Homeless Cat -- Now Spotacus' Legacy
On 18 Dec, a very large cat showed up at our house. It was late and cold, and he looked in the door and made it clear he wanted inside. Well, since we have two cats already and he was a stranger, we...
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Yes, Magnusfide, I am glad PetFinder didn't find him another home. He made his own place here, on the property, in the RVs, and in our hearts.
Got home last Friday. Spotacus was nowhere to be found. He finally turned up after dinner. Seems he'd crawled under WLToo's recliner and went to sleep. When he realized I was home, he plopped himself on my chest and purred so loud it was hard to hear any conversations. He was back to his normal routine the next day, except each time I sat down, he was in my lap. Sweet boy -- wants to share all of his shedding hair with me...he's in the middle of blowing his entire coat, so the Roomba is having a time keeping up.
Saturday, Mom signed for the apartment. For whatever reason, the manager decided to show her another one that had just been vacated. Mom fell in love. Unfortunately, there's water damage and mold that have to be fixed, so that apartment won't be available for at least 4 months. Mom decided she could live with the current apartment's color scheme (ugly beige) until the bigger apartment is available, then move. So the move in July is happening on schedule. Doing the happy dance here, even though we won't be through with Mom's place. Still have to have the estate sale/auction, then the property sale. But I don't have to live there full time, anymore -- driving back and forth is fine.
Leoghaire and her fawn came up yesterday. Her fawn is nowhere near as bold as Leoghaire was. Cute, though.
Meanwhile, WLToo is in full combat with various critters that think eating his tomatoes is a good idea. He's got the critter cam and a movement detection device down there. When the MDD goes off, he grabs the pellet rifle and dissuades the critter (usually squirrels) from persisting. They'll quit in a week or so, when the tomatoes stop producing, but it's the principle and all that...
One of the recent barn swallow fledglings either damaged its left wing or was born with it. Couldn't fly and was running around on the porch. The older birds kept it company and fed it, but in the end it simply couldn't survive. Pity. The other birds keeping watch over it didn't even move away when we walked around it, which was impressive. We literally got a look at barn swallows from less than a foot away -- such beautiful birds.
Just realized we had no katydids this year. I wasn't here to notice the lack of katydid schrieks, but just realized there are no streaks downs the windows that are the usual katydid sign.
Found more native plants that are monarch butterfly attractants, so when I get home, we're going fullbore on getting the butterfly/hummingbird garden built. Those monarchs need those plants during both migration seasons, and if we have blooms all year, some just might hang around.
But for now, I have to pack for tomorrow's trip back to Mom's. Later, y'all.
Got home last Friday. Spotacus was nowhere to be found. He finally turned up after dinner. Seems he'd crawled under WLToo's recliner and went to sleep. When he realized I was home, he plopped himself on my chest and purred so loud it was hard to hear any conversations. He was back to his normal routine the next day, except each time I sat down, he was in my lap. Sweet boy -- wants to share all of his shedding hair with me...he's in the middle of blowing his entire coat, so the Roomba is having a time keeping up.
Saturday, Mom signed for the apartment. For whatever reason, the manager decided to show her another one that had just been vacated. Mom fell in love. Unfortunately, there's water damage and mold that have to be fixed, so that apartment won't be available for at least 4 months. Mom decided she could live with the current apartment's color scheme (ugly beige) until the bigger apartment is available, then move. So the move in July is happening on schedule. Doing the happy dance here, even though we won't be through with Mom's place. Still have to have the estate sale/auction, then the property sale. But I don't have to live there full time, anymore -- driving back and forth is fine.
Leoghaire and her fawn came up yesterday. Her fawn is nowhere near as bold as Leoghaire was. Cute, though.
Meanwhile, WLToo is in full combat with various critters that think eating his tomatoes is a good idea. He's got the critter cam and a movement detection device down there. When the MDD goes off, he grabs the pellet rifle and dissuades the critter (usually squirrels) from persisting. They'll quit in a week or so, when the tomatoes stop producing, but it's the principle and all that...
One of the recent barn swallow fledglings either damaged its left wing or was born with it. Couldn't fly and was running around on the porch. The older birds kept it company and fed it, but in the end it simply couldn't survive. Pity. The other birds keeping watch over it didn't even move away when we walked around it, which was impressive. We literally got a look at barn swallows from less than a foot away -- such beautiful birds.
Just realized we had no katydids this year. I wasn't here to notice the lack of katydid schrieks, but just realized there are no streaks downs the windows that are the usual katydid sign.
Found more native plants that are monarch butterfly attractants, so when I get home, we're going fullbore on getting the butterfly/hummingbird garden built. Those monarchs need those plants during both migration seasons, and if we have blooms all year, some just might hang around.
But for now, I have to pack for tomorrow's trip back to Mom's. Later, y'all.
