The Eyes Have It!

I finally found my round tuit and resized some recent pictures of the kittens! In the upper left, peeking to see who's above her is Blue Moon. In the left forground listening to whatever on earth I'm doing is female Marble. The elegant guy on the right is Caramel. (The names might be temporary until we come up with something better. It beats calling them by their descriptions all the time.) The friendliest and most playful kitten of the litter is Amaretto! He picked up his daddy Schoedy's traits of wanting constant attention and reaching to be picked up like a child! He's a lovable fluffball with long soft angora fur and he looks at whoever holds him or talks to him as if they're his favorite thing in his world , purring loudly nonstop when held ! The other day as I sat down near them and leaned over to pet another kitten, Ama walked across me and rested on me (purring loudly) as if I were his furniture! If we're petting other kittens instead of him, h e licks ...

Living out in the country where your map looks like a patchwork quilt has its perks like being able to watch sunrises and sunsets. You can actually see the stars and constellations at night and traffic is reduced to distant semi's, occasional 4 wheelers or random aircraft. One of the downsides is frequent unavoidable infestations of various rodents and insects. Numerous mice have been known to find their way into any open bags - be sure you close the chip bags and put them away! The animal feed bags are a favorite place for them to get in but they're unable to jump out. SO yesterday I realized the perfect plan would involve my cats/kittens assistance... I dragged a large open bag of cat food onto the porch and slowly lowered the top of it so the cats could see what was in it. One cat jumped into the bag and caught a mouse that was trying to hide! As she tried to bring it out it got away from her but a kitten ran in and grabbed it. This funny little kitten sat on a porch step w...