Meet and Great

 "Lynn,  you got any idea how long I been waitin' fur you to git home?"

Precious met me at the back door when I got home from a 

bike ride.  This is one time she sat right there as I came in.

She usually runs into the bedroom around the corner.

"I was worried 'bout you.  You know I was not thinkin' of 

my tummy at all."

Yes, Precious.  I know.  But we did make it out to the food

dish and got something, didn't we.

"Look what Lynn got a few weeks ago.  She went shopping

on Etsy fur the furst time evfur and it was at the

CBWhiskersAndPaws page fur the Cat Blogosphere.

She's using the new bag fur library books.  And she was happy

to choose the colors fur the cup and clothes.  We are 

blue lovers as you kin see."

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On flower duty

 "I have to be on guard duty to keep the flower pots safe."

"The vizshuz deer must be stopped.  And I am the one to do it.

My fence is magical.  No breaking into the catio furom them."

"But I have to be vigilant.  They can be sneaky, like comin'

'round when I'm nappin'."

marigolds

white snap dragon that the seed was off a red one

red snapdragon that is the color of the original

"And just look who showed up.  He's a young bun wanting

to eat flowers.  No Way!  And wouldn't you just know it

but one eve when I was fast asleep on Lynn's legs during

our 3 hour time,  a squirrel squeezed under the catio fence

and tried digging in the flower pots.  I missed the whole

thing as Lynn did not wake me up!"

"I'm helpin' butterflies hatch."

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Milk Eggs and Honey

 "Lynn,  what's up with this!"

"You find some of the silliest things to show on my post!"

"These cows don't look all that huggable like me.

And I don't think they are gonna give milk 'cept to

those calves."

"And here you are showing off yer cat stab wounds.

What's with the hole in the ground?"

This is where one of the snapping turtles laid her eggs back in

late May or early June, Precious.

"Lynn,  did those eggs hatch?  I see all the shells.

Did you eat eggs without me!"

No, sadly for momma turtle and her hard work one time

a year,  a hungry racoon found the nest and had one

heck of great egg breakfast.

"And how do you think yer gonna git honey outta those bees?

I don't think Winnie the Pooh is gonna show you the honey

hive tree. Just 'cause you feed 'em sugar water?"

"Egg breakfast!  Now yer talkin'.  Let's eat."

First rose of Sharon bushes to open.

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OLD Mother Hubbard (Lynn)

 "Lived inna shoe. Had so many caterpillars she didn't know what to do.  Seney's pink swamp milkweed sure has brung us lotsa

caterpillars this year."

I only have two plants in her flower bed, and I keep 

finding eggs and even baby pillars that I have missed.

But I actually have not seen that many butterflies!

They must be fluttering by when I'm not looking.

can you see the tiny green speck?  eggs.

"Lookie hoomans, one hatched!"

"They chew non-stop.  Lynn feeds them all they want.

I just git bits atta time."

"They are too close to my box.  What if they invade it?"

"Lynn says she'll keep a paw count and late October

she'll try to 'member to tell you how many.  Fur

me it is Nightmare on Elm street afore Halloween."

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She sees some mighty strange critters

 "Now mind you folks,  I only see these creatures furom Lynn's photos. I nevfur git out on the bike path to see this.  I'd much rather wait here fur Lynn to come home fur the treats and the brushies."

The snapping turtle may have lain her eggs during 

the night and was too cold and tired to move on.

I actually lifted her hind shell a bit off the ground.

She gave no reaction.  So I lifted again and pushed

at the same time.  She did hiss but did not try to

turn on me.  So I budged her a few inches off the

trail.  It was about 52 degrees that morn.

Black Rat Snake

The snake was also cold and did not want to move

when I spotted it too.  So when I tried prodding

it along,  it just wrapped itself around my bike tire.

I finally found a twig to convince it to move on.  These

two were only 50 feet apart that morning.

I see the Llama every time I bike.  But he's rarely this close to

the fence at the path.  He was already starting to grow back

his wool and this photo was taken one cold morning earlier in

the Spring,  when it was too cold too long.

And who doesn't enjoy seeing cows up close.  The llama is there

to protect half dozen mixed cows.  But I doubt there is anything

to bother them except flies.  

"I should be the only one in yer photos Lynn.  After all I

am nice and clean and don't need prodding and never 

need my wool sheared."

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Christmas in July

"We thought it might be fun to say Merry Christmas since today is July 25."

"I thought I'd stop fur an itch furst."

"It's nevfur too soon to dream of Santa and his gift giving.

See our pillow?"

"We hope you are planning yer Santa List."

"This is one of Santa's deer eatin' mulberries in our yard.  She

already munched on Lynn's plants earlier on."

Angel Seney got a new lily addition this year.  1/2 the buds were eaten off by slugs.

"Lynn said fur me not to hurry summer away."

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Again with the bugs, it's drivin' me buggy.

"Evfurry year Lynn brings in these pillar thing-a-ma-jigs and molly coddles them."

"It cuts into my purrsonal time for brushies and

luvin's and feedin'.  I protest."

5 days old Monarch, about pencil lead size

"When they hatch and kin fly I am not allowed to chase them.

I luv to chase flyin' bugs."

3 weeks old

4 weeks and starting chrysalis 

"SHE thinks I'm gonna babysit acause they're some kinda

Cat Monarch!  They are not gonna rule me."

"Fur now,  I'll just nap.  These things are b-o-r-i-n-g."

(psst, Lynn here,  don't tell HER but I have 

lots more babies.)

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