They do seem to enjoy this feed. :-)

Which is good, because the other type we tried was quite a bit more expensive.
Brrr.
As I write this, we are at -29C, with a wind chill of -39C. Nasty!
Last night, we made sure to top of the outside cats’ water bowls with warm water before heading to bed. This picture is how I found the sun room water bowl, this morning. The cats were able to keep that opening in the ice licked open, to get at the liquid water below. I could even see some layers of ice, as the water level dropped and froze, dropped and froze. By the time I got this photo, though, there was no liquid water left. The bottom of the pan was dry, and there was no ice touching any part of the metal that would have been warm enough to melt it.
They were very happy for more warm water this morning!
While doing my rounds this morning, I had an extra task on my list.
Measuring.
Continue readingOkay, I’m being only slightly sarcastic with that title… ;-)
The cold snap continues, and is supposed to continue for about a week.

The above picture was taken a few days ago, on the last milder day, just before we headed into town to get to the pharmacy before the weather got worse. The camera automatically cleans up the image, so the visibility was actually poorer than it appears in the picture.
Right now, we have a cloudless sky. It’s bright and clear and…
Continue readingBeep Beep really likes that platform feeder.

Definitely the one we see up there the most often (the next photo is taken on a different day).

One day, she had company!

Rolando Moon decided to join her. Which was a bit of a surprise, since Rolando Moon is usually doesn’t like being that close with the other cats.
Beep Beep is judging me. And you. And the world!
Check out the windchill…

And yet, the warning at the bottom says that the cold wave is starting tomorrow.
If -30C doesn’t mean the cold snap has already started, I don’t think I’m looking forward to tomorrow at all! As it is, we’re supposed to hit temperatures of -28C tonight, and wind chills of -39C.
Also, I’m really glad we went into town for the pharmacy today, instead of waiting until tomorrow! It was getting bad when my daughter and I left, but by the time we got out of the pharmacy, visibility had dropped significantly, and we ended up going 80kph all the way home in a 100kph zone – and so did all the other traffic on the road!
Time to turtle for the next few days.
The Re-Farmer
It’s always funny to see the deer and cats interacting.

There is also a cat on the bird feeder that the deer is looking at.

Meanwhile, Slick is keeping his paws warm by sitting on a pile of feed.

Eventually, the deer wanted the feed he was sitting on, which was a bit more than he would tolerate! :-D