Introducing some of our wild cats …

Last winter, a cat entered our lives – from outside – it found an opening in our crawlspace, and one cold winter night, started mewling at the house crawlspace interface – a piece of plywood – she was violently shaking the plywood as she mewled.  Soo – several months later – here we are …

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This is momma – she’s showing us how she tells us it’s time to feed her.

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And two of her four kittens – the other two are quite shy.

Catching up …

Yellow lily blossom
Yellow water lily blossom – Nymphaea ‘Sulphurea’

More pics to come.  Had 3 red, 1 yellow and 2 white blossoms today.

I’m out on the back deck, overlooking the pond, with my laptop, as I type this.  There are hummingbirds carrying on, just over an arms reach in front of my laptop’s display, feeding from our brightly colored feeder, among other things.

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Another Lily Pad Count

59 water lily  pads counted this morning, plus one bud, which for two days now has been half poking out of the water.

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Saw under water on the west side of the pond, shoots from new plants, a few inches under the water’s surface.

And saw small bluegills cruising through the sandy spots, about 3″,  just above the bottom.

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