Laying with Mom

 Its a hot one out today.

Mom closed the door early on

so that we can't go on 

the deck and then, not

feeling all that great, went

to lay down in the bed.

We all ended up in 

there with her.

Chey

Dragonflies

 Today's post is about critters 

mom saw at the barn. 

She calls these Dragonflies.

And she likes them. 

Several different kinds and 

colors. 

Neat, I have never seen

these around our

deck.

Misty

Visitors to the Yard and Maybelline

 I have been watching this

birds from the deck. They move

FAST.

Mom keeps them two feeders out

with sugar water.

Mom comes out on the deck

and when she sees activity she

goes in for the camera.

She went off the deck and with

camera in hand she caught two

hummingbirds playing...

or one die bombing the other.

Been so hot and dry

here that mom is only

allowing us a couple hours

a day on the deck. 

She says it is just too

hot for us to be out like that.

But cause it is do dry and hot

mom makes sure the 

bee water is always full.

When she was out

taking pics of the Hummingbirds

she saw this pretty on 

her flowers.

HAHA....

the Skink lives on thanks

to mom rescuing it from

me the other day.

But if better not

venture on to the deck

again. Mom will not 

always catch me brining

them in the house.

Well, this thing is new to me.

It is a cicada.

It was hanging on the 

screen. Although it is not a 13

or 17 yr one for our area, there

always tends to be a few that

come out each yr.

There is more then this one

to cause there is a lot of 

noise coming from the

trees in the backyard.

Mom said, "just wait a couple

more yrs and it will be like

crazy around here"...

Mom is on barn feeding duty this

week. So this morn she ventured out

go feed. She says she feeds the pigs

first cause they eat right outside the 

barn and there feed is stored in 

a metal trash can. 

Then in the take care of

the cries of the cats wanting

moms attention....

and food. 

Then on to scoop up feed for

Misfire, moms old horse.

Misfire does not like being

shut up in the summer in a stall and

mom is not so crazy about that either.

But, a few months back Misfire got

really sick. Renee and Chris had

a vet come out and apparently there are

these yellow flowers that bloom in the 

pasture and they can kill a horse if

they eat too much. 

Now, Misfire has to stay in the 

area of the barn, and she gets

put up at night. 

But thank goodness she is

doing a lot better.

Mom fed her in the stall and 

then when she went back she

saw baby Wilbur in there

with here.

Mom got all her feeding done but

Maybelline was a no show

when mom called for her.

Mom went to the back of the barn

after filling the pig watering

hole to check on Maybelline.

Mom came home crying. 

Maybelline had past.

Mom said she had not been gone

long, her body was still moveable. 

Looked like she had started

out of the pig stall and just

laid down and went.

Mom did not want to have to 

call Chris in Fla. but she was

not leaving her laying there 

in this heat. So Chris got right

on the phone and has friends

coming to care for Maybelline.

Mom told Renee it was hard but 

she was so glad it was not

Lenny or Misfire. 

Mom hurts as she types this

for me. She was dating Mr.

Chris when he go Maybelline.

But apparently Lenny is moms

fave. 

And of course she loves 

Misfire so much. 

She says it will be okay,

she is glad that Maybelline

is being cared for right now.

Lily

Skink Rescue

RESCUED! 

From Lily by 

Mom.

People Pox and the Drawer

 

Mom finds these quotes or

memes about chicken and

post them on James and Julies

FB page!

They love their chickens!

Mom has moved the big

computer down to the den and

she is calling that area the

craft/office area.

She lets me chill out

on a comforter

in the floor when she

is down there.

But that little gray mess, Misty

makes her own space just wherever

she wants.

Mom says that she can't put

anything in the top

drawer cause Misty has

claimed it. 

LOOK AND SEE

what I mean.

She sleeps great in there.

Silly girl

Chey

Toys and Water

 Mom says I need to stop

putting my toys in 

the watering bowls.

WHY?

She really told me NO more

when she found a piece of

paper in there.

Misty

Needing a Break too

 

Like mom, sometimes I just

need a break from being,

well, from being ME...

Lily

One of Moms Breaks

Mom has been really

busy lately and from

time to time she

lays down for a break.

I wanted to be with her

the other day and 

let her know I love

her.

I had to be touching her 

for that.

 

Misty

Critters here and there

We all had to remind

mom what she had

not been letting us

blog. She has been more

into tearing the house

apart and moving things

around.

We finally talked her into

letting us blog.

This first pic is about a bunch

of sharks moving in shore.

Got to do with what

the news is calling

the Red Tide.

These sharks are in Sarasota Fla.

You can read about it here....

https://www.yourobserver.com/article/sharks-take-refuge-from-red-tide-in-sarasota-bay-longboat-canals?

More sharks...

Yikes. Mom told 

us these things are big

and mean.

You can read about it

at www.dailystar.co.uk

This was in Ireland.

And this....big hairy looking

dude was in the USA.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/bigfoot-hunters-claim-footage-shows-

Mom watches a lot of shows

about this guy.

They call him BIG FOOT.

I think it is a good thing that I 

stay in a fence and the other

girls don't leave the deck.

Chey

TN Tiny Bunny and Me, Misty

The other day mom was leaving

the venue when this

TN Tiny 

BUNNY

flew across the drive!

Cottontail.

Sunday afternoon

I came in off the deck

and decided to hang with 

my mom.

Misty

Adorable

 Since I don't allow my

pic to be taken and I

really don't do much

but lay around I will

just blog about my

feline sisters.

Mom was in the craft room/

office the other night and 

Lily and I were upstairs.

But Misty likes to hang

with mom. Mom had this

basket up on the desk and 

guess who just knew she

would look adorable

in it?

A bit later she got out but

laid next to it.

You have to admit, she

is cute.

And look at that face.

CHEY

Creepy Crawler, TP Mess and Vit C, D or Whatever

 Mom is done!

Cat duty is over.

Last feeding was last

night. 

She is glad, wears on 

her some doing all 

that running and feeding

on top of all the running

and doing that she does.

Did you know that mom

HATES

(yes, that is a strong word)

SPIDERS?

She does, so it did not make

her feel too good to 

see this wolf spider

outside of Mark's

house when she was feeding.

It did however make her feel

good that it was going away

from the house and not 

looking for a way in.

Wolf spiders get big mom

said. This one was about

the size of a quarter.

Normally, in the spring 

you will see them carrying

100's of babes on their back.

Mom told me that hopes

I never find one to play

with cause all them little

babes would go all over

the place.

Mom went last night to

feed and came into the

back bedroom to this.

Since Bubba is the 

youngest she figured it 

was him.

I used to play with the TP

when I was young too.

One of the orange babes

as mom calls them.

Just laying up there enjoying

life.

This babe is one from Mamma 
Cats litter before the last.

There were three orange ones.

Course Uncle Mark named

them all. The lightest orange

is Vit C. One of the others

is Vit D and the last

one is Tony (Tony the

tiger). haha...

Mom said she was feeding the

other day and one of the

orange let her pet it.

Sweet. Mom would

pick them all up and love

on them if she could.

Left up to her none of 

Mamma Cats babes would

have been feral.

Anyway, glad mom is done!

Lily

Coming to an End

 Mom finally got to pet

her buddy, Zuzu. She

has been staying as far

away from mom as she can. 

Saturday night for the

first time mom got this.

Smokey wanted to check out

the camera.

Mom and Budda having 

their pic made.

Mom said her Cat Duty is

coming to an end.

She will feed in the 

morning and evening

on Sunday. Then picks

Mark and Kim up at

airport Monday morn.

Mom says she is tired.

Misty

Caroline, and the Gang

 We are so happy mom loves

us and glad she loves

other critters too.

But at some point

mom thinks she needs

to stop being of so much

help.

The other day Aunt Kim

called from Fla and was all

upset. Kim's mom has a dog and

it was sick but Kim's mom

could not get it in the 

car alone. Aunt Kim 

wanted to know if mom

would go help. 

Well all the vets are over 

worked and on a back log

around here so mom was

going to have to drive 40 mins

away to take the dog to

an ER. 

Being who mom is, she

was not going to let the

dog suffer. So off to

get Caroline and off to 

the ER.

Four hours later mom 

got home.

Here mom is waiting in the 

car. Caroline had inflammation

of the tummy and intestines. 

Prob from something she ate.

After hearing the Kim's mom 

said, oh yeah, she ate a mole. 

Mom took her home with meds

and instructions.

Mom was worn out cause as

soon as she dropped Caroline

off she had to go to Kim's

to feed.

I remember mom saying that 

she had been unable to get a 

pic of Smokey. 

Yesterday after being out

and about all day. Smokey

comes in an crashes. 

He is a Russian Blue like 

my sister Misty.

Mom told us that she fed 6 

feral one day and nine

the next.

She had been wondering

where the Main Coon was

and he showed up for

last nights feeding.

Handsome.

Part of the gang!

Hoping you are all having

a great Saturday esp

Brian and his crew.

Chey