Time Flies

when you are having fun.

It flies pretty fast the rest of the time too. Suddenly it is spring again and it promises to be filled with kitty babies. On Monday we walked out the door to find Bling, one of the babies from last year, in the yard with a tiny tiger striped baby, and a very confused look on her face. In a rush we moved her out to the tack shed, where she would be dry and warm. Told her she had a beautiful baby and took off for school.

Bling has spent the week in the tack shed with Tigger, enduring the loneliness of not being at the door for lovin' every single time we open it. She can barely hold still when we visit she wants to be loved on so desperately. Tigger learning to be a velcro kitty while nursing, since Bling moves around so much trying to get us to love on every inch of her.

On the flip side Cuddles is lonely as everyone else is off nesting with babies or nesting in preparation for babies. She is the only one not pregnant, and she spends her time at the doors and windows meowing for company. If I would not get in trouble I'd let her in. One cat in the house is really enough, but it's always tempting to bring someone else inside too.

Tigger is all ready 5 days old and I have only taken one picture of the little critter. I may have to head outside with my camera!

new babies

6 kittens. Our grey calico with the the gimpy limp had 6 babies. In the tall grass, next to the trailer, not the best place to have them. She was there all day and night yesterday, but while I was at church this morning she moved under the trailer. I have taken her food water and small piece of turkey. I'm worried about the spot she is in should it really rain tomorrow.

Meet Jack and Rig

...as in Jack O' Lantern, and Rigsby. Dolly's kittens. Found in the hay shed on Monday morning.

This is Rigsby, she is a calico, see the tan smudges about her eyes? Ian wanted to give her a name with the wordg "rig" in it.
This is Jack O Lantern, Jamie liked that suggestion because Jack is Orange.
This is the best Kitty Mama ever, Everyone's favorite Kitten from last year, Dolly.

Country Mice in the Wicked Windy City

On the coldest day of the year, we went to the city to see Wicked.


Approaching the greater Chicago area, we start to see more cars on the road.

And soon we start to see the city itself. The tall buildings and the haze of the lights and the noise of the cars. There is something special about a big city at night. Something so foreign to us country mice. I've always found it to be a terribly exciting feeling.



In the heart of downtown we pass the Oriental Theater, Our ultimate destination.




We parked in a parking deck; the boys and I looked out at the passing cars and the city lights.


We could see the "L" platform; Ian and Jamie were terribly excited to see the Elevated train.


We passed the theater in search of a quick dinner.
It was hard to think about food!! We returned to the theater. Dazzled by the lights outside, but so very cold.
Inside we were dazzled by the decor of the theater. It was almost as much a treat to see the theater as to see the show.






Once it was ended we headed back into the frozen tundra to the car, I snapped a few photos on the way to the car.




Once in the car with heat full blast we drove around to see the lights, It didn't take long for the boys to crash. Scott and I enjoyed the different-ness of the city.

We drove past the Water Tower.





And we waited at the corner to catch a photo of the fire truck.

Drove around a little bit longer before we headed out of the city.


We did manage to get ourselves a special snack on our way out of Chicago.

A few of them even made it home.