Those are adorable beyond words. Seeing, them, I just want to pick them up and hold them... Ignoring the fact that they'll soon be big enough to eat me. Cats are my favourites as well, but I have to say, owls are a solid second. I don't know why, but I absolutely adore them. (I'm even wearing a dress with an owl print on it today. And my coffee mug is in the shape of an owl.)
I love felines, too. There is just something so ancient, majestic and mysterious about them. But I also love their playful antics and as cute as a kitten can be, I love a full grown cat and their sleekness. They are just beautiful animals.
I am also love our backyard birds, which include hawks and owls of various kinds! I also love rabbits and mice and people who know me compare me to Beatrix Potter! I am fortunate to live near lots of wildlife where we have everything from moose and coyote to bear, mountain lions, deer, fox, bobcats and everything imaginable! Here are a few pictures of what passes through regularly!
OMG i had no idea you had such awesome sights in your garden! can i come and live with you for a while? just to see brids and animals! that is wonderful! and yes rabbits are also super cute. sadly both of mine died just around christmas which sucked :( thanks so much for sharing your pictures Debi! they are wonderful! when at home i shall post some pictures of tigers that i have taken! they are so pretty!
Oooh Tigers! Fun!!! Here kitty, kitty! lol Hehehe...
We are lucky with our wildlife. I love the summer nights when we still open our windows before needing the central air. You can hear them crossing the street (click, click, click of their hooves), rustling through the brush, the coyotes howling (very freaky and you feel like Dracula should show up at any time!) and the owls, various kinds, hooting at each other. We have wetlands across the street from us and conservation land behind us. Everyone who lives here (21 homes) pays the taxes on these lands to preserve them, which is why we came here. Long ago this used to be a cow farm, thus the lack of trees and having to grow them ourselves! You never know what you might find passing through when you look out the window! One Saturday we were out shopping and while we were gone our neighbours filmed a female moose prancing through our yard! You can even hear the cars screeching when she goes up the street and crosses the road. Everyone, including her, was okay. It was just so weird to see her going through the yards, past our mailbox, like someone's pet! lol
Those are gorgeous photos, Lou! Oooh, I want those kitties in my backyard! Are these from San Diego Zoo? Just curious as I am a huge fan of Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook, the polar bears there. And yes, Lou, you can come live with us for a while, watch animals, play with pigments, watch Buffy.... 
Those are gorgeous photos, Lou! Oooh, I want those kitties in my backyard! Are these from San Diego Zoo? Just curious as I am a huge fan of Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook, the polar bears there. And yes, Lou, you can come live with us for a while, watch animals, play with pigments, watch Buffy....
i want them in my back garden too! and they are at Busch Gardens in Florida. sadly i have never been to San Diago! Oh you i have just bought my plane ticket to your place! that's ok right?! as soon as you mentioned buffy i booked! lol!
Here kitty kitty!! I love these wildlife pictures. Debi, your photos remind me of what I miss by living in the city. Here's a picture of my wildlife at the watering hole...
oh Kate they are so funny! But what makes me laugh at the photo is that there is food in another bowel but they still all go for the same one! lol!
Lou~Sure! Come on over! You get the guest room and I will clean out a spot for the traincase and pigments! Heeheehee! Bring the kitties and hubby too, of course! The more the merrier! When we went to Florida we hit just about everywhere but Busch Gardens. I wish we had gone. But I love that trip, even if I did come down with a nasty cold flu and achy body and fever while touring all the awesome places. I was only 22. If I tried that now I would have collapsed. Actually, I did collapse, in Paris at Epcot, on the grass. I just slumped myself down, ate an ice-cream and didn't move for about 2 hours. lol Then I went and bought some perfume to cheer me up! Anais Anais. The scent still reminds me of that vacation, sitting on a bench on the beach, thinking of how everyone else on the teller line was cashing out and I was on a 2 wk vacation. Muahahahahhaha....
Katred~Cats! Oh, I love that picture! Felines are a favourite with me. At our local nursery we have a cat from another neighborhood who spends the day musing around the store, inside and out, sleeping in adorable hideaways, always purring, always following me and helping me shop. Harley, short for Harlequin. I love here! She is especially funny when she just sits in the birding section, curled up on a bag of sunflower seeds, as some mice have been spotted in that area. They love having her around!
A blessing...we did not get as much snow as they said and it didn't even stick to the roads! 1 or two warm days will melt this away. Spring has got to come soon, and with it, tons of wildlife. May and June are the busiest months, though summer is full of surprises and Sept-November is fun to see the winter birds and animals come in. I love our wildlife, but often wish I could invite them in and play with them!
Lou~Sure! Come on over! You get the guest room and I will clean out a spot for the traincase and pigments! Heeheehee! Bring the kitties and hubby too, of course! The more the merrier! When we went to Florida we hit just about everywhere but Busch Gardens. I wish we had gone. But I love that trip, even if I did come down with a nasty cold flu and achy body and fever while touring all the awesome places. I was only 22. If I tried that now I would have collapsed. Actually, I did collapse, in Paris at Epcot, on the grass. I just slumped myself down, ate an ice-cream and didn't move for about 2 hours. lol Then I went and bought some perfume to cheer me up! Anais Anais. The scent still reminds me of that vacation, sitting on a bench on the beach, thinking of how everyone else on the teller line was cashing out and I was on a 2 wk vacation. Muahahahahhaha....
Katred~Cats! Oh, I love that picture! Felines are a favourite with me. At our local nursery we have a cat from another neighborhood who spends the day musing around the store, inside and out, sleeping in adorable hideaways, always purring, always following me and helping me shop. Harley, short for Harlequin. I love here! She is especially funny when she just sits in the birding section, curled up on a bag of sunflower seeds, as some mice have been spotted in that area. They love having her around!
A blessing...we did not get as much snow as they said and it didn't even stick to the roads! 1 or two warm days will melt this away. Spring has got to come soon, and with it, tons of wildlife. May and June are the busiest months, though summer is full of surprises and Sept-November is fun to see the winter birds and animals come in. I love our wildlife, but often wish I could invite them in and play with them!
well if you ever go back you must visit Busch Gardens! there are so many lovely animals to see, as well as some nice rides! i actually got sick when we went there last year though! They served me chicken tenders that were raw in the middle. i had eaten half before i realised! i was so sick that night it was unreal. it literally left a bad taste in my mouth! lol!
and i am sorry you had the flu where in Florida! that must not have been fun at all! but lol about crashing in 'paris'! nick was pretty ill when we went in 2008. he had a cold that was verging on flu because he has aching body, the shivers as well as a chesty cough! although he tried not to let it spoil then fun! then after we had done all the theme parks we went on a 4 night cruise around the bahamas and i was sick with an ear infection in my deaf ear! one of us is always ill for a holiday! if we go abroad i always get ear infections, if we stay in the uk or europe i get cystitis!
oh and the neighbourhood kitty Harley sounds like such a sweetie! what a love-able friendly cat! and please keep your camera at the ready to snap pictures of the spring animals!!
OMG That is exactly what happened to me. We spent the first week down in Coral Springs visiting my Aunt and Uncle who showed us some cool Everglade spots with alligators and a section that make you feel like dinosaurs should be walking through. It was amazing. But boring when they kept bringing us to strip malls. We wanted to save our money for the fun places. My aunt had a cold and I caught it from her. I was okay until Cape Kennedy and started feeling it. The first day in Epcot I wasn't bad and had the time of my life going on rides and from one country to another. Next day Seaworld and I started with the aches and fever. DisneyWorld I was in a fog and feverish. 2nd day Epcot I crashed in Paris, died somewhere between China and Mexico. lol Cypress Gardens was super hot and my fever still going. Not sure what I saw there. It is a blur! Ride home on the plane left me deaf for 4 days. I was pulled off the teller line to process loans as I was super wiped and deaf.
I had so much fun though. lol Favoruite things were the Haunted House (dragged me Dad on it several times!), Cinderella's Carousel (move over little kiddies...I want a ride!) and Spaceship Earth. Then all the countries, the Mexico ride, the films of France and China, the China and Japan shops, perfume and had my portrait painted in France. And I got to pet Shamu. Yeehaw!
Oh! I second Busch Gardens! I totally loved it. I almost got sun stroke, except that my mum kept dragging me into the shade for safety. I really, really loved Busch Gardens, more than Epcot or anything else I visited in Florida. I guess it's just the proximity to the animals and the fact that everything you pay is going to their upkeep and health that made me love it. Seriously, I'd go back there again in a second.
OMG That is exactly what happened to me. We spent the first week down in Coral Springs visiting my Aunt and Uncle who showed us some cool Everglade spots with alligators and a section that make you feel like dinosaurs should be walking through. It was amazing. But boring when they kept bringing us to strip malls. We wanted to save our money for the fun places. My aunt had a cold and I caught it from her. I was okay until Cape Kennedy and started feeling it. The first day in Epcot I wasn't bad and had the time of my life going on rides and from one country to another. Next day Seaworld and I started with the aches and fever. DisneyWorld I was in a fog and feverish. 2nd day Epcot I crashed in Paris, died somewhere between China and Mexico. lol Cypress Gardens was super hot and my fever still going. Not sure what I saw there. It is a blur! Ride home on the plane left me deaf for 4 days. I was pulled off the teller line to process loans as I was super wiped and deaf.
I had so much fun though. lol Favoruite things were the Haunted House (dragged me Dad on it several times!), Cinderella's Carousel (move over little kiddies...I want a ride!) and Spaceship Earth. Then all the countries, the Mexico ride, the films of France and China, the China and Japan shops, perfume and had my portrait painted in France. And I got to pet Shamu. Yeehaw!
oh my goodness you are cracking me up with this! obviously not funny at the time though! and my favourite rides are spaceship earth, test track, haunted mantion, rock and roller coaster as well as the tower of terror! i just love the disney parks!
Oh! I second Busch Gardens! I totally loved it. I almost got sun stroke, except that my mum kept dragging me into the shade for safety. I really, really loved Busch Gardens, more than Epcot or anything else I visited in Florida. I guess it's just the proximity to the animals and the fact that everything you pay is going to their upkeep and health that made me love it. Seriously, I'd go back there again in a second.
oh yeah they look after the animals there so well! it was wonderful to see all the baby animals or injured animals they were nursing to good health when we went last year! there were even baby kangaroos! sun stroke is never good though!
I loveeeeee cats! Everyday I try to watch cat videos ranging from tigers, ligers, lions, domestics, shoot anything kitty related I watch. Unfortunately, my boyfriend has asthma so the hairs cause problems for him. :(
oh no! that is a shame that your guy is allergic to the hair! but at least you get to see the videos! 
This video just kills me... I want to cry (in a good way) every time I see it. You may well have already seen it, since it's been making the rounds on the internet, but basically, it's a woman in Columbia who took in a circus lion who was malnourished and nursed him back to health. The video is taken six years later, when she goes to visit him in his new home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUmsUDympw
This video just kills me... I want to cry (in a good way) every time I see it. You may well have already seen it, since it's been making the rounds on the internet, but basically, it's a woman in Columbia who took in a circus lion who was malnourished and nursed him back to health. The video is taken six years later, when she goes to visit him in his new home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUmsUDympw
oh my goodness! i had never seen that! how wonderful! absolutely beautiful! thanks for sharing Kate!
I just discovered that our Siamese, Hecubus, our littlest resident, goes absolutely berserk for my Burt's Bees lip balm. I'm trying to do some work (and taking Specktra breaks, obviously) and he keeps jumping up and devouring my lips! I can't imagine what it is, but he's absolutely crazy for it!
I just discovered that our Siamese, Hecubus, our littlest resident, goes absolutely berserk for my Burt's Bees lip balm. I'm trying to do some work (and taking Specktra breaks, obviously) and he keeps jumping up and devouring my lips! I can't imagine what it is, but he's absolutely crazy for it!
lol! that is so funny! weird but funny!
I just discovered that our Siamese, Hecubus, our littlest resident, goes absolutely berserk for my Burt's Bees lip balm. I'm trying to do some work (and taking Specktra breaks, obviously) and he keeps jumping up and devouring my lips! I can't imagine what it is, but he's absolutely crazy for it!
What a riot! He must like honey or something sweet in them! Nothing like being drowned in cat kissies! lol
Here is a picture of me holding Spooky, my first cat, about 18 years ago (dig the old tv set!).
What a riot! He must like honey or something sweet in them! Nothing like being drowned in cat kissies! lol
Here is a picture of me holding Spooky, my first cat, about 18 years ago (dig the old tv set!).
Oh debi this is such a wonderful photo! i am so pleased that you managed to upload it!! you look so cute and Spooky looks very happy! what an awesome name too!
Thank you! She was a gift to me from the group we camped with. My parents did not want a cat in the house at all, but they convinced them that I needed companionship, so she was mine at 8 weeks old. We had just come back from a wedding and to the campground when everyone told me to shut my eyes. All of a sudden I could hear whispers and feel these sharp claws digging through my nice dress! When I opened them, there she was! I named her Spooky Spirit that evening, which came to Spooky, Spookah, then Bubby! lol I love this picture of her. She was a wonderful cat and lived for 17 3/4 years! She took a while to warm up to my husband though. She didn't want to share me! She kept attacking him and hissing at him. I told him to feed her her dinner and they were best of friends in a few days! I miss her so much. She was my best friend and companion for such a long time. She loved this house. Wall to wall carpeting at the time and she flew around the house like a kitten even though she was 9 years old! Never even bothered the Christmas tree or anything. Sigh....
Aww,Spooky is beautiful!I absolutely love tuxedo cats,they are so adorable and classy looking!They always look like they're dressed up lol I had one named Sneakers that passed away a year ago at 16 years old.She was my baby,I miss her so much.I have a new tuxedo cat I adopted from an animal shelter,he is sooo precious.His name is Snook and he is 2,I love him to bits.
What a riot! He must like honey or something sweet in them! Nothing like being drowned in cat kissies! lol
Here is a picture of me holding Spooky, my first cat, about 18 years ago (dig the old tv set!).
Elven, that is an absolutely lovely photo. The whole story reminds me of some of my experiences with my own felines. I like the part of your story where she just sunk her claws into you. My first cat, at least the first that I had as an adult, chose me for certain. She hooked her claws into me and simply would not let go. In the end, I was faced with the choice of taking her home of destroying the shirt I was wearing.
I love Spooky! I'm a big fan of black & white cats. I was so happy to finally get one when we found Seth and his sister. We came dangerously close to falling in love with another yesterday...
awww! well you can never have enough cute kitties!
Thank you! She was a gift to me from the group we camped with. My parents did not want a cat in the house at all, but they convinced them that I needed companionship, so she was mine at 8 weeks old. We had just come back from a wedding and to the campground when everyone told me to shut my eyes. All of a sudden I could hear whispers and feel these sharp claws digging through my nice dress! When I opened them, there she was! I named her Spooky Spirit that evening, which came to Spooky, Spookah, then Bubby! lol I love this picture of her. She was a wonderful cat and lived for 17 3/4 years! She took a while to warm up to my husband though. She didn't want to share me! She kept attacking him and hissing at him. I told him to feed her her dinner and they were best of friends in a few days! I miss her so much. She was my best friend and companion for such a long time. She loved this house. Wall to wall carpeting at the time and she flew around the house like a kitten even though she was 9 years old! Never even bothered the Christmas tree or anything. Sigh....
oh that is such a lovely story! and getting your hubby to feed her was a good idea! kitties love those who give them food! hee hee! :)
Aww,Spooky is beautiful!I absolutely love tuxedo cats,they are so adorable and classy looking!They always look like they're dressed up lol I had one named Sneakers that passed away a year ago at 16 years old.She was my baby,I miss her so much.I have a new tuxedo cat I adopted from an animal shelter,he is sooo precious.His name is Snook and he is 2,I love him to bits.
aw i remember sneakers cat :( but she lived such a long time :) and yay for Snook! that's a cute name too! :)
Elven, that is an absolutely lovely photo. The whole story reminds me of some of my experiences with my own felines. I like the part of your story where she just sunk her claws into you. My first cat, at least the first that I had as an adult, chose me for certain. She hooked her claws into me and simply would not let go. In the end, I was faced with the choice of taking her home of destroying the shirt I was wearing.
hee hee! that is like when i chose Dylan! I was looking at the whole littrer but picked Dylan because he was the only one who hooked onto my jeans and climbed up my leg and onto my lap! Such a funny little boy! I will have to find some kitten pictures of him when i get home because he looks so different!
