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Wow!

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What a constant stream of deer caught on the trail cam last night! Especially between 4 and 5 in the morning.

Nothing compared to this one clip, however.

A full dozen are seen here, but there may well have been more after the camera stopped recording.

There were about 35 clips of deer recorded by this camera last night, and there are other locations the deer use to cross into the property. Most were in groups of 2 or 3, with a few lone deer. The family of 4 that like to use the road came by again. At one point, there was even 2 way traffic of deer, coming and going!

Wow!

The Re-Farmer

Compilation video

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Part of my daily routine is to switch out the memory cards on the trail cams, then see what’s on them.

I was quite surprised to see a large number of files on the new camera, a couple of nights ago.

It turned out we had a lot of traffic going past it that night!

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“I didn’t do it”

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So… the outside cats didn’t need much feeding this morning.

This is how I found things when I came in.

How none of that fell into the litter pans, I have no idea!

Also, we had company while I was cleaning up.

Could this be our culprit?

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Rotten

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Things have been warm enough for the snow to mostly melt away, so today I was finally able to go around the yard and take care of the storm damaged trees.

I will process and upload photos, probably in a couple of days, but until then I wanted to share this video I took of the big willow tree, after I’d finally gotten the broken section down.

The base of this section is pretty much compost.

I really am amazed that this is the only section that came down in the storm.

I’m leaving the remains where I’ve put them, to clean up in the spring. That is when I plan to take down the rest of the rotting trunk.

Assuming it doesn’t come down on its own, over the winter.

The Re-Farmer

Visiting Time

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The kittens have finally “discovered” the east side of the house today, the junk pile in the spruce grove and…

… Junk Pile kitten.

Here, we see Keith playing with his brother and visiting his mom, Guildenstern!

Junk Pile kitten wasn’t sure what to make of the sudden invasion of other kittens; he doesn’t come around the other side of the house, and the other kittens tend not to go beyond the area where the lilacs are. The girls had gone out to watch them play, and he was growling at them (the other kittens; not my daughters *L*) at first. By the time I came out, he seemed to be okay with them, crawling all over his home!

It’s really amazing to see how much bigger he is than his brothers. Especially Dave. It shows, I think, how sick Dave and Keith must have been, before we found them. Remarkable, that he didn’t get sick, too. I makes me wonder about the 4th kitten Guildenstern had, when I first found her litter.

I hope that this little guy and the other kittens will play together more often, and that we will get the chance to socialize him at least more successfully than his mom and aunt!

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The One that Got Away

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I finally got a decent picture of the kitten we didn’t catch.

And even some video!

What a little cutie! I love that dramatic “eye liner”. Just like his mom!

I had been putting food in a bowl on the junk pile, but this morning I brought extra and put it on the ground, instead. They seem to prefer that.

As for the one (or more?) in the pump shack, I heard rustling when I brought in food and water (actually, another ice balloon), but didn’t see anything else.

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