Not a dry eye in Southern Alberta today..

Sorry.  I know this blog has suffered over the last few days, but I've really had nothing to say.  Barn Cat Mansion is nestled high on a hillside just beyond what you see here, so we're safe and dry.  Seventeen miles north, an entire town, population 13000 is under water.  They're calling it "Alberta Floods 2013".  The devastation is indescribable.... 

He must have *CADD!!

*(Cat Attention Deficit Disorder)
Shortly after LOBE showed how adept he is at plank walking, he fell off, so Big Kitty is  demonstrating determination and focus.

Focus on the road ahead and

DON'T LOOK DOWN!!!  Well, look down at the plank, but don't look down to the ground!

It's his loss.....

At Barn Cat Mansion, Father's Day lasted all day long with Big Kitty trying to be a father again.

He's already a father, probably 20 times over.

He could have spent the day with everyone, but instead hung out in the junkyard with Timbit.  He'll be sorry when they all leave home and forget about him!

Father's Day at the Mansion

LOBE sends a message
to all "cat fathers"
in the universe

Happy Father's Day

Even if you don't know your own children, you can always mentor a young cat or two along the way.

And LOBE thanks Big Kitty for teaching him everything he knows about walking on corral planks.

No such luck!!

Out behind the fuel tanks, hiding in the junkyard, we spotted Big Kitty hanging out with Timbit.

Big Kitty, leave her alone!!

We were hoping Big Kitty would step aside and let Pinkerton look after at least one future set of kittens at Barn Cat Mansion.

Pink kittens with dark points would be so cute!

Official Photo 2013

Portrait of a King......

Bumble Bee Lion King Orangey Butt

to be exact!!

He is a living testament to the fact that you can be anything you want to be.  He was a bedraggled little orphan when Peyton found him in the field, but look at him today!

Purely majestic!! (AKA Big Kitty)

Stay home!!

SOCKS!!
GET DOWN!!

You're not going to town.  When this truck gets to the highway and shifts into 4th,  you will fall right off!!  Someone on the highway will pick you up and we'll never see you again!!

Safe and secure....

Southern Alberta is known for spectacular mountains, rolling hills, prairie grain fields and.......the Chinook wind.  In winter, a westerly wind blows in and takes a -30 F day to 32 F in two or three hours.

In the spring and summer, it's just annoying!!

Here at 220 Basin Road, Mr. Bluebird is happy to see a "Chinook wind strap" attached to his house.  Nails and screws can't keep a house stable when the air goes by at 65 mph!!

The last supper???

"Aha!!  Now I've got you where I want you, Mother!!"

"Yes child,  you do.  But there are a couple of things you don't know:

  1.  I brought you into this world and I can......
       WEAN you.....anytime I want.
  2.  When I wean you, you will be on your own!!

Just remember, life as a solitary barn cat isn't all it's cracked up to be!!"

Persistance pays off.

To answer a question running through your minds, you haven't seen this cat before because she is a

"Ghost Kitty" and they're not always visible.
(sometimes they live at the neighbor's)

"Anyway!!  Here I have Mom almost in position.  If I root around a little more, she'll finally tip over and I will have a warm and refreshing lunch.

.....ONE MORE BIG PUSH AND.......