This beauty is our newest farm cat. Unfortunately she’s more of a looker than a hunter. Although we did get excited that she had some prey not too long ago. My daughter called me over saying hey mama the cat has something. When I came to look up fluttered a moth! Oh my, and not even a cabbage moth..
So far she’s worked out the cat door in the barn and to her credit has not eaten the sole remaining baby chick. Perhaps her mousing skills will grow as she continues to adapt to the homestead.
She’s nice and friendly, comes when called! What I like about her most so far is that she is not a big mouth…Houdini and all her meowing outside the window is not a great thing to hear at 3am!
Critters…they add some spice to life that’s for certain. Have a great week everyone.
*anna
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oceannah 
Pretty girl! I’m sure she’ll figure it all out… and Lord knows I know about 3 a.m. and meowing… I have a bed sharing cat that does that!!! I have to throw him out and close the door!
By: flamidwyfe on August 27, 2012
at 8:30 pm
Let’s hope she figures out the mousing and not the meowing 😉
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 8:51 pm
LOL… yes, that’s what we need to hope for! Or at least to keep her meowing to daylight hours!
By: flamidwyfe on August 27, 2012
at 8:56 pm
The waves pounded us today 🙂 I can see why you like spring lake, thanks xop
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By: Patti on August 27, 2012
at 8:35 pm
WHOOOO HOO!!! Love a good pounding from the Great Mothers Womb 🙂
so, do you love Spring Lake & the GV??
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 8:50 pm
Sometimes it’s ok to have form over function. I always think that a cat is essential to making a place feel homey. Though a working cat is good, too. If you find a way to motivate him, let me know. Ours, like me, is a little too well fed.
By: Heidi @ lightlycrunchy on August 27, 2012
at 8:37 pm
haha…well her rations WERE free choice kibble, til we realized a mouse was ‘sharing’ the leftovers now we have to monitor the feed to twice daily…which is a bother and hopefully will stop soon. She aint starving but neither is she livin’ high on the hog 😉
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 8:55 pm
LOL! Maybe she’s just starting out small? She’s got the look of a hunter… (Love her little white vest & tie: )
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on August 27, 2012
at 9:09 pm
Haha…yes Deb, that is very small…the moth that got away 🙂 It’s the sharing of the kibble that really sent us over the moon 😉
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 9:19 pm
Hm,mm yes I can see how that might be a bit of a conflict of interest; )
Maybe she’s just “baiting the trap”, so to speak?
By: Deb Weyrich-Cody on August 27, 2012
at 9:32 pm
It is possible she is that clever Deb, I’d never given her that much credit truth to tell 😉
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 11:30 pm
Beautiful! Just having her around (even if she didn’t eat them) would keep the mice away, no? – Kaye
By: latebloomershow on August 27, 2012
at 10:35 pm
It’s possible just cattitude alone would be a deterrent Kaye…
By: oceannah on August 27, 2012
at 11:27 pm
she does have a supermodel presence though!
By: crazytraintotinkytown on August 28, 2012
at 1:51 pm
haha…she’s always on the carpet 😉
By: oceannah on August 29, 2012
at 7:40 pm
Hi, love the broccoli you are cutting, very handsome! My good, old barn cat was taken out of the equation by coyotes early this Spring. Since then we have had a proliferation of mice, chipmunks and rabbits, all taking advantage of the situation. A good barn cat used to be easy to find here in the country where they determine their own breeding programs but the coyotes have tipped the balance of the food chain. They’ve removed a vital link and left a broken chain. The coyotes have eaten the feral cats but nothing wants to eat a coyote!
By: sandiwhite on August 29, 2012
at 2:07 pm
Thanks for popping in Sandi…I just cut a nice bunch of broccoli side shoots today 🙂 The coyotes here are on the rise too. When things are out of balance, all bets are off.
*anna
By: oceannah on August 29, 2012
at 7:39 pm
Your cat is named Houdini? I like that. One of our cats is named Erik. We named him after Ehrich Weiss (Harry Houdini’s birth name) because he is a clever escape artist.
I also laughed about your kitty catching a moth. We took in my dad’s 16 year old cat, Whiskers, this past winter when my dad went into a group home. I once saw her catch a moth who ventured into the house and ATE IT. In like 2 bites. Gross.
By: Michele on September 1, 2012
at 3:05 am
Ewww makes me glad I’m not a cat 😉 Thanks for popping in!
*anna
By: oceannah on September 4, 2012
at 2:29 pm