TLC and I went outside to
PLAY!!!
But—
Dad was backing up that big
Scary
Machine.
(This was taken two weeks ago)
So, we ran back inside!
Mom told us Dad was going out to see if the rain made it
Too muddy to get back out
On the Land.
Guess what?!
Dad is BACK ON THE LAND!
TLC and Boo Berry
It rained.
Sure, did put a crimp in my style.
I tried to go out and cruise around the farm
But it was just too wet.
You have to know if it’s raining: I get wet
If it’s raining the weeds get wet
So, I get even wetter!
I have a hard time being inside. I go STIR CRAZY. That’s what Mom says.
When I’m stirring crazy, I climb the drapes and sharped my claws on the furniture, and I run as fast as my legs will carry me all over the house.
In a frenzy.
So, Mom, says…” Okay, TLC Cai-Cai, you can go outside, but it IS wet.”
Mom opens the door and I Dash out. Wet or not I’m going OUTSIDE!
Just so you know…I have figured out a place to stay if it is too WET….
I stay in the hen house, while the hens go out and scratch around in their pen.
Works for me.
And sometimes I can catch a mouse in there.
TLC CAI-CAI
I have had to figure out How to be outside. Mostly because I am still learning ‘stuff.’
This Spring and Summer were wonderful, I enjoyed (I still do, but it’s not the same soft stuff I used to enjoy) the lawn!
And catching birds, which I couldn’t let Mom see because she would take them away from me.
Chasing weeds, and now leaves are a huge part of FUN.
I chased grasshoppers and all sorts of bugs—which seem to be gone now.
And Mice. I can still chase and kill and NOW EAT mice.
But my latest is catching————-RUN! THAT IS A COYOTE!!
SNAKES!!!
They are so incredibly swirly, twisty, and weird that I LOVE Finding Them.
I bring them to the house so Mom or Dad can see what I found.
SNAKE!!!
TLC CAI-CAI
Tuesday and Thursday were a huge pain in my fluffy tail.
It rained.
Then it sleeted.
Then the wind blew a gale.
Then it rained again.
There is Nothing!
I mean NOTHING!
To do inside.
So, I went outside anyway.
What a stupid idea THAT was!
Mom said I have to get used to the fact that sometimes I just won’t want to be outside.
Like Tuesday, and Thursday….
I went outside all day Wednesday; Mom had to drag me back inside. (With the promise of Kitty Candy…just say’n.)
Sigh!
TLC Cai-Cai
Mom says I’m ten months old now. Ten Months.
I’ve been with Mom and Dad since I was 6 or 7 weeks old. That’s a long time. And it’s been a good time. I’m very glad I have Mom and Dad.
I really don’t know what happened—why I was thrown away at such a tiny, tiny age, but I was.
I used to have Mindy Kit-Cat Brown, but she left. Mom was really sad and upset for a very long time.
Neither Mom and I understand why Mindy had to leave, I wanted to be her friend and everything. Mom said Mindy decided to go, that she got jealous (whatever that is) and wanted a different life.
I’m sorry. This is a really nice life. I would share it with her.
Anyway, back to being 10 Months Old.
WHAT a great time I’ve been having—there are birds to chase, mice to capture and toss in the air, and grasshopper–-GREAT BIG GRASSHOPPERS! They hop AND fly.
But for some reason…most of the birds are gone, the mice aren’t I still find lots and lots of mice, and a random stiff grasshopper.
Mom says it’s because it’s turning cold outside.
Which brings me too now!
The sun has started taking a LONG time to wake up! A LONG TIME.
Mom won’t let me go outside until the sun is UP! She says I have to wait until all the wild cats,
the foxes, and the
coyotes have gone to bed. Then I can go outside and play.
I go outside! The minute she will let me! I RUN out the door and I don’t come back until I get hungry. And that happens in about an hour or two.
Sometimes Mom and Dad go to town. If Mom is riding to town with Dad, then I get to GO! Mom puts my green harness on with the long leash I like to bite and chew on. Loads me up on her lap and we are OFF!
It’s not my favorite thing to do, but I do rather enjoy it. I like looking at all the green things out the window, the people at the stores, but I hide when there are loud trucks and such around. I hide by putting my head in Mom’s elbow. Then when the sound is gone, I sit back up and look at everything.
Back home I help Dad and I help Mom, but mostly I look for things to play with.
Play is my work you see.
TLC Cai-Cai
Life on a Colorado Farm 