My daughter was able to get some good pictures of Ferdinand!
Recently, while they were outside topping up the cat’s food and water outside, Ferdinand was there. He ran off, but stayed close enough that they could hear him breathing.
He makes strange noises when he breathes!
We think there might be something wrong with his nose.
The larger grosbeaks may have trouble using the hanging feeder, but that doesn’t stop them from trying!
They have just barely enough room for them to perch at the corners, then have to twist to be able to reach the seed before having to drop off and fly away.
It’s remarkable how quickly the animals respond to the colder temperatures.
These photos were taken near the end of November.
In less than 2 weeks, their fur is already much thicker, making the deer look all fluffy and puffy!
Just a few shots to share with you this morning.
I was going to say I caught The Outsider, mid-meow, as I was feeding the outside cats this morning, but he wasn’t actually meowing when I took this shot.
Too funny!
A couple of grosbeaks were trying to eat the frozen apples, left on this tree.
These apples won’t fall, even while being pecked apart by birds. No wonder I wasn’t able to knock down any more of them for the deer.
While I was taking this picture, I suddenly had a cat climbing up my front. Beep Beep decided that I needed to carry her while I was doing my rounds. She did let me put her onto a post, for a bit…
Just a bit. Then she jumped back on me, as soon as I got close enough!
While taking the photo, I realized why she always has one paw up like that. There isn’t enough room on the top of the post for all 4 paws!
She was aggressively cuddly this morning. :-D
We were able to make a trip into the city this morning, to finally visit my FIL. It’s been a while since my husband was up to the trip. The girls and I will need to head into the city again, soon – unusual for us to go that often, but we will be doing a fair bit of running around to various places on our next trip, in preparation for Christmas.
I’ll have to remember to pick up more cat kibble. It’s been less than a week, and we’re already finishing off one big bag!
Okay; so maybe we’re feeding a few more cats than last winter (13, compared to the 7 or 8 before).
And maybe we’re being a bit more generous on the quantities…
We are such sucks! :-D
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It’s still hard to believe this is the same scrawny little bobble-headed kitten from months ago!
He’s all caught up with his siblings and cousins, and grown quite handsome, indeed!
Looks like it was warm enough for a fog last night. This morning, the trees were covered in hoarfrost.
It was like something out of a postcard.
Beep Beep was not impressed.
I was also escorted by Butterscotch and Rolando Moon. Butterscotch wanted to be carried the whole time. She did NOT want to be put down so I could take photos. When I was finished with taking pictures, I would find her sitting on my boot, to stay out of the snow! :-D
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A black capped chickadee, checking me out through the window, as I take his picture.
Ferdinand and Nicky the Nose tend to show up together, even if they fight each other, Slick seems to come from somewhere else, on his own.
Butterscotch seems quite content with his company.
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