Something really awful happened yesterday. Our cats are great ratters, and one of them (I presume) had dragged a fairly large but scrawny rat out of the barn and left it on the patio.(Not the same rat in the picture). Because of the stored animal feed, we have a constant supply of rats and squirrels…
Tag: Cats
January Yarn Along
The very cold weather and hard frosts of January are upon us, completely taking everyone by surprise, as usual. The weather changes very quickly here. New Year’s Eve was almost warm. It wasn’t until we were sitting around a New Year’s fire that night that the first gust of cold wind blew down from far…
Cloudy’s Kitten
A new kitten showed up in the middle of a rain storm at the beginning of the summer. We heard a small mewing outside, although it was so squeaky, I kept telling myself it was a strange-sounding frog. In the morning, however, I saw a little white-and-tabby blur streak away from the barn…
The Cat-cher in the Rye
I know the pun is terrible, but I couldn’t help thinking it to myself! The long rye cover-crop in the garden is the perfect place for the kitty to hide. In fact, she seems to revert to an ancient feline ancestor that hunted large game while she is immersed in it. It’s cool, even when…
Toadstools And Fairy Rings 