Critter of the Day: hidden blep

April 26, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

A barely visible blep.

Critter of the Day: the Beep Beep

April 25, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Lady Beep Beep, slinking her way through the tall grass.

Our first winter here, we would see cats sitting on the barrel behind her in this photo, just watching things. This past winter, the staves fell in and the cats lost their perch.

Critter of the Day: angry bird!

April 24, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

I wouldn’t want to meet this purple finch in a dark alley. He looks like he’s ready to peck someone’s eyes out!

Critter of the Day: stealth blep

April 23, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

This blep was so fast, the camera barely caught it!

Critter of the Day: now that’s a mouthful!

April 22, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Hungry junco!

Critter of the Day: joyful laughter

April 21, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

Happy Easter!

He is risen; he is risen, indeed! We have much to be joyful for.

Critter of the Day: cold!

April 20, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

This was taken during the snow storm we had on April 15.

The juncos weren’t even feeding, really. Mostly, they just sat there, all puffed up, making the odd, desultory peck at some seeds.

It must have been quite a shock for the juncos to be back for the summer, only to have winter hit them, instead!

Critter of the Day: I see your bones

April 19, 2019April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 1 Comment

This lone deer that sometimes visits looks terribly hungry.

We can see her bones…

… and count her ribs.

Despite the severe cold this past winder, due to the unstable polar vortex, none of the deer we have had visit our feeding station looked to be going hungry, except this one. It may be due to illness or parasites, too.

Home! (and cat cuddles)

April 18, 2019 / Re-Farmer / 4 Comments

Yes!!!

My husband is home from the hospital today!

It is so good to have him back!

Even the cats missed him. They have been super cuddly. I’ve been waking up with these two, fighting to get under the covers with me. Mama cat won; she’s still under the covers in this picture, and Fenrir settled for sprawling on top of them.

Which left me with one arm stuck out, and unable to put my phone away. This was handy when I started getting messages from my husband, telling me he would be able to come home by 10 or 10:30.