Kiska

This is what happened. My coworker asked me if i wanted kittens. I said no. Then she asked me if i knew anyone who wanted kittens. I said actually my neighbor is looking for barn cats. I agreed to take the litter for my friend/neighbor as barn cats. He then said he has enough barn …

Kitten Season

Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …

Cricket gets Rehomed

I love Cricket and i know she loved me, but there were reasons i did not have a cat on the homestead and Cricket was quickly growing out of our living space. The plan was to keep her as an outdoor cat, before she started sleeping in the car engine. As in indoor cat, she’s …

Building a Cat Run

Cricket was the most affectionate cat i had ever met. She really enjoyed cuddles, being held like a baby, and her most notable trait was licking my face, hand, or fingers non-stop while i held her. I had grown quite fond of cricket due to her cuddly and affectionate nature. However, i knew there were …

A Ringtail Visits

This is a ringtail, the lankier cousin of the more commonly known raccoon. It looks like something straight out of Madagascar. contrary to popular belief, it can and will eat small cats and chickens….of which i have both right now. I spotted it in a cedar while doing the evening chores. I did not grow …

Sunbathing with Cricket

Cricket was unlike the rest of my animals. She came and went as she pleased and she sort of made her own schedule. She decided what she was doing when and if i wanted to spend time with her i kind of had to join whatever she was doing. Cricket stretched out in the sun …

Weatherizing Cricket’s Bed

All day today the icy wind was pummeling people, pushing them this way and that and making it difficult to breathe as well as drive on flat stretches of highway. it was a mess. The high was in the fifties today and the wind gusts made it feel much colder. The low is scheduled to …

Cricket

I was out watering the pecan tree after nightfall. I had the headlamp on. I was carrying a watering can. I was also on the phone, because multitasking. Suddenly i noticed a pair of reflective eyes in the grass. They were bouncing. They were definitely coming towards me at a high rate of speed. The …