Tag Archives: Gardening

Yard Changes

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Oldcat

The installation of the new A/C compressor went swimmingly and the unit was running in the afternoon…colder than I’d like.  They nudged the unit a bit sideways and had to take out the lesser two of the three bushes that … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve Miracle!

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Oldcat

So this morning I  looked out the back and found that somehow I miraculously had gotten nearly and entire Christmas tree in my back yard from nowhere! It did seem to be missing its trunk, but amazing nonetheless!   That … Continue reading →

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Day of Adventures

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Oldcat

Today was a day for some back yard work, and the kittens were pretty happy to get some outside time. I made some additional attempts to add netting on the tree to keep Rhea from climbing out.  I did leave … Continue reading →

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Starry Evening

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Oldcat

The Star Jasmine plant is in full flower, and smells great too.  It is hard to imagine that it is crushing and strangling all the plants it can reach with its evil tentacles! This was a really good session, I … Continue reading →

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Stretch it Out

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Oldcat

Rhea, you are supposed to bend the other way to fit into that bed…. She actually stayed in that position for about 45 minutes. There was a little bit out outside time today.  Gus took a rest on the largest … Continue reading →

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Four Cat Yard

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Oldcat

It has been a long time coming – it was finally time to let the kittens go outside.  I haven’t been out back in the yard much myself since Calpurnia died, as grief and bad weather and kitten wrangling took … Continue reading →

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Trippin’ Cats

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Oldcat

That’s trippin’ as in guilt tripping.  When I came out this morning into the back yard a few minutes after Calla and Julie I found each of them perched on one of the borders I had cleared plants away from … Continue reading →

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Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Oldcat

A very pleasant day for the holiday, and the cats enjoyed having the back door open the entire day. Julie managed to bring home a pair of lizards, sadly only one made it and was re-released outside. I did some … Continue reading →

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Garden Party

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Oldcat

  With the shorter days, it is going to be hard to get outside pictures on weekdays going forward, so it was good to have a nice weekend day to take some.  There was a bit of wind even down … Continue reading →

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Getting Around

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Oldcat

I thought I’d show a few more pictures from the other day of Gus making his wide circuit around Calla.  Here he is at just about the point where he would stop to avoid getting too close to her.

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