So the bird feeder is just an endless source of amusement for the cats (and us)… we have seen the squirrels dive bomb the feeder but usually they slide on off. This one got lucky and managed to hang on and slide on over to get the prize but alas, the design of this feeder meant it slammed shut with the weight of the squirrel. The fuzzy tailed smarty though held on and kept on trying to work it. Sad for squirrel, no reward. Needs to be a deer.

And lets try another position…

That did not work, so lets try…

My brother and his wife very nicely gave us a lovely bird feeder for a house warming gift. It is *squirrel proof* however, we noticed that the food levels have gone down rather quickly and we could not figure out why!

Hubster caught a buck licking out the food yesterday but could not get a good picture. We managed to get these catch the four (4) cleaning out the last refill just tonight. So, Squirrel-proof means nothing to them - the feeder is like a drive in for them! (Pictures are not good, but it is dark and the pic is through a window).

In the new home, the cats are in love with the new windows - most have wide sills where they can laze about in the light. More fun is that they can see all the wild life - birds including wild turkeys, deer, chipmunks, squirrels, and hedgehogs.  I put some basins by the window above the sink when we first moved to do some cleaning. The cats adopted them as beds. Unfortunately, the basins are a vile pink color (hospital pink!) but it makes the cats so happy…
Sepia to hide the vile pink:

The Vile Pink:

What a mess! Power lines down, trees are cracking like egg shells… Tons of snow with the leaves on - it is pretty but nasty!

We got a lot of snow the other day - it was up to the door!

Before the holidays, we had a lot of issues with our appliances... never get k...aid if you ask me - so we had to fix a few things. Luckily we were able to fix the fridge and dishwasher ourselves - (see how much help Ozzy is?) but the range alas... it turned itself on to max temp, melted the electronics and would not let us turn it off. If we had not been home when that happened it surely would have set the house on fire as it set off the alarms and we had to pull out the range to disconnect it physically from the wall to get it off. We have a new one - it works much better.

Here they are a-cuddling! They are still cute but man, they did a number on the tree...

Hubby happened to catch this gem. It seems a bit washed out as it was completely dark so Oz took the opportunity to take a run up the tree... the flash caught his hiney in action. This is a seven foot tree. There are only a few decorations on it - I wonder why. Josie is busy chewing on the tree as well as a few choice ornaments. We think she is part goat.

Normally the kitties seem so, well, gosh, chummy - maybe too chummy - so I thought this one was funny. It looks like Josie is booting Ozzy out.

Can you tell how happy they are?

Please, please, get this thing off of me!

I can escape, I can escape, I can escape. (Just so you don't think I am horrible - total time was under 2 minutes). Now I am off to destroy the tree!

Hubby installed the second toilet. Sure enough, as soon as the toilet was unboxed, you-know-who settled in the bowl like it was his long lost bed. Josie just stayed along the perimeter.I managed to get a couple of good expressions.

What? This is not my bed?(the coloring on the lower lip makes him look a bit silly - only half is brown, half is pink)

The triple...

Settling in: (he was actually digging in the bottom!)

Josie Thinks Ozzy is Nuts, and just sits on the side... with plenty of room to spread out. Maybe figuring out if she can chew up the seat.

These are some of the sites - most are Yellowstone.
Mammoth, Yellowstone, Upper Terraces Area

Mammoth, Yellowstone, Upper Terraces Area

Firehole Falls - note snow.

Morning Glory Pool - ruined by stupid tourists tossing garbage in it... It used to be intense blue with bright yellow around it.

Old Faithful! Oooooeeeee!!!!

Lower Yellowstone Falls

Painted Canyon - the Wyoming/Montana version of the Grand Canyon

These are the Crazy Mountains, Sweetgrass County, Montana.

We recently went to Montana to visit relatives. We also got to sight see a bit. Here are a few pictures of some of the things we got to see. We got a lot of shots of buffalo and some of the others - I had to use zoom, so this was as good as I could get in some cases - some better than others. I was bummed that I missed bear, but maybe next time... I was impressed that my cousins all had eagle eyes - driving and spotting animals like crazy - far away! Those skills are not developed here in the urban areas.

Buffalo and baby buffalo:

Elk:

Coyote:

Bighorn Sheep: (these are rams) This was in Shoshone National Park.

Moose: