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Oh, those kits!
The outside cats are certainly entertaining.
First, they tried to kill my husband this morning. !!! As he went out to feed them this morning, they were all at the door. The usual tripping hazard! As he started to step down from the concrete stairs at the door, Doom Guy dashed under his foot. He moved to avoid stepping on him, and ended up stepping on one of the glazed bricks that are along the side of the entryway.
It was slippery.
Down he went! Continue reading
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Getting feisty!
Part of my morning routine, weather willing, is to walk around the yard and check on things, such as looking for fallen branches, or seeing if anything broke or blew over during the night.
Having been able to clear as much of the spruce grove perimeter as I have, I now include that as well.
So I finally got a photo this morning, of the lonely little cedar tree, cleared of the poplars that were starting to crowd it.
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I will have to do some research to find out the best way to care for this little guy. :-)
Beep Beep has taken to following me, as I walk around. Sometimes, Butterscotch as well.
This morning, I had both of them.
Beep Beep, we’ve noticed, has been getting feistier and more aggressive to the other cats. This morning, she went after Butterscotch!
It’s one thing to be growling at the other cats, and maybe batting at them a bit. Rolando Moon has always been like that.
But this morning, she was ready to start a fight with Butterscotch!
And Butterscotch is definitely the more passive of the two.
I broke them up and ended up carrying Butterscotch for a while.
Poor thing. :-(
The Re-Farmer
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Warm
While checking around the yard, to see if any other branches came down during the gusts of high winds we had yesterday, I came to the remains of our straw bale.
Beep Beep and her boy, taking advantage of something warmer than the ground! :-D
Smart kitties.
The Re-Farmer
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A lovely day
Today is officially Thanksgiving, so I will happily say again, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope my Canadian visitors had a wonderful holiday weekend, with lots of food and family – or a lovely, quiet, non-party weekend, like we did!
Since we did our celebrating yesterday, and today was a fairly pleasant day, we were able to get some work done outside. The girls were able to rake up lots more leaves to layer on the flower garden by the Old Kitchen, which I’m pretty excited about. Lots of lovely organic matter! :-D
We are going to have to stop keeping the sun room doors propped open overnight. More turd bombs were discovered this morning, plus something chewed a hole in the bottom of the open back of cat kibble. Most likely the skunk, we think. We did end up still leaving the door open during the day. Which makes looking out the bathroom window something to look forward to!
I was called over to see this adorable pile of fluff, and while I was taking photos through the bathroom window screen, I started getting called to look out the living room window, to see a deer!
It was under the crab apple trees, looking for apples, and we did get some photos with the DSLR. I will upload those tomorrow to see how they turned out. Unfortunately, I did not manage to get a photo of the deer standing up on its hind legs, trying to reach the apples on the tree!
After a while, it slowly wandered away down the garden, and we couldn’t see it anymore. However, when I went into the master bedroom, I found I was able to see it through the maple grove. As I stood watching it, I suddenly saw a second one, going through the trees and heading towards the house!
I was able to get a few photos through the screen of the west facing window. This one was also going under the crab apple and plum trees, looking for fallen fruit.
So beautiful!
After the deer left, I went to work on the sun room. Most of the kittens took off when I came in through the Old Kitchen. Doom Guy, however, managed to dash in before I could close the door!
Good thing the inside door to the rest of the house was closed!
I started taking things out of the sun room so I could clean the floor. In the process, I have come to the conclusion that the turd bombs are not from the cats, but from the skunk.
After I got the mess cleaned up, washed the floor and transferred the cat kibble from the bag with a hole into a bucket, I sat outside to clean my late father’s wheelchair with a disinfectant cleaner while the floor dried.
When I was able to start putting things back inside, I found the sun room occupied already.
Doom Guy is such a cutie! He even let me pick him up and sit for a while with him cuddled in my arms.
Later on, I found him back again – this time with company!
Corvo is letting me come closer, but still won’t let me pet him.
Adorable brothers!!!
After all was finished and we were settling in for the evening, I found out about a legendary raid – Mewtwo – in Pokemon Go that was happening in town. My daughter and I have not been able to do one yet, so we decided to head into town and join the raid.
When I came out the door, I was immediately set upon by Doom Guy. As I picked him up to cuddle, I saw we had company…
He’s back!
(In fact, he’s back right now. I can hear him under my office window, knocking the metal food bowls around, as I write this!)
Before we left he dashed into the sun room.
*sigh*
Well, it’s now closed up for the night, so hopefully, no more turd bombs!
The Re-Farmer
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Catching up on cats
Here are some photos from yesterday to entertain you. :-)
As my younger daughter and I were getting ready to head into town to pick up the rest of a prescription refill, we got accosted. Doom Guy came right over for attention, but when I picked him up, he didn’t want to be held in my arms. He wanted to perch!
Then my daughter came out, and Beep Beep was just all over her!
She was rolling all over her shoulder, and pushing herself against my daughter’s head.
Then kept on twisting and turning. Until she fell off and landed on my daughter’s purse before we finally got her off so we could leave!
What a face!
While in town, we remembered to swing by a liquor store. We spotted a beer bread mix which, of course, requires beer. The company that made the bread mix is also a small brewery, and I even found the exact brand.
I got two cans. One for baking, one for tasting! :-D
We shall see how it turns out!
The Re-Farmer
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Kitties, kitties, pile o’ kitties!
This is what greeted me out the window, when I headed into the kitchen this morning.
The girls and I headed into town today, and as we came out to go to the van, we found Jim up there, watching. :-D
We had visitors this morning, too. The girls saw Dad Cat, a grey and white, at the food bowls. Out my office window, I spotted another, almost completely grey, adult cat running off. As we were leaving, we startled The Outsider – which is what the girls call the all grey ball of fluff kitten that has been coming around – away from the food.
While we were out, my husband opened up the sun room for the cats and later found this.
That’s just a whole pile o’ fluff!
We’re living in cat heaven. :-D
The Re-Farmer
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Prep for winter: the old kitchen garden
Well, today was certainly a productive day outside!
I decided to see how much I could get done on the old kitchen garden today, and ended up finishing the job! So I’m happy. :-)
When I came out of the house, I startled cats in all directions, including that new grey ball of fluff. A few of them even hung around while I moved things around the garden to prepare.
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Who are you, little one?
We’ve spotted a couple of new cats lately. One, an adult grey and white, gets referred to as “dad cat”, because we’re guessing he might be the father of one of our litters.
Then there’s an all grey ball of fluff, about the same size as Corvo and Doom Guy. While my husband was in the sun room today, he left the door open and tempted some kittens in. This grey came by, but didn’t stay (though Dhoom Guy spent about an hour, curled up in his arms!).
I just went out to leave some roasting pan juices for the cats, startling kittens in all directions. As they came back to investigate the smells, I finally got to see the grey.
That’s the best photo I could get of him, though! :-D
We are wondering if these other cats are coming over from my brother’s place, as he has his own collection of outside cats, and his place is the closest with anyone living in it.
I hope we see more of them, wherever they come from. :-)
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 