Homeless Kitty....Pinkie er, Pinkerton

Back before Thanksgiving, I started feeding a homeless kitty living in the neighbors barn. Since his barn was locked, I would shove food under the hole in the bottom of the door. 

Before I started feeding this kitty, she lived off the birds she caught in my backyard. 

I was not amused.

My plan was to find a no-kill shelter to take her too when I could catch her. In December, with my old cat senile and ailing, I started feeding this kitty on my back porch. It was a nice distraction as this kitty was always there to greet me and was happy just to be fed.

My old kitty, Midge, died right before Christmas. I was sad and started feeding the stray kitty twice a day. We were on a petting basis by then. She would sit outside my back door trying to come in. 

It was cold. 

I felt bad for her.

I wondered if she was cold and safe and lonely in that barn all night.

Can you see where this is going...?

Yep, I captured her last week and took her to the vet for shots and a check up. I told them her name was Pinkie because if her pink nose and the name fit in with my other retro named kitties. 

Not only did my new kitty get a clean bill of health, but she was a he, so Pinkie became Pinkerton.

Meet Pinkerton!

I took him the vet in this box. When we got home, he sat in this box for 3 hours. 

He was King of the Box!

Eventually, he got out of the box and explored a few rooms including the bathroom. 

King of the Bathroom Sink!

A year old and his first time playing with kitty toys!

He makes friends with Olive kitty! (Daisy is still having a hissy fit over him)

He likes to play with feathers! (not his first time with feathers...maybe I shouldn't encourage him?)

Surveying his former outdoor kingdom. 

Yep, its good to be an indoor kitty.

Backyard Bird Count This Weekend

The Annual Backyard Bird Count is coming up this weekend February 18-21. Here’s more info from Small Town Living:


IT’S AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3!


1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count. You can count for longer than that if you wish! Count birds in as many places and on as many days as you like—one day, two days, or all four days. Submit a separate checklist for each new day. You can also submit more than one checklist per day if you count in other locations on that day.

2. Count the greatest number of individuals of each species that you see together at any one time. You may find it helpful to print out your regional bird checklist to get an idea of the kinds of birds you’re likely to see in your area in February. You could take note of the highest number of each species you see on this checklist.

3. When you’re finished, enter your results HERE. You’ll see a button marked “Enter Your Checklists!” on the website home page beginning on the first day of the count. It will remain active until the deadline for data submission on March 1st.

Special Note: As the Great Backyard Bird Count has grown, more and more bird clubs, nature centers, and local parks are conducting special bird walks or hikes during the GBBC and having participants enter their tallies afterward. How you conduct a traveling count versus a stationary count is slightly different although you will enter your online tallies the same way.

Stationary Count: This is a count made in one area, such as your backyard, where you remain in one place. In this case, simply report the highest number of each species seen together at one time, as usual.

Traveling Count: This is a count made over a distance, such as birding on a trail. In this case you will count new birds of each species as you move along, but only if you can be relatively certain you did not count them previously. You’ll add the numbers for each species at the end of your walk.

FOR MORE INFO: Small Town Living

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Todays Flower of the Day

Todays flower of the day is Bird of Paradise!

Happy Gardening!

Little Visitor

Look at this little visitor at one of our feeders!

Stuffing his face with thistle seed!

Flower of the Day

Todays flower of the day is the Egret Flower!

Happy Gardening!

Indoor Kitties Gone Wild!

Well, not really.... These mostly indoor kitties were too scared to roam off the bench on the back porch.

They have forgotten how great fresh mown grass feels under their toosties. To chase birdies out by the feeders. To poop in my vegie garden. The bliss won't last long!