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[lizdeluz]

A pair of sparrows moved into one of our bird boxes on the garage wall opposite our kitchen window. It's been very entertaining to watch their fledglings get better at coping. They've followed mum and dad to the suet balls hung on the window, though they have to compete with a family of nuthatches. They don't even try, but just wait on the fence, when the woodpecker turns up! The baby sparrows look enormous next to their parents, and I don't know how they squeeze back into their box, but I guess they're all fluff and no substance at this stage.

I thought Springwatch was on tonight. If it isn't, that's no good. I'd like to see more of Michaela's bittern impressions and Iolo's underwater explorations in North Wales.

 

[sanguine]

Hi rod yes please, I am sure that we would love to see them , I really would .....
Do not worry about the thread being about tv , tv and conversation are both great .....
Cheers rod, look forward very much to seeing the photos X

Well you did ask! I'll put these as thumbnails for those wanting to scroll through (and apparently there's a limit of 10 per post).

Macavity, boss cat, air mile champion - these pre-digital pics were taken before we went to Chile. In the second one he seems to have his own calendar! Always a character, missed greatly.







Not many pics of Felina unfortunately, she was always less sociable than the rest



The others all lasted well into the digital age. This is alpha female Cucha, always on the cadge, tended to hiss and spit out of habit long after she had any reason to - probably something to do with her previous owners







And Moppet - not the brightest apple in the bowl, but very affectionate





The rest in the next post

 

[sanguine]

Part 2

Ebony

He was much blacker originally but tended to 'bleach' with age! Lovely cat, but he never seemed to learn to keep his claws in and didn't know how to purr - Macavity sorted him out on that one.





And Harley. Harley was her own personality and could get quite irascible but never for long.





She developed into quite a big girl and once took out the cat flap when coming into the house and we had to get a bigger one. Does my bum look big in this?



Cucha, Ebony and Harley finding just the right spot.



We love you Mummy!



Latterly we also had a house rabbit, Cranberry, who basically thought he was a cat. He wasn't neutered and tried to bonk the cats when he was frisky - male, female, he wasn't fussy!



So that's it - they're all gone now sadly, but we now have an equally manic collection of five, with various other visitors (next door have another three, the cats just treat it all as one large estate).

 

[Kat100]

View attachment 5261 This is the rescued Blue Tit 'Bluey'. When we put him out at the top of the garden he went to hide in the rockery then mum, dad and another sibling flew down and he flew awkwardly onto the fence, then the Honeysuckle trellis and mum and dad were feeding him, we came in and watched from the large window and soon the whole family flew up into the tree's. It was such a magical moment to be able to watch this lovely and sweet family. My own Spring watch, just feet away, so beautiful

So nice , I love bluetits and the babies are just so adorable, well done with rescue X

 

[Kat100]

Part 2

Ebony

He was much blacker originally but tended to 'bleach' with age! Lovely cat, but he never seemed to learn to keep his claws in and didn't know how to purr - Macavity sorted him out on that one.

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And Harley. Harley was her own personality and could get quite irascible but never for long.

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She developed into quite a big girl and once took out the cat flap when coming into the house and we had to get a bigger one. Does my bum look big in this?

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Cucha, Ebony and Harley finding just the right spot.

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We love you Mummy!

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Latterly we also had a house rabbit, Cranberry, who basically thought he was a cat. He wasn't neutered and tried to bonk the cats when he was frisky - male, female, he wasn't fussy!

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So that's it - they're all gone now sadly, but we now have an equally manic collection of five, with various other visitors (next door have another three, the cats just treat it all as one large estate).

Hi rod, thank you so much for sharing these photos , they are really nice to see...
They are all so nice I love them all , and the bunnie rabbit .....
What joy and fun they must all have brought you .....they all look very happy and very loved ...
Thank you once again for sharing it was a real treat to see the pictures ....
You could write your own book with all those personalities and characters ......
Just lovely .....best wishes Kat x

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[Kat100]

A pair of sparrows moved into one of our bird boxes on the garage wall opposite our kitchen window. It's been very entertaining to watch their fledglings get better at coping. They've followed mum and dad to the suet balls hung on the window, though they have to compete with a family of nuthatches. They don't even try, but just wait on the fence, when the woodpecker turns up! The baby sparrows look enormous next to their parents, and I don't know how they squeeze back into their box, but I guess they're all fluff and no substance at this stage.

I thought Springwatch was on tonight. If it isn't, that's no good. I'd like to see more of Michaela's bittern impressions and Iolo's underwater explorations in North Wales.

Just lovely x

 

[Kat100]

Well you did ask! I'll put these as thumbnails for those wanting to scroll through (and apparently there's a limit of 10 per post).

Macavity, boss cat, air mile champion - these pre-digital pics were taken before we went to Chile. In the second one he seems to have his own calendar! Always a character, missed greatly.

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Not many pics of Felina unfortunately, she was always less sociable than the rest

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The others all lasted well into the digital age. This is alpha female Cucha, always on the cadge, tended to hiss and spit out of habit long after she had any reason to - probably something to do with her previous owners

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And Moppet - not the brightest apple in the bowl, but very affectionate

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The rest in the next post

I just love all their names x

 

[sanguine]

I just love all their names x

Friends of mine have always named their cats after herbs - the current two are Tarragon and Borage.

 

[noblehead]

Hi , all I am saying was that it was excellent and series 1 is now out on DVD, so maybe there will be another series .....of course I won't tell you how it ended.....enjoy Friday ......it was just captivating .......glued to the sofa and tv ....now I am recovering x

Well worth the wait, got quite a shock when Ashley got shot through the window of his car.

What a great actress Sarah Lancashire is, she and Suranne Jones are the best actresses on tv at the moment, hoping they that they do a second series of Happy Valley and Crimson Field.

 

[Kat100]

Friends of mine have always named their cats after herbs - the current two are Tarragon and Borage.

I had the lovely Charlie and lottie, now a very old shared cat called Merlin merrybelle !

 

[Kat100]

Well worth the wait, got quite a shock when Ashley got shot through the window of his car.

What a great actress Sarah Lancashire is, she and Suranne Jones are the best actresses on tv at the moment, hoping they that they do a second series of Happy Valley and Crimson Field.

Hello nobblehead really glad you enjoyed the last part, Tuesdays will not be the same again .... :/
So good , it really was ....what will I find so gripping to watch next .....
Have a nice weekend , raining here at the moment , waiting to go for a walk ......
Best wishes Kat

Yes crimson field was just excellent ......loved it

 

[noblehead]

Hello nobblehead really glad you enjoyed the last part, Tuesdays will not be the same again .... :/
So good , it really was ....what will I find so gripping to watch next .....
Have a nice weekend , raining here at the moment , waiting to go for a walk ......
Best wishes Kat

Yes crimson field was just excellent ......loved it

I'm sure they'll be more good drama's to come Kat

I've just got back in after walking my dog and it's throwing it down now, not a great day for catching up with gardening jobs

 

[lizdeluz]

Spring watch on again this evening, I caught the last 25 mins, yeay! Unfortunately, saw the 'bad behaviour' of a badger feasting on avocet chicks, but I admired how Chris Packham put it all into perspective for us.
I've been watching the 'bad behaviour' of crows in our cherry tree. I don't expect to save the cherries - you can't really net a big cherry tree - but I'm interested in how clever crows are at dismantling bird feeders, throwing them to the ground, and demolishing the contents lickety split - or should that be 'spit'? I'm getting more devious now, tying up the feeders so they don't fall apart, and then tying them with loads of twine to the branches so that the littler birds also get a look-in.

 

[Scandichic]

Huh, we have 3 cats and I still have high BP! Obviously, our cats are slacking off their comforting duties! They are gonna have to buck up their ideas aren't they? Awww, but where would we be without them, they are darlings really even if hey do bring unwanted gifts of rats and mice, leave them under the kitchen table and expect praise.

I always remember going to work one morning and hearing a blood curdling scream. I ran back in the house , up the stairs to see. My daughter screaming.
"What's the matter?"
"There's a rat n my shoe!"
"A rat?"
"Yes. In my shoe!"
"Is it dead?"
"Don't know!"
Husband "there's a mouse in her shoe" at this point the poor mouse recovers (obviously brought in by cat) and starts running around on the stairs. The chaos which ensued was quite incredible. Husband leaping all over the stairs, diving (worthy of a footballer faking a foul) this way and that until the mouse was caught. Late for school. Head quite straight laced. Told my line manager who told me about his response with tears rolling down her face. Well it's never boring at our house!

 

[lizdeluz]

Friends of mine have always named their cats after herbs - the current two are Tarragon and Borage.

Borage is a great name. Tarragon sounds very distinguished.
Do family members always agree on the number of cats in a household? My husband and daughter thought one cat was enough. My son and I thought differently. Stalemate. One day, he and I drove 20 miles to a CPL h.q. in the Neath Valley. We had decided on a black cat and said so. The CPL lady brought out a tabby kitten and, cleverly I think, handed her to my son. That was it, she was ours to take home! She had been so well treated in the home, and was given a tearful blessing as we left: "Have a nice life, little one".
She did have a nice life, and although our other cat, Tabby, gave her a bit of a hard time for a while, she didn't seem bothered and was, in fact, protected by Tabby from marauding neighbourhood cats. We called her 'Nadolig', Dolly for short.

 

[sanguine]

For the last 30 years or so we've had between 1 and 7 at any one time. Right now - hang on let me count them - it's 5. The two girls are from the same litter and we acquired them when we were down to the last of our older cats. One was rescued by my daughter who brought him home and just went "Da..aa..ad, look what I've got here" so I had no say in the matter (not that I would have said no). And the other two just showed up. So often it's the cats that decide this, not the 'owners'!

 

[Robinredbreast]

We have two cats now, Harley( nearly 15) and Pebbles( nearly 5) and we love them so much <3 I so want to write about a beloved cat of mine, but I just can't, it's too traumatic and heart breaking.
But the stories and photo's of the other pets are wonderful and so lovely thanks guys x

 

[popsy]

I always remember going to work one morning and hearing a blood curdling scream. I ran back in the house , up the stairs to see. My daughter screaming.
"What's the matter?"
"There's a rat n my shoe!"
"A rat?"
"Yes. In my shoe!"
"Is it dead?"
"Don't know!"
Husband "there's a mouse in her shoe" at this point the poor mouse recovers (obviously brought in by cat) and starts running around on the stairs. The chaos which ensued was quite incredible. Husband leaping all over the stairs, diving (worthy of a footballer faking a foul) this way and that until the mouse was caught. Late for school. Head quite straight laced. Told my line manager who told me about his response with tears rolling down her face. Well it's never boring at our house!

Now I wonder why this sounds so familair? Hmmmmmm Many moons ago when I was still married to my now ex. we had a bakery. We had an hysterical mouse rodeo there once, all the utensils came into play, brooms, big ladles you name it! Round and round we went swishing and hacking, honestly it was a wonder we didn't brain each other. The mouse eventually flattened itself and ran under the wee space under the door and it was away! The mouse won that particular race but you should have seen the mess! Nothing was where it was when we started but the funniest thing was that this bakery was a tourist attraction, an old fashioned place with a huge working brick oven and very long wooden peels for peeling out the oven. It had a viewing window for tourists. When we turned around, red and puffing and not a little hysterical, there was a bus load of Japanese tourists all snapping away Lord only knows what they thought of us! I have taken part in many a mouse rodeo since living here (it's very rural) and we have a tried and tested method now, not that it always works but there has never been one to match the one put on for those tourists

Scandi, a boring life would be....well, boring! Such fun...

 

[Scandichic]

Now I wonder why this sounds so familair? Hmmmmmm Many moons ago when I was still married to my now ex. we had a bakery. We had an hysterical mouse rodeo there once, all the utensils came into play, brooms, big ladles you name it! Round and round we went swishing and hacking, honestly it was a wonder we didn't brain each other. The mouse eventually flattened itself and ran under the wee space under the door and it was away! The mouse won that particular race but you should have seen the mess! Nothing was where it was when we started but the funniest thing was that this bakery was a tourist attraction, an old fashioned place with a huge working brick oven and very long wooden peels for peeling out the oven. It had a viewing window for tourists. When we turned around, red and puffing and not a little hysterical, there was a bus load of Japanese tourists all snapping away Lord only knows what they thought of us! I have taken part in many a mouse rodeo since living here (it's very rural) and we have a tried and tested method now, not that it always works but there has never been one to match the one put on for those tourists

Scandi, a boring life would be....well, boring! Such fun...

Thank you for making me chuckle! We were once late to the hospital to feed my eldest (born premi at 29 weeks and couldn't come home) because the cat had brought in a stunned mouse! That one was a soandso to catch. The nurses looked aghast when we explained. You should google your bakery - you might be on you tube! Lol!

 

[Kat100]

We used to have one cat , called lottie , she used to bring in half alive rabbits , always took them to my husband ....she was a lovely girl ....x