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I promise this is the last of the “Oh, oh, that is so sweet!” posts. For now.
The moment Boo hears his kittens begin to cry for a feed, he busts into the house through the screen doors. And I do mean Bust In with a Crash. Then he rushes for their door and tries to jam his nose under the door until I get there with the bottle. If I…
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Tentative First Steps
Our wee fella, the tiniest of the little orphans, bless his little heart, rose up yesterday afternoon and very, very slowly – took himself for a tiny walk. He is trying to suck on the bottle now. I am calling this an improvement. He might make it yet. We have gone FIVE whole days without…
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Boo’s Babies Bed-Time – Just Beautiful.
First the little orphan kitties need a wash. Then the lesson in how to drink from a saucer. Boo tries to look stern… Fails Bed Time. But I don’t want to go to bed. Bedtime. But it’s still light out! Bedtime. Good morning. Love your friend on the farmy, celi ps The little one is…
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Stars and Stars. Kittens and Coyotes.
Yesterday moved past in a continuous blur of feeding every few hours in between all the usual daily chores. I am feeding them in the same manner as the lambs, no set routine, just tiny sips often. Now that they are hydrated the kittens are starting to look about three weeks old. One even played…
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Oops, she’s done it again! Boo too. Boo is as much to blame!
Yesterday I went to The Breeders farm to collect my milk. (The Breeder bred Daisy and is my mentor in all things Cow). She was flat out. Jogging across her quad to say Hullo. Huge tractors and trailers parked by the bins. The flat sun was shining and they were harvesting and there is no…
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