May brought kittens, June brought flies. June is a bitch.
Momma Sugar and Cali, the day we met.
Sugar was living at a beach shack next door with her kittens.
Here are all 4 of the little devils. I like cats, but not what they do to the birds!
At least these 4 won't be having kittens.
Sugar checks out the view from the roof.
Sugar and Maldi have a tentative peace.
She's already proven herself to be a good mouser!
Daisy and pals play with their new toys, thanks to Lisa and Tim!
Xmul prefers Mo to toys. Happy dogs at sunset.
Lovely Xmul.
Not so much lovely as loved.
Ziggy naps.
These orange insects were standing motionless on a new shoot of our nopal. They caught my eye because it looked like a bloom, but nopal doesn't have orange flowers. They were so still that I touched them, thinking it was some kind of fungus. I'll update when I identify the species.
Identified as assassin bugs by Amanda. Thanks!
The dogs do their best impression of ants.
Hey! No dogs allowed on the tabl.... ah, forget it.
Elewah and Sean.
Her darling daughter Lily, and a napping Frankie.
Blue leads Zoot, Amber, and gang.
Siblings Zoot and Amber have not wanted to go out for months! So odd.
Finally, success -we convinced/tricked them, and
Amber couldn't be happier!
Zoot also seems to have forgotten what all the fuss was about.
Zasu, Zoot, Rita, Monkey and Tito head home.
A good representation of Ginger -doing her own thing.
As of December, Ernie has been with us 6 years.
His snore is something you have to hear to believe.
At the end of January a long run of fence was stolen from the rental property, and another attempt was made to remove a door. Without a perimeter fence the lot is useless to us. Disappointed, but glad for resolution, we removed all the improvements, including the remaining fence, and we'll use them when we buy a property.
Our beautiful Lucy died February 19th. Her passing hit me hard; she was one of my best friends and left us too soon.
17 year old cat Spot has good days, and not so good days. We put a few steps to the roof and a rail on the casita for him. Both he and Maldi have been enjoying the new views.
Roxy is doing well with the treatments for heartworm.
We call Hazel, Murci and Tori The Heroic Trio. They play together like this for hours every day. This Bumi is their favorite thing in the world.
Same game, different day.
Daisy had a run in with something in the yard during the night.
She looked like this early in the morning.
It started as a few bumps and a little swelling, then quickly turned ugly.
She needed an injection of corticosteroid, and some antibiotics.
She's fine now, though we still don't know what caused it.
Steve McQueen had a tiny bit of the same thing, but was likely spared worse by being a complete scaredy-cat.
Pete & Steve play another round of the ongoing game -who's taller?! (spoiler:it's Steve.)
Xmul visited for a few days.
Full-on Linda cuteness.
Happily, there is nothing new to report.
Crepuscular pulchritude:
Spot and Maldi, just doing their thing:
Henry finally got his haircut. With two more fluffy dogs in the house,
I may have to invest in clippers.
The trick is to cut away all that is not Henry:
Speaking of the new fluffy dogs, they're doing great. It's gratifying to see them so happy, knowing what a crappy life they had and how close they were to suffering a cruel death. If you missed the previous post, these 2 were hog-tied and stuffed into boxes to be thrown away at the dump. Still, they remain optimistic. Dogs are amazing.
Early on, April preferred to be in a sheltered spot:
Maggie is a bit more outgoing:
After they were here about a week, we took them on a walk.
April in the lead:
She had a blast:
Maggie is still covered in cuts and bruises, but it didn't slow her down:
she's a sweetheart:
Maggie and April think things are looking up:
