Birds do it, bees do it, and I am doing OK
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Spring has sprung and love is in the air. The bluebirds are making a home in the house we put up for them last week. The Robins are collecting twigs and strings for their nests, and the farmer's cats are in season and making a brothel out of my yard.
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| Last year's baby Robin. |
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He is telling her he loves her.
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| Vanna is a British Blue short haired |
Our adopted 20 year old outdoor cat, Vanna Gogh (yes, I said I would no longer feed her because she belonged to the farmer across the road, but I could not help myself) has introduced our yard to her "many" friends
This is Big Bucks (looks like an expensive, exotic breed),
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| She is a tramp. |
This is Pretty Boy
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| He is a player. |
and a few other passing strangers.
From what we have been seeing, not all of these cats have visited the vet. The farmer told us that they all have been altered, so to speak, but apparently, during these difficult times, other cats have been dropped off at the farm - and now are looking to make a home here. What to do, what to do.
With the action that is going on in my gardens, I fear that there will be some little ones soon. When they come, I will be delivering them to my neighbor farmer and tell her to make her girls and boys behave.
Meanwhile though, they leave the birds alone but our cat food bill may top our bird food bill soon.
Soon all the other woodland animals will appear. Is there enough left in our pensions to provide?
Again, what to do , what to do.
Oh Arleen, my, my, my. Those darn cats! I hope the all the ruckus is not keeping you awake. Hugs, Bonnie
ReplyDeleteGirls just want to have fun, but boys don't know when enough is enough.
DeleteYou have a nice variety and assortment of critters there. And I love the bird in your header - I have never seen one here. sandie
ReplyDeleteAfter putting out a blue bird box for 6 years, we finally have a renter. This is my first sighting of a blue bird and it is cool.
DeleteI think the pretty boy player is my fave. It is nice when the yard comes alive with animals...but it sounds like you need a bouncer. :-)
ReplyDeleteI agree, but who shall go.
DeleteA brothel, huh? You're too funny. Bet all the squalling they're doing isn't very funny, though. My favorite is the trampy girl. Such beautiful eyes. (And I imagine she'll be having some beautiful babies, too.) It's soooo cool the bluebird is nesting there. Those darn cats better stay away from her!
ReplyDeleteAs long as they go about their business QUIETLY, it's not so bad. It's when they keep you up all night with their shrieking that I become irate.
ReplyDeleteThe only wildlife I feed in my household are my human ones. I try to discourage deer and other things from hanging around and eating my tulips and hosta. And all the cats in the area have homes somewhere. But after the death of our cat a year ago, I do enjoy the summer visits from this one particular fat, happy cat; I think he comes to give me love as well as get a little from me. And that's pretty nice!
ReplyDeleteWe used to get a lot of strays around here when there was still fields out back and a deserted barn...now that things are built up we rarely see a cat running loose. I kind of miss them.
ReplyDeleteArleen, sounds like you have a cat invasion on your hands. When those cute little kittens arrive, which they inevitably will, what will you do then? Methinks a quick trip back to the farm might be in order.
ReplyDeleteHow sweet is that Big Bucks? What a beautiful cat!
ReplyDeleteI just love all of the pictures! What lucky little kitties to have such bleeding heart cat lovers in the neighborhood!
ReplyDeleteHow could I not feed an abandoned or hungry animal.
DeleteAwh such cuties. Our food bill seems high with just 2 cats and I wish they'd leave the wildlife alone...
ReplyDeleteWe recently put up a bird-feeder and a songbird house. My husband insisted that 3 lbs. of birdseed would be plenty. I talked him into 20 lbs. Those songbirds (we made sure the feeder was small size, and we don't have squirrels) have zoomed through nearly 10 lbs.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I would do if I had cats:)
Hubby feeds and shelters most of the birds on the east coast. I am happy to find out that the west coast is taken care of also.
DeleteYou have a soft spot, and those cats know it! Our last cat died a little over a year ago, and we have more birds now. I love watching them, but I haven't seen any build a nest yet. Maybe soon.
ReplyDeleteDear Arleen, . . . yes, what to do!!! The photographs of the cats are lovely. Like you, I find myself always responding to them. But I know that the three cats with whom I live want no more intruders! Or as they would say,"marauders"!
ReplyDeleteI want you to know that on your recommendation I went to the library and got "The Lorax." What a wonderfully wonderful book and so ahead of its time. I wonder if the children who first heard it have grown up to be truly aware of our environment. That we are meant to shepherd, not hoard or use up the resources of Mother Earth. Thank you for recommending the book and the movie. Peace.
PS: I’ll be absent from the blogging world during the month of April. However, I’m going to schedule reposts of stories I posted last May and June when I had only a few readers. If you have time, please stop by every Tuesday and Saturday in April. I’d appreciate comments because they'll help me decide just what topics to cover in the memoir on which I’m working.
I regret already, Arleen, that I’ll be missing all your April postings. If you have several you’d like me to read when I begin again in May, please go to my blog mention the postings that are particularly important to you.
I’ll start reading again on Tuesday, May 1. See you then!
You could start charging admission to your zoo, just enough for food and upkeep. :)
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