Tree Kitties

Spotted out the kitchen window, while making lunch.

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I know we’re going to have to take this tree down, to protect the house, but when that does eventually happen, I’m going to miss watching the cats playing in it.

And them, watching me back. :-D

The Re-Farmer

Well, today has been an adventure (updated)

We’ve had a steady rain, all day today.  A perfect day to be indoors, with a hot cup of tea.

But nooo…  That would be too easy!

Late in the morning, as the girls were heading upstairs, they discovered water.

The bathroom floor had water all around the toilet, and with our uneven flooring, it also flowed into the hallway and around the doorway into my office.  Continue reading

Luring kittens

One of the things we like to do is leave the inner doors open, so our cats can look outside.  The outer door at the main entry has a window almost all the way to the bottom, at the perfect height for them to sit and look out.  The step outside, however, is lower than the floor, so the cats outside have to make more effort to look in.

As I walked past this morning, I heard DahBoy making some noise at the door.  He was batting at the bottom of the window, where I could just see the top of a head and front paws of another tuxedo, batting back!  :-D

Seeing this, I decided to grab some cat treats and see if I could convince some kittens to come close.

With the rain we’ve had lately, my usual places to sit are on the damp side, so I opened up the sun room, leaving a trail of treats, to see if any would come in.

Of the kittens that did come out, all but one of them eventually came into the sun room!

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Doom Guy, the tuxedo, was quick to go inside, though he was not willing to let me pet him today.  While I saw the bigger orange tabby around, only the teeny tabby stuck around.  Only one of the calico-tories showed up.

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This is the closest Rosencrantz or Gildenstern has come near me in ages!

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Corvo, the grey, came in, but was more about checking things out than having treats.

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He was the only one to actually start climbing around, going up onto my dad’s chair.  It’s a rocker, so I’m a bit surprised he’d go onto something that moves.  He also started to push his way into the cube shelf, knocking out a spare insect zapping racket in the process, and scaring himself out of the room! :-D

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Even the teeny tabby came in, but not much farther than the doorway.

I’ve left the outside doors to the sun room open for now.  There were still treats on the floor, and I figure my not being there would let the shier kittens have more of a chance to get some.

I want to snuggle them so much!

:-D

The Re-Farmer

Green

Our day started with thunder and much needed rain.

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While going into the medical centre for my husband’s appointment this afternoon, I couldn’t resist getting pictures of the lush green spruces and their pine cones, along the parking lot.  Such lovely, healthy, trees they have on the grounds.  :-)  It’s amazing how quickly everything perks up after a good rainfall.

While in the waiting room, we heard a massive peal of thunder!  The storm didn’t hit directly, though.  We just got some good rain.  It would have been good to get it earlier in the year, but I’ll take what we can get!

The Re-Farmer

Old Roof

Thanks to the cows’ trampling, I was able to get further into the back of an old log building that is collapsing in the outer yard.

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The remains of the roof, long since stripped of shingles, are rotting away.  In the process, it is supporting new life.

The Re-Farmer