Daily 5x5 #3 - Bright

Clip 1 - Sun coming through the front door, hitting the hall wall
Clip 2 - My new purse
Clip 3 - Sun coming through the blinds, hitting the floor
Clip 4 - Mystic and I bonding by a window
Clip 5 - Sun coming through the blinds, hitting the living room wall

Daily 5x5 #3 - Outside

Clip 1 - Sunrise through the front door
Clip 2 - Birds with bread piece, through window
Clip 3 - Feral Kitty Patch stretches
Clip 4 - Feral Kitties Patch and Tiny being fed
Clip 5 - Evening sky through tree branches

Lost then Found

The other day I was going through a folder on my computer that contains the images from a camera I had years ago. I had forgotten that I had shot some video with it. It's very low quality video, but still they were cute shots of the cats that I would like to keep. So, I have made each one into it's own little (very low quality) scrapbook type video:


Mystic Loves the Outside - September 25, 2004



He-She Wants a Treat (people food) - October 3, 2004



Sweet Little Dusty - June 5, 2005



Friendly is a Pretty Boy - July 30, 2005



Friendly Loves to Play with String - August 14, 2005



Mystic & Friendly Dislike Each Other - August 14, 2005



He-She is Crazy for the Catnip Toys - November 10, 2007

iKitties - Greydon, TC, Butter, Loucee

I made this video for the Hants County SPCA showing Little C's babies (the Weasley's Cousins) playing with my iPad.



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After the "Weasley" kitties were lovingly in the hands of the local branch of the SPCA, we thought there wouldn't be any more little kitties to worry about.

Tiny and Patch were spayed via a local TN/SR program. Tiny's two surviving kittens were in the hands of a local vet who raises abandoned kittens (Tiny would have nothing to do with them) and who is adamant about the need to have pets fixed. Patch's babies (our Weasleys) had been fixed while in our care before going to their foster home to be put up for adoption. The last one left to do (and the hardest to catch) was Little C, who was signed up for the next TN/SR day - just a few days away. We felt a sense of accomplishment, and were settling into the feeling of "we're done".

We were oh so wrong.

Just days before her appointment Little C showed up with her little brood. That first night we thought there were only 3, but later we learned there were four. We prayed that they were boys (easier and cheaper to fix), then thought they were all girls, then were surprised very late in the game to learn one actually was a boy.

So, that first night in late August we were stunned. We spent everyday getting close to them. Feeding them under their own "home tree", setting a video camera up to watch them while they spent time under the tree. By the end of September I was able to pick up the one we called "Loucee" (named for her bright orange fur that reminded us of the famous red head Lucille Ball, whose birthday is in August, the same month we discovered the new little fur babies. Also spelled the way Desi would call to Lucy when he would announce his arrival home).

We had one, now we had to get the rest. We kept trying to get the others the same way I caught Loucee, but they were too timid. We resorted to a live trap. I really doubted we would be able to catch them with the live trap. They would walk around the outside, but never go in. During this time I did catch 6-10 cats, both Tiny and Patch, and a whole lot of neighbor's cats - all of who stayed clear of the back yard for quite some time afterward.

Finally I got lucky and caught Greydon (He's a beautiful grey boy. The name just fits him). Unfortunately the trap didn't close completely and when I picked it up and stated carrying it he was able to get out.

The next day, I tried again and caught Butter (The colour of browned butter. Plus, she just makes your heart just melt). That night she did a lot of dainty and quite hissing eveytime I tried to get close to her. That night, both Greydon and TC climbed to the top of the roof of our two story garage. It was like they were looking for her. The next day I got lucky again and caught TC (Stands for Tiny C. Named after her mom Little C. Who in turn was named after her mom CC - they all look so similar)

That left pour Greydon alone. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try and catch him the next day as we had severe rain but the day after (Halloween) was the day, and finally we had all four.

By this time Loucee was already very comfortable with us and very happy with her surrogate mommy Tks (our teeny tiny girl who had helped raise the Weasley kitties). We gave the other three time to get used to being inside and then reintroduced Loucee to them along with Tks, whom after a very short time they all accepted as a surrogate mommy.

It's been a great few months with them. They loved to steal all of the cat toys, taking them to their room (so we call these guys the Thieves).

Last week all four were fixed and Greydon, Loucee and Butter all went to their foster homes. TC is still with us temporarily while we wait for their to be a spot in a foster home for her. Just like giving up the Weasley's it's been rough giving these guys up. If I could keep them all, I would.

Once I catch up on the Weasley Kitties videos I will be making more of the Thieve Kitties.

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.

Feeding Time – Daily iPhone Photograph #146

They love it when it's feeding time.

The Kittens Keep Growing

Fifteen Days Old



Seventeen Days Old



Nineteen Days Old

Fourteen Days Old

Fourteen days old on June 11, 2011.

Little Cee & Tiny

Little Cee and Tiny sharing a bowl of milk.

Thirteen Days Old

Video shot June 10, 2011.

Tiny the Hunter – Daily iPhone Photograph #116

I was being hunted...

Mystic – Daily iPhone Photograph #115

Last minute photo taken of Mystic. 

Blah, I don't know why I leave taken the photo till the end of the day.

Freddy – Daily iPhone Photograph #114

And here is Freddy. For the most part he is the most mellow of the four...

...but he too can be a bit of a diva.

Ginnie – Daily iPhone Photograph #113

It's almost as though cats believe that the camera will steal their furry little soul. I have such a hard time to get them to cooperate. It's blurry, but you can still see how cute Ginnie is.

We keep calling her a baby Hey-Spike. I think that he may be the Great-Great-Great (or something of that sort) Granddaddy of these little guys. Unfortunately, in his days as a "stray" (he wasn't actually a stray, just someones neglected kitty who chose to live in our back yard as opposed to home. We thought he was a stray, so we took him in. We learned the truth later.) he wasn't fixed and spread his seed throughout the unfixed (owned - shame on anyone who doesn't get their animal fixed, stray and feral) cat community.

Ronnie – Daily iPhone Photograph #112

Tonight's model, Ronnie. She always looks just a little bit sad. 

Georgy – Daily iPhone Photograph #111

I'm a bit behind on the videos of Patch's little kitties. I'm making "Thirteen Days Old" now, and well they are actually four and a half weeks along already.

But these... they were taken tonight. I made Georgy the model tonight and spent time trying to get a good pic of him, while the others were just quick shots. The others will be models on other nights.

Georgy

Ginnie

Freddy

Ronnie

Mommy and her Nine Day Old Kittens

Mommy (Patch) taking care of her kittens.

Nine Days Old

Nine days old and growing fast.

A Little Bit of a Struggle

A little cute moment of struggle for an eight day old.