Lately, Beep Beep has been very aggressive about wanting human attention.
She has very sharp claws!
After we made our trip to my medical appointment yesterday, the girls and I ended up going for a walk-about beyond the outer yard.
Beep Beep followed us.
Continue readingOur new addition has been thoroughly accepted by the other indoor cats.
It’s looking like our temporary situation is becoming permanent…
You weren’t wanting to make your bed or anything, were you?
Because Grandma is giving me a bath right now.
I was sitting, facing the window, for several minutes before I realized my stuffed cat had company.
David isn’t much bigger than his plush buddy, and he was sitting there, perfectly still. :-D
It’s like he’s wondering what the stuffed cat is looking at so intently out there. :-D
The Re-Farmer
We started leaving food out for Junk Pile Kitten and his mom beside the junk pile, since the other cats crowd around the food bowls by the house, and sometimes chase them away.
Then the other cats discovered we leave food there.
In fact, it’s now become routine for the other kittens to follow me as I put food out, ignoring the food by the house and eating the food being left at the junk pile.
I’ve taken to leaving little piles of food on the ground beside the bowl, and even on the log I’ve set up as a seat. I started doing the same thing by the pump shack, too, since not only have some of the kittens started following me there, so do Butterscotch and Beep Beep!
I had some company while doing my rounds this morning.
Beep Beep also joined me, emerging from somewhere beyond our driveway.
We have been having plenty of rain during the night, which is making things really beautiful.
Like the berries on this self-sown asparagus along the eastern fence line.
So beautiful!
The Re-Farmer
While switching out the empty hanging bird feeder for a full one, I noticed Junk Yard kitten was out.
So I sat down on the log I placed near the junk pile as a seat, and tried to lure him in.
There was a cat toy I’d found while cleaning out the old wood pile; one of the ones we’d left for the kittens that were living in there for a while, last year. Between it and the tree branch I wiggled around, I was able to get him to come within 3 ft of me and play!
He (she?) is such a beautiful cat! Those dark framed, golden eyes are just amazing!
The Re-Farmer
A couple of days ago, my daughters noticed something wrong with one of the kittens.
Check this out.
My daughter and I were coming home when I spotted something on the road, right at the corner I was turning at.
A red sided garter snake!
I was very happy to see it; I’ve seen so very few this year.
Unfortunately, it wouldn’t move away.
My daughter got out and tried to shoo it off the road, and at first it started to cross, but then it decided to go for the big shady spot.
Under the van.
I had just started to move again, too, but she quickly signaled me to stop.
The little bugger just curled up behind my tire and would not move!
Continue readingI was able to pause on my way home this morning and get some pictures of the bison not far from our place.
The entire herd was ambling its way across the field, close to the fence.
When I stopped to take pictures and watch them for a bit, this baby bison at the fence was VERY interested in what I was doing.
Gosh, they are so cute!!!!!
The Re-Farmer 