Critters

Gotta be careful!

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Seeing our furry visitors, it reminded me that, when I was out in the yard earlier in the day, I had noticed the cat kibble was almost gone.  So I decided to top it up for the night.

We keep the kibble in the Old Kitchen now, so those were the doors I went through.  The kittens were on the swing bench – 6 of them!  They seemed to know I had food with me, which made their responses to me rather funny.  There’s Doom Guy, who comes right up to me.  The cautious ones, like Jim and Bob, sortof hang around, but are still not comfortable with me coming close, even with a bowl of food.  Then there are the super shy ones, who are clearly torn between wanting the food they can see I have, and wanting to run away from me, at the same time!

As I went for the outer doors, however, they all dashed ahead of me and started for the bowls outside.

Just to be cautious, I looked around, and sure enough, there was our Pepe Le Pew, hanging out by the steps of the clothes line platform.  Making himself look big at me!

So I put the food out for the cats, then got some video.

Just so you know, I am NOT really that close to him.  This is zoomed in a bit.

Getting back through the sun room took a little more time than usual. ;-)

The Re-Farmer

Furry visitors

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I got called over to check out the skunk, from the living room window.

2018-10-20.skunk When I got to the camera, I could tell something had his attention.

Oh, that’s what it was…

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Checking each other out!

Then I saw the other one…

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And my husband kindly shut off the TV so the camera could focus beyond the reflection. :-D

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The skunk continued around the back of the house, closely watched by the deer.  The deer hung out under the crab apple tree until something else startled them.

So beautiful.

The Re-Farmer

Standoff!

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While working in my office this morning, our Mama cat started getting all agitated, and going up to the window.  That’s when I realized I was hearing a low growling noise from outside.

This is what we saw.

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It’s a dad-cat standoff!

No wonder our Mama wasn’t happy!

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I’ve never seen this cat before, though I think the girls have.

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This is the one that showed up in the sun room, one day. :-D

It should be interesting to see how things pan out with these two, over the winter!

The Re-Farmer

 

 

Birdwatching…

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Heading over to my crochet corner, I noticed something odd on the bird feeder.

At first, I thought it was Butterscotch.

Then it looked at me.

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Why, hello, Rosencrantz…

or Guildenstern.

All the birds were on the ground while she was up there, and she was VERY interested in watching them.

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Guildenstern (or Rosencrantz) wasn’t quite sure what to make of me.  Normally, she runs off as soon as any of us comes near.  Which means this is probably the best look at her I’ve ever gotten!

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Of course, as soon as she was on the ground, all the birds were on the feeder. :-D

Such a pretty kitty!

The Re-Farmer

They are watching me

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After coming back from checking the new Christmas lights I’d added to our fence line yesterday, I noticed the outside cat food bowls were empty.  I went through the Old Kitchen to take care of that, and disturbed the pile of kittens, sleeping on the swing bench.

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This is what I saw when I opened the door to the sun room, plus The Outsider, who jumped down when I opened the other door to get the photo.

It occurs to me that I have not seen Corvo for some time.  Also, it’s been quite a while since I’ve both Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at the same time.

It’s getting cold enough that, along with the food, we’ve started to put warm water out for them, too.  They seem to be liking that!

We’re going from highs of barely above freezing, to 16C tomorrow, then right back down again.  One last day to get that last of things finished up and put way outside.  I don’t expect we’ll get another warm day like that again until next year.

I wonder how many of the cats we had over last winter will come back this winter?

The Re-Farmer

What’s that up there?

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A few last photos my daughter got of the deer that visited us a couple of days ago.

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I always kinda wonder what it is they are looking at, when they look up at our roof!

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Pretty sure he’s looking at those crazy humans in the window, too.

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Maybe one of the cats are up on the roof again? :-D

What a beauty!

The Re-Farmer

A Good Day – and critters!

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Before I go into today’s events, I wanted to share this photo from a few days back.

2018-10-robinsI had been watching the birds at the feeder and noticed some much bigger birds under the apple tree.  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many robins, all together (there were several more that I was unable to get in a photo) .  I also didn’t know robins like to eat crab apples!

Between the birds and the deer, any fallen apples get cleaned up, real quick! Continue reading →

A Day of Rest

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We try to keep Sundays as our day of rest.  It has been made easier by colder temperatures and a continuous, if light, snowfall.

Last night, I found a way to prop the doors into the sun room so we could let the kittens in overnight, but the skunk should not be able to squeeze in and leave a mess for us in the morning.

It seems to have worked, though I suppose we can’t really be sure that the skunk didn’t come in and out without us seeing.  All I can say for sure is, no “presents” on the floor for me to clean up!

20181014.feeding.time My husband wasn’t up to doing the cats this morning, so I took care of it.  Here are the moms, three of Butterscotch’s kittens, and one of Beep Beep’s, plus The Outsider.

I’m fascinated by the markings on Rosencrantz or Guildenstern.

Bob has filled out so much, he’s almost as big as Jim, now!

It seems the kittens have decided today is a day of rest, too!

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I’m not sure if this is 6 or 7 kittens.  There’s that ear behind Doom Guy’s back.  I can’t tell if it’s attached to The Outsider or not. :-D

I am appreciating being able to rest today, as tomorrow is going to be a long one for me.  I will be taking my mother to a follow up appointment for her surgery at the smaller, slightly closer, city.  Then I plan to go to the RCMP and file a report about the vandalism on our lock.  Whoever is doing it may think it’s just a nasty trick to play on us, but this is a potential safety issue, if we ever had to evacuate suddenly.  There’s nothing the police can do at this point, but as long as there’s a file, there will be a past record, for when it happens again.

What a pain.

The Re-Farmer