’t much that can be seen through the lilac bushes along the fence, but it’s enough that I’ve seen people stop, turn around at the intersection, and slowly make their way back again, slowly.
Time like that, I think of the kinds of trees we’ll be planting as a windbreak all long the fence line.
We may be in the boonies, but sometimes it’s not boonies enough for me! :-D
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Critter of the Day: Side Eye
Love it when the light brings out the incredible blues on our blue jays.
He seems to be giving me the side-eye, like he’s suspicious of me! :-D
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Critter of the Day: Reflections
Beep Beep was a co-operative subject again, while sitting on the platform feeder.
You can see the house, reflected in those gorgeous eyes!
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Critter of the Day: Deer Duo
We see these two the most often. The little guy on the left in the photo is the one that tends to come into the feeding station at a run! Brightens my day, every time!
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Critter of the Day: Black Capped Chickadee
I’ve uploaded another batch of photos from the camera in the living room. I’m so happy! There were so many good shots, it was hard to choose which ones to post. I’ll be putting them up, little by littler, over the next few days.
First up, we’ve got this adorable little puff ball.
I’m not usually able to catch the birds while they’re in the lilac bushes. The camera on its tripod is set up facing the feeding station. By the time I’ve spotted a bird in a spot I can see with the camera (sometimes, that means quickly tilting over the tripod!) and turn the camera, they’re usually gone. They do not stay anywhere for long!
:-D
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Critter of the day: DahBoy
It occurred to me that I post lots of pictures of the outside cats, but almost none of the inside cats!
Then I tried to take pictures of them and realized why. They keep sticking their faces into the lens.
But I got a good one!
I remember when we first saw him, after his mom dragged him from who-knows-where, up to our balcony. He was the tiniest ball of fluff with a bright pink nose that had an itty bitty dark splotch on it. The spot got darker and bigger as he grew, and new ones appeared. I still love his splotchy little snoot!
The Re-Farmer
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Critter of the day: handsome
Critter of the day: Rolando Moon
I think this is the first time we’ve seen Rolando Moon on the platform feeder.
She seemed to be there just to keep her paws warm! :-D
Correction: I do believe I am in error – this is not Rolando Moon, but Big Jim! Rolando Moon is missing the tip of one ear.
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You’re not Slick!
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
