Texas

[jockeyeba]

New pictures of my pretty BLRW,BLW & GLW girls 5-6 months old now

 

[LBejaran]

Yummmmmmmmmmmm

must.have.this

It is oozing honey........sigh.......

X2

Today's goal? Make sweet cornbread.
Today's achievement? Make BYCers drool.
Mission Accomplished. *fist pump*

 

[LBejaran]

At least they have a safe happy home now

We'll have to see what happens. I can't knowingly return her from where she came. She's so cute and Gunther (my domesticated kitten) is finally learning now to clean himself properly. But if she doesn't warm up to us, I'm not sure what I'll do. I don't want to take her to the pound either. But I've seen people with cats that are absolutely horrible. They are domesticated but hate any sort of handling. This kitty shouldn't be fearful of human touch.

After feeding her, she used the litter box, though! I had to place her in it, but she was pleased. Apparently, she really had to go. And after, she made her way back into the basket we set up for her with a heating pad. So glad my sister found her before it started raining again.

I think she'll get used to us, though. She hopped out of the basket and came up to me (I was lying on the floor, playing with Gunther). I think she gets lonely. She even tolerated Gunther climbing on her and licking her face and ears, haha!

 

[jajeanpierre]

We'll have to see what happens. I can't knowingly return her from where she came. She's so cute and Gunther (my domesticated kitten) is finally learning now to clean himself properly. But if she doesn't warm up to us, I'm not sure what I'll do. I don't want to take her to the pound either. But I've seen people with cats that are absolutely horrible. They are domesticated but hate any sort of handling. This kitty shouldn't be fearful of human touch.

After feeding her, she used the litter box, though! I had to place her in it, but she was pleased. Apparently, she really had to go. And after, she made her way back into the basket we set up for her with a heating pad. So glad my sister found her before it started raining again.

I think she'll get used to us, though. She hopped out of the basket and came up to me (I was lying on the floor, playing with Gunther). I think she gets lonely. She even tolerated Gunther climbing on her and licking her face and ears, haha!

The feral kitty will be fine. My dogs found a 4-week old feral kitten that was starving in my yard. I nursed it back to health. When I first started dropper feeding it water, I wrapped it in a towel so it couldn't see me. He turned out to be a really nice cat.

 

[TexasLisa]

Today's goal? Make sweet cornbread.
Today's achievement? Make BYCers drool.
Mission Accomplished. *fist pump*

 

[galanie]

I don't like getting hit in the face either but have been by horses heads more times then I can count concussions, busted lips, black eyes, you name it
galanie a bar fight

LMAO yes! Some chick hopped up on something just walked up and knocked the hell out of me for no reason at all. I hit back. It was.. different. In all my years I never was in a fight then when I'm 56 this happens. Guess she picked the one that looked most vulnerable.

Make no mistake, I've been clonked in the head by a horse too. And stepped on, and fallen on, and you name it. I even shoed horses for around 8 years and oddly enough, never got for real kicked. I mean kicked so that it connected well. Did get cow kicked a couple times, those are sneaky but didn't hurt me much, just bruises. I'll take a horse trying to kill me over a hopped up bar fly or a baseball any day.

 

[TammyTX]

This year I tried in-ground gardening for the first time since we moved to this land. I tilled it up mixing in some mulch and compost. Then laid out drip irrigation line and just planted everything and anything of the seed packets that caught our eyes.

One big surprise for me was that the tomato plants from seed in the ground did fantastic and the 4" started tomato plants we put into the raised beds have been worthless this year. Now that could be due to the potted tomato starts were different varieties than the seeds we planted but I know for sure next year my primary tomato effort is going to be in-ground.

That's just what worked for me near Abilene where we are hot, windy and arid.

I have never been to Abilene or the area. It seems like our area is becoming more and more arid over the years. I don't know if you come to the Austin area much, but the amount of dead trees in the wooded areas is incredible!

I wonder if the tomatoes failing has to do with the ground heating up too much in the raised beds?

Drip irrigation is a great idea. I would love to hook up some sort of irrigation. Watering by hand, which is what I did, took about two hours.

I think I also need to add something to counter the nitrogen rich chicken manure in the raised beds....maybe some wood ash, bonemeal and kelp meal. Another good excuse for the hubs to burn the woodpile.

 

[TammyTX]

We'll have to see what happens. I can't knowingly return her from where she came. She's so cute and Gunther (my domesticated kitten) is finally learning now to clean himself properly. But if she doesn't warm up to us, I'm not sure what I'll do. I don't want to take her to the pound either. But I've seen people with cats that are absolutely horrible. They are domesticated but hate any sort of handling. This kitty shouldn't be fearful of human touch.

After feeding her, she used the litter box, though! I had to place her in it, but she was pleased. Apparently, she really had to go. And after, she made her way back into the basket we set up for her with a heating pad. So glad my sister found her before it started raining again.

I think she'll get used to us, though. She hopped out of the basket and came up to me (I was lying on the floor, playing with Gunther). I think she gets lonely. She even tolerated Gunther climbing on her and licking her face and ears, haha!

The feral kitty will be fine. My dogs found a 4-week old feral kitten that was starving in my yard. I nursed it back to health. When I first started dropper feeding it water, I wrapped it in a towel so it couldn't see me. He turned out to be a really nice cat.

We have several cats at the office (our office is about 10 miles from my house and sits on 40 acres in the country) and they were all born wild. NOW, they greet me when I arrive at 6am and roll on their backs for me to scratch their bellies! Now, that MIGHT have something to do with me feeding them every morning!!

Even my own cat was dumped or abandoned and left to fend for himself for many months before he came to live under our shed. He had an abscess on his shoulder and I lured him in with roasted turkey. Once I doctored him my husband said, "Well we have to keep him now!" Best cat ever!

 

[TammyTX]

jockeyeba - Those are some good and healthy looking birds! So pretty!

 

[galanie]

We have several cats at the office (our office is about 10 miles from my house and sits on 40 acres in the country) and they were all born wild.  NOW, they greet me when I arrive at 6am and roll on their backs for me to scratch their bellies!  Now, that MIGHT have something to do with me feeding them every morning!!  

Even my own cat was dumped or abandoned and left to fend for himself for many months before he came to live under our shed.  He had an abscess on his shoulder and I lured him in with roasted turkey.  Once I doctored him my husband said, "Well we have to keep him now!"  Best cat ever!

Oh yes! My cat was a stray that was found behind a house with a litter of kittens. She was taken and spayed and the little ones eventually found homes. It was the guy next door that did this but she decided, after a few months, that she liked me. How could I possibly say no? He rehabs and cares for any stray he finds so he's always looking for good homes. And my Kiki found one all by herself. Best cat I ever had. And we had cats all my life. This one is a real gem.