Stand Off

STAND OFF..

Who will go first?

Mom did, neither one

of us was moving 

so mom turned off 

the laser light!

She is just NO FUN.

Lily and Misty

We Know our Places

 We all know our places

when it is time for bed.

Chey

The Stash

 

MISTY!!!!

What is this?

Misty replies with a 

meow, my hidden stash.

Mom was cleaning out the

bottom of her closet

and found all these.

OOPS....guess I need

to find another place

to stash my pom poms.

Misty

Peeking to Play

Guess what?

Yep, I wanted to play

laser light 

and I had to get mom's

attention.

What better way then

to peek over her

laptop!

I got it too...

We played laser light.

Lily Bit

Keeping up with Rescues

 I heard Lily and Misty

say that mom sure

thought she was funny

with this chalk board!

It hangs just inside the kitchen

and usually never has anything

written on it

UNTIL

yesterday when mom decided

it was a great way to 

keep up with the critters

that the girls catch

and mom lets go.

So far Misty has had a frog

cornered, no lizard.

Lily however has had both

a frog and a lizard

cornered. The frog actaully

cornered but the lizard made 

it to the bathroom in 

Lily's mouth. 

Mom don't have to worry

about me doing that.

Thank goodness.

Chey

haha...mom just realized

she spelled rescue wrong!

Sometimes she worries

about her brain.

Sweetie Pie

My sweetie pie 

hanging with me....

Yep, I called my mom a sweetie pie!

Lily Bit.

My Catch Let Go

Not sure what you 

folks call them in 

your parts but mom

calls them lizards.  

The name for them in 
TN are skinks.

It really don't matter what

they are called, they

are fun to catch.

Only not so fun when

mom steps in to

rescue them.

This one above made it to 

the bathroom in my 

mouth, mom made me

put it down and she

caught it and took 

it out to the outside

of the deck and let it go.

If you look close you 

can see it peeking 

out from the crack between

the boards. 

Mom needs to stop letting

my catches go.

Lily

LONG

I wonder if I will ever

grow that long.

Misty

Same Time

 Mom was impressed that

I allowed Misty in the 

tub with me...

with a low growl meow or

a hiss.

Next time.

Just wait and see.

Lily

Queen of the Back of the Chair

Misty seems to think

she is queen of the 

back of the new chair.  

Well, I have news for her...

never mind, I can't get

up there anyway.

Chey

Tucked In and Being Lazy

 Mom says the cutest

pics of animals is

when they are sleeping.

The other night she took

one of each one of us

all tucked in for the

night, on her bed.

Lily sleeps in her bed

on moms bed. 

Then the next day she

took pics of us

being lazy on the deck

She told us we were the 

lasiest things!

But she still loved us.

Misty River

Water, Play and Sleep

 

Mom found this pic on 

facebook....

haha..

But we don't like 

WATER

at all. 

But I wear mom out

with wanting to play 

laser light.

I love doing this also.

Aren't I sweet?

Lily Bit

Meth-gators???

 

YIKES....

My what big teeth  you have!!

HAHA

Mom told me to say that!!

I personally can't tell if it

has teeth or not, or

even how big it is but

mom has taught me a lot

so when she says that I would

be just a SNACK for this

dude, then I have to believe

her. 

Here is the story that mom

read that goes with that

pic~

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is again reporting evidence of alligators and cougars expanding in the state.

It was listed in the TWRA Tennessee Hunting & Trapping Guide for the 2020-2021 season.

"There is evidence cougars and alligators are expanding their territories into Tennessee," the guide reads. "Species expanding their ranges into Tennessee are protected and may not be taken until a hunting season is proclaimed. Alligators and cougars are protected by state laws in Tennessee."

The guide also lists other animals protected from hunting, like hawks, owls, songbirds, endangered species or any other species for which a season is not set.

In May 2018, a 7-foot alligator was caught on video in the Wolf River WMA in Fayette County. At the time, TWRA said it was one of several reported sightings.

In 2019, a baby gator was spotted in the Tennessee River, just across the border in north Alabama.

According to reports, 56 gators were dropped in the Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge as an effort to expand the species in 1979.

"Alligators are naturally expanding their range into Tennessee from the southern border states," TWRA wrote. "TWRA has not stocked any alligators in Tennessee. Alligators expanding into Tennessee is just another species that we must learn to coexist with like many of the other southern states."

A couple years ago, a Middle Tennessee police department warned people about flushing drugs down the toilet and its affect on wildlife, writing in part, "Furthermore, if it made it far enough we could create meth-gators in Shoal Creek and the Tennessee River down in North Alabama."

Tennessee police department warns about 'meth-gators' due to flushing drugs down toilets

While the weather is warming up now, TWRA notes that once winter rolls around, alligators can survive in the state by going into a hibernation-like dormancy called brumation.

"They can withstand periods of ice by sticking their snout out of the water before it freezes which allows them to continue breathing." TWRA explains.

TWRA says currently, the state doesn't have breeding pairs within its borders.

Mom told me this is normal for TN.

YIKES....

Misty River

Other Critters around the World

 Hi, its me Lily Bit.

Mom and I were crusing FB

this morn and she was explaining

some of these pics to me.

These are called

Armadillidium vulgare

or as mom called

them

Roly-Polies.

This is the info that was

with the pic on FB.

You have already encountered

them when lifting a

brick or a damp object, you may

even have felt

disgust, and even wondered

what nature was

wanting in creating them.

Well, omniscids are a suborder

of terrestrial isopod

crustaceans, whose function

in evolution is to eliminate

heavy metals such as mercury,

cadmium and lead,

which are extremely harmful

to humans, contributing

to the cleaning of soil and

groundwater.

(Don't kill them, don't crush

them, pass this along.)

Mom said that she used to play

with them when she was

young. Funny, it was like

she knew that they were

safe to mess with but

not to harm...

NOT LIKE SPIDERS!

WOW...

We don't see this here

but we do get fireflies.

There again as a kid mom

had a different name for

them. She calls them

Lightening Bugs.

One or two seem to

find their way on the deck

from now and then.

I don't mess with them

but Misty tries to 

catch them.

OH NO, what a mess.

I think we are really lucky.

We have not had these out

at my house. Mom thought

it was time for the 17 yr

cicadas here but realized that

was not the case for Nashville.

Northern states seem to be

getting them, so apparently

their 17 yrs ones are on a different

schedule then we are.

Mom said that is a beach

she would not want to be

on right now.

Can you just see me out

in the yard (mom don't let

me off the screened deck)

with these flying around?

I would be worn out either

tring to catch them, or

running from them!!

Lily Bit

Snuggling

 I looked

at mom and the

camera!

Actually, mom caught

Misty and I 

laying together.

It was a Misty thing

cause I am not

a snuggler and

she caught me off guard.

Then mom caught me

off guard.

Then I was over it all.

Chey

Visitors

 House Finch.

Checking mom out in

the pic above.

Chey

Posing

 No, I was not trying to get

to the key to see

if I could get off the 

deck! haha

I was trying to see what

Chey was doing in the back

yard.

Mom had the big camera

out on Thursday trying to

get pics of the birds.

So she took some of

me.

Yeah, I was eating it up

so I was posing!

Mom had to get on to

me later when I

hissed at Misty.

Mom told me not

to be assy but to 

be classy.

Lily Bit

Off Guard

 She caught me off

guard!

So hear you go everyone,

a pic of me.

Chey

I can Explain

 

Hi....let me explain what has

been going on here at the house.

My batteries on my 

laser light went out.

But when mom bought it, there

were extra batteries included

in the pack.

Mom being mom, forgot

where she put them. 

I did not see my laser

light for about a week. Mom

even put it in that saddle back

she carries when she leaves

the house, so she would

remember batteries. HAHA

it goes to the bottom of

that bag and I am sure

she never looked at

any when she was out.

But then she found the 

extras. So I have been

making up for lost

time.

In the pic above, mom 

and I had been playing for

sometime with that red

light and I needed to break!

FUN TIMES,

Lily

Good Morning Mom

 Well, Friday morning

I did not start it!

Thunder started it. It 

was rolling through

the sky. Then Chey

got the bed to rocking 

while she shook. I then

got up and started climbing

across the top of the headboard.

Once things calmed down, mom

tried to doze back up but

Lily ran across he body

cause she wanted to play

laser light.

Really, that girl thinks

LASER light all

the time. 

Good morning mom!

We love you.

Misty