Good morning to all. My gosh that was a hard puzzle, at least for me. Thanks for the challenge team. About 2 months ago a really pretty, young cream colored cat showed up here and started living in our shed, It gets along with our cats so we started trying to make friends with it. She belonged to someone not too long ago, I think she was dumped here by her owners. That happens so very much here, people dumping their animals...mostly cats. Anyways she gave birth to 2 of the prettiest kittens. Now we're trying to make friends with all 3 so we can catch them and take them to be fixed, then we will keep them if we can't find homes for them. They will join the other 4 cats we have. They are only part feral...they let us pet and pick them up, but no one else. Been quite cold here in the early morning. Guess winter will be upon us soon, not looking forward to it. Everyone stay safe.
Best of luck catching them and bless you for being so kind.
If you want to see some more rescued kitties, check out Kitten Academy. They have a 24 hour live stream of the kittens (and their mom's) that they have rescued and are keeping until they are adopted.
darambo
Oct 24, 2018
KarenBuglet where is the Kitten Academy org. located? There is a similar place in Bend, Oregon, which is where we take the kitties to be fixed, get their shots for a very reduced fee, if they are feral.They also clip the tip of one ear in case they get brought into their office or a vet that way they know the cat has been altered. They either find homes for them or you can keep them. We live in the woods so having multiple cats keeps the mice away. Besides we have come to love them. Be safe.
KarenBuglet
Oct 25, 2018
It's located it Illinois near Chicago.
I think those kind of places are wonderful.
Thank you so much abacii and mamag. It is good to be back and still much catching up to do. Since my holiday I have gotten the garden bug again and some dear friends of mine, while I was away, came in a cleaned up and mulched all my gardens and made it easy for me to want to do it again. I have a raised garden bed around my garage/shed and have now planted it with canna lilies which will multiply eventually as well as creating a colourful show and hopefully will not need so much weeding. Thank you both, missed the puzzles and mostly my friends on here :) Hugs to all of you.
aknan
Oct 22, 2018
Hurray - you're back! We've missed your quotes and humor, aussie!
aknan
Oct 22, 2018
Aussie, have you ever used some type of weed barrier in your planter beds? I use the commercial one because it lets moisture through easily, but I've also used old carpet, oilcloth, or even left-over tar paper.
aussiesapphire
Oct 23, 2018
Hi aknan, thanks for the greeting. Yes, tried all that but we have some pretty tough weeds here and they grow through everything. I was busy gardening and had some mulch I wanted to spread carrying a rake and my little garden trolley and somehow I managed to trip and spent some time on the grass and contemplating our very blue sky lol. Did a bit of weeding while was down there too, so didn't waste the time hahahah. Hugs.
aknan
Oct 23, 2018
Glad you weren't hurt, dear friend. Like you, if I find myself on the floor/ground, I always see if there's something I can do while down there! Hugs.
aussiesapphire
Oct 24, 2018
Hahaha aknan - the perils of ageing!! Take care and will write soon. Been out in the garden again this morning and got all my new plants in and gave them a dose of power feed, so hopefully they will all survive. Hugs.
Wow - tough! But I laughed: I could use this to scare my husband on Hallowe'en! He can't stand cucumbers in any form - not pickles, not relish, not in salads. We live in a 'cuclear-free home' except for my pickle stash! LOL
i still like cucumber sandwiches
If you want to see some more rescued kitties, check out Kitten Academy. They have a 24 hour live stream of the kittens (and their mom's) that they have rescued and are keeping until they are adopted.
I think those kind of places are wonderful.