Another Scavenger Hunt

I know what I forgot in yesterday’s post.  It wasn’t a meme, but I forget that yesterday was the 3rd anniversary of me becoming a blogger!  Yep.  It’s been three years since my first post and became addicted to all the great people I’ve met and the way blogging inspires me to try new things and take bigger and better risks.  It’s been a great three years!

Now, for today’s regularly scheduled post:  this week Ashley gave us the following items for her scavenger hunt:  hidden, plain, left, fast, and peace.

Hidden:  Hidden below his perfect feline appearance, cancer is spreading.  I can now feel a small tumor below his eye next to his nose.  In the picture, it looks like his fur is messed up just a bit.

Snickers

Plain:  This is just a plain old rock out in my pasture.

Left:  I have too many fallen trees in the pasture.  All that is left are rotting trunks.

Peace:  I think Mary just exudes peace and happiness basking in the sunshine.

Fast:  Maggie surprised me today racing through the barnyard.

I’m still trying to decide if she and Penny are going to give me oopsie babies around March 12th.

Maggie

I guess only time will tell.

Linking to Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Mosaic Monday, Macro Monday and Homestead Barn Hop.

Notes on the Weather

This weekend was an all-over-the-place kind of weather weekend.  It started beautifully with the sunset on Friday evening.  I am finally starting to notice it staying light a bit longer.  Thank goodness.

The kids, Mary and Myson, have really been enjoying playing together.  It’s a lot of fun to watch as they buck and rear and butt and bounce.  They are so much fun!

Myson and Mary

Then it began to snow.  The birds were happy to see full feeders.

I saw lots of blue jays hanging around.

They were waiting for me to fill the dog food bowl.  That is their favorite treat.

For some reason, Coral always seems to be left out in the cold.  I often have to go drag her kicking and screaming help her into a shelter.

Coral

With this kind of a cold snowy weekend, the cats were in the house most of the time.  Even though Snickers is sick, he still has the energy to play with Leo.

Leo and Snickers

All those leaves on the floor~well Snickers and Bob think they get to come in the living room window when it’s cold or rainy.  For some reason, they seem to have me trained well.  With our gusty winds, they bring a lot of leaves in with them.  Silly cats.

Finally, I stepped out to crystal clear skies last night to look at Jupiter so close to the moon.  With those clear skies, our temperatures have become quite frigid.  It was -6*F Monday morning and -5*F this morning.

Hopefully, we’ll moderate a little bit and I’ll get to see the kids happily playing again.   It would make it easier to enjoy the longer days and get outside to take some pictures.

Linking to Wild Bird Wednesday and Wordless Wednesday with Project Alicia, Create With Joy, Sarah Halstead, and Live and Love Out Loud.

Cat and Mouse Games

I live in an old farmhouse, so it’s not surprising that I will occasionally get a mouse in the house.  I caught one on Christmas day, and I’ve not seen or heard a sign of one since.  Until last night…  This morning, I found more conclusive evidence of an intruder.

Just where does he think he’s going?

The impudent little beast seemed to think this was a great photo shoot.  Get your little mousy butt off my corkscrew!

The canned dog food was delicious as well.  That’s really what he was after, the dog food from where I fed Stella this morning.

Really, this is not acceptable.  Where’s the cat?

Snickers

I can’t believe this!  Now we’re playing peek-a-boo!

Seriously, I think I might have better luck taming this one down and then “freeing” him.

I washed the dishes, and that little rodent was still coming out.  I swear I heard a squeeking noise that sounded like some little mouse laughing his whiskers off!

I might have to take things into my own hands here.  We’ll see who gets the last laugh.  As of post time, no mouse was injured in the creation of this post.

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Linking to SOOC Sunday (all pictures but the two mouse collages), Weekend Reflections, Farm Fun Friday, and  Macro Monday.