Families
The sheep families are out in the meadow ( Read more... )

Just saw my first fireflies of the season.

There is magic in the world.

In hopes of bringing you some smiles, here are goofy pictures of a goofy cat.

Here's one of my favorite pictures from the page:

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I have not seen one of the ferals in several days. One of them, an older, tail-less, uber-feral "aunt" of the pride I unimaginatively named Bob, regularly disappears for a day or so before reappearing, hungry, at feeding time. But it's not her. It's the teen I mis-named "Skittish ( Read more... )

Normally I measure out the servings of cat food I feed the feral cats and bring in any extra at night, to avoid feeding every single neighborhood beastie and to keep the cats from getting fat. But when it's so cold I free-feed the ferals and leave food out all night in case someone needs it. I figure if the opossum wants to eat the cat food when it ( Read more... )

I went for a walk this evening with a friend. We were up in the Oakland hills and the sunset was amazing. It was full of rich reds & oranges & yellows, and lasted a long, long time. It was much more like a midwest sunset than the pale peach & champagne sunsets I am used to seeing here. It would have been nice to just sit & watch, but sitting would ( Read more... )

Outside where I am sitting are two deer & a squirrel. The buck can apparently see me through the window, so he's staring at me trying to figure out if I'm a threat or if he can go back to eating the cotoneaster. I wish I had a way to tell him he can have all the cotoneaster he wants. I'll even come cut some down for him so he can reach it more

Today's find is a robin. It is somewhat stunned and has an injured wing. Injured wings are beyond my abilities, so in a few minutes the robin is going to the wildlife rescue place. Right now it is hanging out in the same box that housed last week's quail, waiting both for me to finish breakfast, and for my brother to arrive. (There didn't seem to ( Read more... )

The quail survived & was set free ( Read more... )

I have a quail in a box ( Read more... )