Our Acerage Animals

Our menagerie has expanded at the acerage. Strider, Meux and Scotch have of course moved with us, but we've added two barn cats as well. Their original names were White Bread and Black Bread, but they've been renamed to The Purrest (Aerya calls him this because his purr can be heard from 40 paces) and Black Beard the Angry Pirate (he is missing the top of both his ears and if you look in his face, it's definatley angry!) They are both quite nice cats. The Purrest is sooo incredibly lovey though Black Beard is a bit wary of humans - especially men who hold them down for their shots (poor Derek.)







Meux spends most of her day watching the dozens of birds outside, and alternately trying to run outside when the door is opened. The house came with a dog run, but I've added some sitting posts for the cats and I put Meux and Scotch out there when it's warm out. Meux loves it, but Scotch spends all her time whining at the door trying to get back in the house. Though when I leave her inside, she howls at the door trying to get outside with Meux. Sigh.









The birds have definatley taken over. I have a half dozen feeders around the deck and at any one time there's 20 birds out there eating their feast. We've seen really exotic birds like a bald eagle and woodpeckers and are of course loaded with chickadees and sparrows. Meux just licks her lips!




Strider has adapted well to the acerage. Here he is by the campfire with his beer. It's a dog's life for sure!