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Cascable and Cayenne

Can you put up with one more kitten picture?

Here are Cayenne and Cascabel a few days after being officially adopted last Wednesday.  They handled their neutering surgeries well, and are settling in. 

I wish we could give a home to every cat in need, but at least we managed to add these two—including taking care of them from when they arrived at our homes as rather ill, five-week-old, bad tempered little scraps of fluff and attitude.  They’re no longer ill, twelve-weeks old, and very sweet.  They still have the attitude, though.

“Attitude” seems to be the theme for this year.  Once again, we have a cottontail bunny who has moved into our fully fenced yard.  Despite having at least a quarter of the yard to itself with plenty for it to eat and ample cover, it insisted on finding several ways through the chicken wire fence Jim put up so it could devour our bean plants.  We’ve purchased a live trap, and will relocate it if we can catch it.

Any tips of possible baits would be welcome.  So far, we’ve tried carrot, lettuce, and cabbage to no avail.  Every year, I find myself understanding all over again why Rabbit (or Hare) is a trickster figure in so many cultures.

This week my writer task is correcting the various typos and missing words that Jim found when he read OW4.  (This is the fourth book in my Over Where series, which begins with Library of the Sapphire Wind, and continues in Aurora Borealis Bridge and House of Rough Diamonds.)  A couple of friends have kindly offered to read the manuscript, and I have no doubt they will find additional glitches.  Hopefully, they’ll enjoy the novel nonetheless.

And I really need to come up with a title!

On that note, off to take advantage of overcast skies to replant the beans that the cottontail gave an unwelcome pruning.  Take care!