M&M Monday

When there's no food or water involved, Maggie is very sweet with Tabby. Tabby jumps up on the bench and purrs & rubs up against the dogs.

The girls have been all excited to sniff around the back porch. I went out one night and Tabby was mow-ing louder and more than usual. There was an opossum in her cat house. So the next day when the dogs came out, they were sniffing all around.

*sniff*

*sniff*

*sniff*  (That's Millie).

Speaking of Millie, she managed to slide onto the slippery part of the floor, under the side table. 

*sigh*

"You could put down that camera & help me out of here." (I did, of course).

We've had a tremendous amount of rain, so here's our policy:

You may notice Tabby's paw off to the left, doing just that.  ;-)

M&M Monday

Last Monday I woke to a bit of excitement--or I should say, inconvenience. I turned the tap on, and . . . no water. So an electrician came to inspect the well and found that lightning had struck the well cap & blown out the well pump. He was scheduled to come back on Tuesday, but it RAINED, so we had to wait til a sunnier day on Wednesday. So yes, for those doing no-water-math, that was three days! But having gone without water AND electricity for FIVE days last year during a blizzard, this wasn't that bad. And Fisherman Willie brought over a 5-gallon jug of water with a hand pump, so we had drinking water. The only thing was that I wash my hands a lot during the course of the day, especially after petting the dogs, so that was a bit of a challenge. Glad I didn't have any out-of-the-ordinary clean-ups!

Maggie hanging out at the electrician's truck.

Maggie looks up at the electricians on the hill.

Awwww. Big points for being dog-friendly.  :-)

Back up the ramp.

Watching the guys from her domain.

Another day, another hanging out by the forsythia:

Sweet Maggie.

And here's Millie on the porch:

with Tabby Bobcat.

Yoohoo, Mil! 

Hullo.

Here's Millie by the forsythia:

*sniff*

Up the ramp.

*sniff*

And this is what happens, whoever comes in the house first:

Maggie plants herself in the entrance. By Millie's food bowl.

Millie sits and bides her time.  Eventually she advances forward with a Grrrr. Then I take the food bowl away, and she wags her tail and walks by Maggie. Or vice-versa, if it's Millie sitting there and Maggie comes in last. It's the game they play. Silly girls.  :-)

M&M Monday

 I'm getting the Tabby Bobcat pic out of the way first!

Maggie learns to share her bed.

Shhhhhh . . . .

Millie's sleeeeeeeping.

Zzzzzz . . . .spilling off her bed.

Here's Millie using the bed as a pillow.

Sunday Morning Light

Maggie

Millie

In the office

Zzzzzzz . . . .

Flood of 2011

This flood was not quite as dramatic as the Flood(s) of 2010. But still, I wasn't expecting it. I was all geared up to head out to civilization. I was merrily driving down my driveway and see this:

Not going anywhere.

Yikes!

The last flood was up to that last rung of the gate. But it was enough to keep me at home!

Lots of debris.

But blue skies!

A Morning Walk to the River

This was a coupla weeks ago, when we'd had a bit of rain. You can see the river is almost to the road:

Love these photos--they captured that glorious golden light!

Another flood shot.

Love the moss! It's the one green thing in the winter.

Neighbor Dave & Carol's river lot. Again, you can see the water spilling past the trees.

Trees in the winter are like beautiful sculptures. I love all the seasons!

Just past the postboxes; gorgeous view of the road heading out.

Back up toward the driveway. See the river spilling thru all the leaves?

And back up the hill to my little house:

View thru the apple tree branches, just getting ready to bud.

Tuesday Turkey Hawk

Saw this guy while I was driving down my road. It's hard to tell he's BIG--but he's BIG!

Speaking of turkeys . . . 

A flock of turkeys down at the bottom of my field.

Here's a video, soundtrack provided by Tabby Bobcat: