Finches

December 22, 2019 Timothy Price18 Comments

Finches feeding on the seed pods from the trumpet vines.

Lola’s Nick

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Timothy Price24 Comments

Lola with the nick in her left ear barely showing.

In an exchange of comments about Silver and Sasha, I told Resa that Silver is a bully. She asked if he bullied Spunk. The boy kitties bully each other but it’s all play, sparing and wrestling, nothing serious. However, when it comes to the girl kitties, Silver, Spunk and Loki bully and beat up on the girls. I mentioned that Lola got a nick in her ear recently, which I assume was Silver or Spunk bullying her, but I really don’t know who nicked her ear. Resa asked to see Lola’s nicked ear.

Lola’s nicked ear made me think of our old Tom cat Nick, who came to us around 2001. He tested positive for FIV (feline immunodeficiency virus), but he was such a sweet kitty, and had such an interesting personality, we had to keep him. He was a wonderful addition to our family, and showed no signs of illness until fall of 2007. He went down hill quickly and died around the beginning of November 2007.

Touches of Gray

December 14, 2019 Timothy Price38 Comments

Frosted

December 10, 2019 Timothy Price42 Comments

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Sunset & Hawk

December 1, 2019 Timothy Price33 Comments

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Below is a Red-Tailed Hawk that was in an apple tree in Wagner’s orchard nextdoor. The first two photos were taken this morning, and remaining photos where taken this evening after sunset. The mud had dried a little in the evening, so I walked across the field to get closer photos. The hawk flew which allowed me to get backlit photos of it flying.

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DSCF5065 — Robin’s Tree from the backside.

Anything On The Tele?

November 30, 2019November 30, 2019 Timothy Price52 Comments

DSCF5001 — Holly’s Tangle-Heart Tree with a sliver moon.

DSCF3629 — It looks like there’s a crane on the Tele!

Cater-Mortis With A Twist

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Timothy Price28 Comments

Silver’s working on new cater-mortis positions.

Jack

November 11, 2019 Timothy Price37 Comments

Staying Out Late

November 4, 2019 Timothy Price37 Comments

This is a really cute baby Coachwhip Snake (Masticophis flagellum) that Marble brought inside and presented to us on Saturday. The morning temperatures have been freezing down to the mid teens in the mornings, but the high was around 70º F on Saturday afternoon; therefore, I guess this little guy was out trying to find another meal before hibernating, or Marble was scratching around in the mulch and found the snake. Lizards and snakes like to burrow into the mulch when it’s cold outside. The mulch is warm campared to the outside temperatures because of the composting action. You can see a photo of steam rising from one of our mulch piles on a cold morning at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/bright-night-cool-steamy-morning. You can also see photos of a pair of adult Coachwhip Snakes in their mating ritual at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/5/snakes-in-love. And lastly, you can see Spunk’s reaction to a Coachwhip Snake at https://wp.me/s1yQyy-snake.