Cheeky the Squirrel

Thought I would share a picture of our very own furry visitor, Cheeky the Squirrel. He started coming to visit a couple of months ago and is now a daily diner. Rather then have him trash the birdfeeder, we modified an old out of service feeder and keep sunflowers seeds in there for him. Yesterday he brought a date. :)

The first week of November and the winter storms are slowing making their way in. Making the feeders get even more feathered and furred traffic. So better head out into the rain and top everything off.

Halloween 2010

As the year is drawing ever closer to the end, thought I would post a picture to celebrate Halloween. Our boy Mikesh, 14 years ago. The picture is of his very first Halloween as a wee kitten.

He's still with us, though slowing down, with some off and on elderly cat problems. Most of his siblings are still alive and with us, though he's the last of his particular litter. Little did we know all those many years ago, how long we would be caretakers of our group of feral born cats.

Though we've lost some to accident and illness over the year, a good number of them are still alive and well, including their tough little mother who will be 16 this year..............at least.

Thanks to our immediate spay and neutering of the whole gang, the group has stayed stable.

With only a few strangers slowly creeping into our property, finding a home with us.

Story Time??

Here is a picture of one of our cats, seemingly being read to by the little guy. :)

Her name is Molly. She is 13 years old this year, one of the many kittens we raised here after their feral mom's gave birth to them the year after we moved out to the country full time.We were able to bottle raise all babies and everyone was spayed and neutered at that time. Of course finding forever homes for them didn't quite pan out, so our property became their forever home. Other then a couple of new arrivals, who appeared out of the canyon, all of our cats were born and raised here. They've slowed down a lot and mostly just enjoy hanging out these days. Even their mom, Green Eyes, is still with us after all of these years. We're guessing she's probably at least 15 yrs+ at this point.