RIP Jack Layton

Canada will miss you.

Night Sky – Daily iPhone Photograph #165

Standing on the deck watching the bats fly around. Of course, the camera on the phone
didn't catch any of them. Oh well, the sky was still pretty.

Sunset Clouds – Daily iPhone Photograph #164

Yes, more clouds.

They Are Gone.

Our babies; our four little gingers; our Weasleys; Freddy, Georgy, Ronnie and Ginnie are gone.

We knew from the beginning that we couldn't keep them, we had too many cats already. All because people treat cats like throw away, disposable animals, we end up with so many wandering around the village. A lot of them making their way to our back yard. We do our best but we can't take everyone in. And these four, being kittens have a chance at getting adopted.

Still it's painful. I love them so much.

It's been just over a week, but I still find myself tearing up when I think of them. Our Thunder. That's what we started calling them because of the sounds the made running from one end of the bathroom to the other.

We helped raise them for almost eleven weeks. We watched them learn to walk and climb, to use the litter pot and eat solid food. We were the ones who took them to the vet to get fixed and were the ones who worried about them while they healed from their surgeries.

For the last week they've been in the care of a Hants County NSSPCA foster home. This is where they will be while they wait to find their "furever" homes.

I can't stop worrying about how they are doing, or the kind of home they will get. They will always be a part of me. I know I will always think of them.

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I'm still very behind on the videos I'm making about them. I find it quite hard right now to watch all the video clips of taken of them over the weeks.

The latest, Twenty-eight Days Old is up:



I've been finding it hard for a while now to edit these videos down to just a couple of minutes. I'm sure now that the kitties are gone I'm going to find it even more difficult to edit down the video. So, as each one is edited, they will probably get progressively longer. Beside, they are more meant for us as memories of the babies than they are for others.

Behind but not forgotten, part 3. – Daily iPhone Photograph #149 - #163

Once again falling behind again on posting the Daily iPhone images here. 

#149 - Queen Anne's Lace.

#150 - Hi! I'm Ronnie.

#151 - CANDY! I dont' really, like this kind, but it's still candy.

#152 - Making supper.



#153 - Yup. I have too much stuff.



#154 - I wonder what`s inside?



#155 - iPhone zoom sucks. I guess it kind of looks a bit painterly.



#156 - I just thought this looked kind of interesting.



#157 - I'm stitting on the deck.



#158 - Not really sure what kind of tree or bush this is, but I've always felt it looked a bit odd here.



#159 -Homemade light show.



#160 - Ice cream cone from a box. It was still good.



#161 - A heart in the sky.

#162 - I'm on a boat in Halifax Harbour.

#163 - Just clouds. Simple clouds.

Hannigar's Farm Park & Trail

On Natal Day, August 1, 2011, we stopped at the Hannigar's Farm market. After we did a little food shopping I wanted to go and see the ducks in the pond. I was unaware that Hannigar's actually had a little park. Such a nice discovery.

Evangeline Beach

At short stop at Evangeline Beach in the Annapolis Valley.

Sunset on the Windsor Waterfront...

...or waiting for the Fireworks.

While we were waiting for the Windsor West Hants Summerfest Fireworks to start, I shot some video to catch the beautiful sunset.

The Day of Thunder, Lightning and Rain

The weather in Nova Scotia is always unpredictable. That's just the way it is. When you live here you know this and rarely bat an eyelid when things seem a bit odd in the way weather. (Of course this doesn't stop us from complaining about it). However on Tuesday (August 2, 2011) things were more than a little bit odd, it was down right strange.

We knew we were expecting thunder storms to roll through. But I doubt very much that anyone really expected 8 hours (or more) of heavy rain...



...thunder...



...and more lightning then I have every seen in my life.

The storm was a bit out of the ordinary. And while I do not possess a fear of thunder and lightning (personally I enjoyed the light show Mother Nature put on), I can say that I hope not to experience a storm like that again for quite some time.

It's the Country... – Daily iPhone Photograph #148

Yup, it sure is.

Stormy Drive – Daily iPhone Photograph #147

Watching video I shot of the stormy drive to the city we took yesterday. 

This is a shot off of my computer screen.

Feeding Time – Daily iPhone Photograph #146

They love it when it's feeding time.

Beach – Daily iPhone Photograph #145

Trip to the beach today. The tide was in, all the way up to the rock line you see here.
While we were there the tide started going out; very quickly.

Windsor West Hants Summerfest Fireworks

Formally known as Sam Slick Festival, the Windsor West Hants Summerfest ends with fireworks on the Windsor, Nova Scotia waterfront.

...and growing

Twenty Days Old



Twenty-four Days Old