Most mornings at our house is animal check-in. Did our electric fence hold out the coyotes and others? Did they make it through the night. This is just a part of life on the edge of open land leading to the mountains. Something we have just learned to live with and do our best with and keep safety of the animals we have here in mind.  This morning the smell of skunk is on the breeze, but very faint – thank goodness- …… and  we have an additional cat. Huh. Rarely do I think our numbers will go up over night. We shall see how long the puffy stays. Or if we were a safe place on the inside of the fence away from coyotes for the night. In general I’d like him to just wander on because we have a calm set of  leisure circumstances here lately. I will have to share some photos of our Cody, the border collie, and his harem of cats. They massage his back, and he just lays there in awe. He gets upset when they don’t come to his porch with him and settle down. No matter how I want to remind him they are here to keep the packrats and in turn the rattlesnakes away. He should know this since he is our snake bit dog.  We shall see what happens with the new cat.  It is always interesting. Love it.

Enjoy!
Chris

PS I couldn’t resist the flower photo I took a few mornings ago from my front porch pots that need to be planted. I am ready for spring. I will look for my Cody and cat harem photos to share.