Brrrrrrrrr!

Winter hit Southern Alberta with a vengeance!  Eight inches of snow and -14C: 

that was our world on Saturday!

The horses didn't notice the cold as long as the wind wasn't blowing. 

Here Weaver Too digs for grass amid snow, frost and the setting sun.

Ride 'em like you stole 'em!!

Here we have a Ghost Kitty practising to be a Cowboy Cat.  She heard that Sid has a job at neighboring farms, so figures if she gets a trade, maybe she can get a job also.

There's just one problem....

If she actually talks someone into hiring her, she'll soon be fired.  This is a wonderful way to ride a sawhorse, but perching like that on the back of a real horse spells certain disaster.  Turn around GK.  Your life depends on it!!

Gainfully employed...

After speaking with the Lady of the House across the road, it is evident that Sid has set off on a new career:

Sid is a Migrant Farm Worker.

She travels around the neighborhood, between three different homesteads and works for food.

We haven't spoken to the neighbors where we saw her in the summer, but we will.

The Tale of the Tattletail

The pretty, little fancy cat that we met a while ago had a story to tell.
Sid told her to be quiet, but she wouldn't listen.  Today she told the world what Sid's been doing over at the neighbors' and it was verified by Mr. Size 14's.

He was there doing some plumbing and saw with his own eyes that the Lady of the House across the road is feeding milk to Sid and any kitten who tags along.

We'll have a talk with that lady!!

Caught in the act!

Kittens have been disappearing, but we know where some of them are!  Sid has moved them to the neighbor's farm. 
We watched as she made her way across the field, followed by a kitten that wasn't even hers.  It stopped, meowed and tried to come home.  Sid ran to it.  We don't know what she said, but the kitten followed again.  We believe that Sid is a kitten napper!

Time out for election...

Sunrise south of Barn Cat Mansion.

We hope all of our American friends get the representation they want in their Presidential election.

Good luck and watch for the cats to be back tomorrow......

Hip, Hip Hooray!!

On the left, we have one of Sid's kittens.  It is wild and obviously a tom.  He runs into the shop for food, sits for a minute, then runs off again.

In the middle, we have the "yapper" and if we don't quit calling her that, it might stick!

On the right, is the little calico female.  She was pictured a month ago and guess what!

She's found herself a new home and leaves next weekend.

Three cheers for the kitten with a new home!

The ugly ducklng.....

Remember the "yapper"?

She was the little cat who was trying to give her brother and sister away.

Well, she managed to do that, thereby saving herself to live out her days at Fox Farm.

She was a homely little thing back then, but

Look at her now!!

She's as beautiful as Timbit. 

Well, almost anyway..... 

When a "tail" isn't a "tale"!

Who could have known that Orangey Tail would put her tail in a photo that was supposed to be part of a story for Cattales from Barn Cat Mansion!

There is a BIG difference between a "tail" and a "tale"!

If we wanted a story about tails, we would have called it Cattails from Barn Cat Mansion.

OT!  We really don't have time for this!!

Sorry it's late!

November 1, 2012

Looking west from the hill above Barn Cat Mansion.  Posting was delayed because of the late night edition of Halloween at the Mansion.  This was the first clear day since October 18, and it only lasted a few hours.....just lucky to get the photo!