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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Holy Moley! Has it really been that long since I posted? Wow.
So what's up in the Hill Country? Well, it's winter. That means some days are sunny, 76 degrees with lows in the 50s or 60s (that would be today). Some days are sunny and in the 40s/50s/60s with lows in the 30s/40s/50s. A few days are rainy (yesterday). We layer up (windbreaker/rain jacket over a tee shirt, or flannel shirt over tee shirt, and even wear socks.
But it's hardest on Czarny. If the wind blows enough to lower the feels like temperature, he plays kitty on the wrong side of the house all day. If it's nice enough for us to leave a couple doors open, he dashes in for a snack and a petting, then back out again to survey his domain. When it rains, he stays in the house and whines between naps.
February should be springtime here. Spousal Unit is already getting the beds ready for planting - those which are not already growing stuff.
We added a 5 1/2' square table to the deck, with eight swivel rocker chairs. Now we can feed the hordes nicely distanced outside, and still have a dance out there. I'm making more space in the office/sewing room/library, now that Spousal Unit has moved most of his model railroad stuff out of the way. I can get to the old files I still need to go through, then move that box out. Found more of his folks' jewelry, family photographs, and interesting stuff we don't quite know what to do with, but they don't take up too much space. Went through the DVDs and gave a bunch of them to the library and local thrift store, which cleared out three book boxes. Moved two small boxes of sheet music into the music room, so I can decide what to keep and what to give to the thrift store. Now, if we could just find someone who would take his grandma's bone china and crystal, we'd have at least six more cubic feet of room in there...
I guess that qualifies as spring cleaning around here.
We've seen no sign of Leoghaire or her last living fawn in almost two months. A couple of young does stay in our meadow at night, then leave during the day, so it's possible the whole herd is busy looking for something to eat elsewhere. The young does approach us when we talk to them, so I'm betting someone has a big feeder nearby. Hope they're feeding something better than corn...
Oh, well, break's over. Back into the office. Later, y'all.
So what's up in the Hill Country? Well, it's winter. That means some days are sunny, 76 degrees with lows in the 50s or 60s (that would be today). Some days are sunny and in the 40s/50s/60s with lows in the 30s/40s/50s. A few days are rainy (yesterday). We layer up (windbreaker/rain jacket over a tee shirt, or flannel shirt over tee shirt, and even wear socks.
But it's hardest on Czarny. If the wind blows enough to lower the feels like temperature, he plays kitty on the wrong side of the house all day. If it's nice enough for us to leave a couple doors open, he dashes in for a snack and a petting, then back out again to survey his domain. When it rains, he stays in the house and whines between naps.
February should be springtime here. Spousal Unit is already getting the beds ready for planting - those which are not already growing stuff.
We added a 5 1/2' square table to the deck, with eight swivel rocker chairs. Now we can feed the hordes nicely distanced outside, and still have a dance out there. I'm making more space in the office/sewing room/library, now that Spousal Unit has moved most of his model railroad stuff out of the way. I can get to the old files I still need to go through, then move that box out. Found more of his folks' jewelry, family photographs, and interesting stuff we don't quite know what to do with, but they don't take up too much space. Went through the DVDs and gave a bunch of them to the library and local thrift store, which cleared out three book boxes. Moved two small boxes of sheet music into the music room, so I can decide what to keep and what to give to the thrift store. Now, if we could just find someone who would take his grandma's bone china and crystal, we'd have at least six more cubic feet of room in there...
I guess that qualifies as spring cleaning around here.
We've seen no sign of Leoghaire or her last living fawn in almost two months. A couple of young does stay in our meadow at night, then leave during the day, so it's possible the whole herd is busy looking for something to eat elsewhere. The young does approach us when we talk to them, so I'm betting someone has a big feeder nearby. Hope they're feeding something better than corn...
Oh, well, break's over. Back into the office. Later, y'all.
