Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category


More Baby Birds

Just because I think they’re so darn cute, I had to put up a few more baby bird pictures. Catching it just right with my camera is tricky. I’ve missed so many good ones especially when my automatic lens just refuses to focus on the right spot. I’m sure glad I didn’t have to feed [...]

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No Bunnies Allowed in the Backyard

There is a herd of bunnies living in my neighborhood. I suppose the real word for that is a ‘warren of rabbits‘, but ‘herd of bunnies‘ sounds much cuter. And they are cute … except when they are naughty. I had a nice morning glory growing up the trellis recently. Beautiful dark purple flowers all [...]

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I’m Hungry Mother!

Between April and June every year, the birds that stay here year round raise their babies… and I go through about a TON of birdseed. They can really suck it down. The babies grow to adult size pretty fast but still demand to be fed – even when they’re sitting on the feeder! I can [...]

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New User Of The Bird Bath

Do I think this is cute? Well, actually, yes…. however, one of these always leads to a family of them sooner or later. Then they come out around dusk and play on my deck as if it were their own personal yard. They’ll even chase the birds who are scrounging around under the bird feeder [...]

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Bath Time

My deck is an endless source of entertainment for my cats and me. Recently a little house sparrow decided that just a drink wasn’t enough and took a bath.

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Ever Hear of an Oven Bird

Yesterday evening, my cat and I heard a loud thump. It was funny because at the same time, we both looked around then back to each other (she was sitting in front of my computer monitor). Her eyes got big and we decided to go see what made the noise. Looking out my front window, [...]

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Cloey

Cloey is settling in for the most part. I let her walk around the house today with just Chubbers out. I locked Twiggy up for safekeeping… Chubbers followed her all over the house. I think she remembered living here a few years ago. He got up the nerve to run at her. They did a [...]

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