Jade and Clarence, with Precious looking on.
Moki and Jade, with Precious hanging out nearby.
|
||||||
 |
New gallery for Michael & Cortney DeLoach. Pictures of Cortney at 35 weeks, 4 days, plus two pics of Michael’s surgery scar.
Cameron gets his Orange Belt in Tae Kwon Do
Jade, Clarence, Ginger, Precious, Moki, and Samantha
An offer extended and accepted.
Hanging out.
Yesterday, my wife called me over to see a skunk milling around our screen porch. This was about 4:00 in the afternoon, which seems early for a skunk to be out and about. Unlike the previous one (no pics), which had a glossy coat and took off the moment I said “Go on! Git!”, this one was a bit shoddy and pitiful. It acted like it wanted in, but was probably just scouring the screen for bugs (the screen is fiberglass and can hold the weight of our cats without tearing, so no worries there). This skunk was also limping with a bum rear foot and, unlike the previous one, smelled. I suspect it had been attacked, sprayed the attacker, and still had stink-oil on its own fur. Our cats were bonkers, running up and sniffing, which we tried to stop. Not that the skunk felt threatened in the least.
The first thumbnail doesn’t show it, but if you click, you’ll see Samantha (our black & white cat) running up to see the skunk. It was not shy at all. In this photo, I’d opened a door to take a picture and it acted like I was offering it a place to stay. As it waddled towards me, I snapped an out-of-focus photo before slamming the door.
The skunk shrugged and kept milling around…
More pictures of the cats adopted by three of us where I work, at the Clemson University Research Foundation Information Technology Center. ITC (Itsy) is solid grey, Lucas is a white and grey tabby.
ITC was the first to show up hungry but took the longest to catch. Both have now been caught, neutered, vaccinated, treated with Revolution for fleas and released. Lucas is a complete attention hound. He’s always nearby, easy to pick up and handle, and not at all shy. He’s also jealous and always interferes when we try to give ITC attention. We have to tag-team, with one person keeping Lucus occupied while another works with ITC. ITC is still shy and while you can get very close – even get him to touch his nose to a fingertip – he won’t let you pet him. Yet. |
 |
||||
|
Copyright © 2010 The Miller Place - All Rights Reserved |
||||||
