This morning, we were greeted with falling snow and just enough of a wind to be annoying. :-D
The outside cats were not impressed.
Spring is fickle!
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Bee-utiful!
Today was our Costco shopping day. This was my splurge for the month. :-)
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The Daily Grind
Aside from critter pictures, I haven’t been posting much about how things are going. Mostly because, it’s all pretty mundane right now. It’s been so awesome to have the warmer temperatures, and I’m so looking forward to being able to continue working on the yard!
The outside cats are appreciating the warmer temperatures, too.
Bob was just rolling all over the step, after greeting me as I finished up my rounds. :-D
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Well, that almost worked
Today, I went out to use The Beast. We haven’t had more snow, but I wanted to clear some paths that were blown over, widen a parking area, and make the path to the fire pit wide enough for my husband’s walker. We’re planning to have a cookout on the weekend. All this, I could do with the little electric snow blower, but is just much easier with the big beast.
Plus, I just wanted to use it, now that it’s running again.
Just look at that beautiful, shiny new carburetor! :-D
Of course, things just had to go wrong, right? LOL
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Grateful
The family had quite the day, yesterday. One in which my husband and I both found ourselves feeling incredibly grateful for so many things.
Long story short; my husband ended up in the hospital, for about 24 hours, in the emergency ward. He is now home with appropriate medication and happily sleeping in his own bed again.
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Paths
Today, I finally was able to get outside and use the new electric snow blower around the house. I really wanted to get it done while the weather was still good; we’re supposed to start getting cold again in a couple of days. Nothing like the bitter cold we had before, but enough that I don’t want to be outside for 2 hours, or be trying to use the snow blower in high winds.
What a fantastic little thing Spewie is!
Also, we can now use the fire pit, if we want to. :-D
Photo heavy post ahead! :-D
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We got a “baby”
And it’s so tiny and cute.
Just look at that little thing! I absolutely HAD to put it next to the big one before using it, to get a picture.
It’s a good thing I called ahead to see if any were in stock, and have it set aside, because there were only two left, and by the time we got to the store, in a small city about 45 minutes drive away, we got the only one left. I’d hoped to find one at a local (ish) hardware store but, not only were they out of stock, so was every other store the guy looked up for me! Thankfully, I was able to find one in another franchise, even if it meant an unplanned, longer drive.
But more on that later…
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Well, most of my plans panned out
Today was going to be a day of out and about-ing, so I made sure to do the rounds a bit earlier this morning.
A quick glance out the bathroom window showed me that Slick was already waiting for breakfast. :-D
As I came out with their food and warm water, I found Nicky the Nose making his way out the door, while Slick slunk under the blankets and benches.
Part of my usual routine these days is to turn the electric heating pad back on for another 2 hours, while doing the cats’ food and water, then doing the deer and bird feed.
I came back to this.
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When -18C is now warm! Also, a re-evaluation
Going out to do my rounds was down right pleasant, today!
I didn’t even bother to wear gloves, for a change. Even Butterscotch came to me after I finished putting deer and bird feed out, wanting me to carry her for the rest of my rounds! :-D
Ferdinand was in the sun room this morning, for a change, checking me out while I scooped up some kibble in the Old Kitchen. Usually, it’s been Slick in the sun room of late. With the warmer temperatures, all the outside cats are more active. Even the water in the sun room had barely any ice on it. There is a down side, though; as things warm up, the sun room is starting to smell very strongly of cat urine. We’re going to have to do a very thorough spring cleaning in there!
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Meet Slick and the Post Cats
First off, a great big thank you to 53old for identifying our little squeaker. It is neither vole nor mole, but a pygmy shrew! No wonder I didn’t find it in my searches. I was looking up moles, voles and rodents. It’s not a rodent, either, so nothing like it came up. In fact, seeing what it eats, this is a critter we want to keep around! Which means, if we ever had the chance to rescue others, we certainly will.
While feeding the cats this morning, one of the dad cats was around. He seems to be getting more comfortable with us – and the other cats with him (though, to be honest, for all I know, he’s really a she). As I was going in and out of the sun room to get deer and bird feed, I found him eating with our own cats, and he didn’t try to run away. Which is more than even Rosencrantz and Guildenstern will do.
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The Re-Farmer 