Whose the BOSS?

well????????? Banita of course! she's outgrown the neighbors little dog. AND ran her away that day. the little dog wants to be mine, for such a tiny thing, they have thrown her outdoors this winter. it took her months to make it down to my house and was she ever so sweet, well once I put Banita indoors so i could visit with the critter I call Bitsy, Banita is twice her size. THE little dog acted like she was starved for food and attention. that was a month or so ago, and low and behold she appears to have disappeared one stormy night. People do not deserve a tiny sweet dog such as this. AND she is small enough for a Hawk or Owl to attack. THESE are the neighbors that have trashed the place next door. Their garbage blows everywhere. I did try and talk to the acutal owner, to no avail apparently. I'm thinking the little dog went to a much better home. AND probably with out a cat that SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN over the place!

Just a bit of an update, the Bitsy puppa no longer lives next door. I do believe she found a new and better home.

a different kind of critter

Ok, its not a 4 legged , nor two legged critter, more like a round no leg critter, but its been a bit hilarious watching it move about the neighborhood to the pond and washed up below my pond, I saved it, yet it ended back in the pond and out again, EVEN the MILAMONSTER thought it was something to bark at late one evening, it was dark when i took this picture. I could not let January go by with out adding something now could I? THE first sighting , it had spooked me, i was leaving for office before daylight and the headlights on my truck, showed LARGE LARGE eyes staring back at me. I couldn't for the life of me decide what it could be till I got very close.

Hung by the Chimney with Care

OOPS, forgot one,,, for poor little BF (betta fish) will have to return to Dollar store and get another stocking. Kritter stockings mostly , for sure! I will be adding more! Dunno why I didn't get extra as they were only 50cents each. I've yet to find and ORANGE one for myself, I guess ORANGE isn't a Christmas color in most folks book, My book is a bit tarnished perhaps?
seeya,
the BEST is yet to come!!

new kritter come spring!

Here we Have MOTT, a wild caught injured Box Turtle. He is doing well now but due to large portion of his shell missing on his rear, we will not be releasing him back into the wild. I am building him a safe enclosure that should be ready this spring.

For now he is in turtle rescue home recovering after a few visits to the vet and much TLC. He will have to be kept indoors this winter as he did not get to do preliminary hibernation. He is doing great and eating well. He may not be in the wild again, but his enclosure will have a top his private castle pool etc. I still have a bit more to do to it, but should have it complete by spring.

Project work

NOPE, no critters appeard in this photo, Its a project my sister and I started 10/23/2010, Yep its going to be a Porch/Deck addition. We are not the best carpenters in the world, but each project teaches us a bit more. ALL in all hopefully it will hold up for a LONG WHILE. LOL, next project, maybe we CAN build a turret on MY HOUSE????????? will see, I hope we get some more work in on this project this weekend, we are going for more lumber, but we have a roadtrip planed this Saturday to Natchez , so time is limited. AT least she is off ever other Friday and I have Fridays off work, so maybe it will not take us forever and a day!!

have a great weekend,
LM
the best is yet to come!!!

Horse Killer

LOL, did you really think I had a REAL horse killer on hand? No , just a pretend one, just the newbie, BANITA kitty!! I have enjoyed her but a bit worrisome as its been a while raising a youngster. She is pretty much outdoors now full time, although I have been locking her up at night and when I am not home for a few more weeks, well except last night, because I COULD not find her! I called and called her till around 9PM. gave up and crashed for the evening, FIRST thing i did at 3 this morning, check the storage room and WALLLAH,,, there she was snoozing in her brand new bed!! I gave that kitty a piece of my mind for sure!! will she do it again? I expect so!

seeya,
LM
the best is yet to come!!

Banita the new kitty, WOW

Well, Banita seems to have moved right in and made herself to home! She is outdoors part time, Im still locking her up for a couple more weeks when I am not there to check on her from time to time,

She has totally taken over or seems to think she has, although while attempting to intimadate the MILAMONSTER she makes sure there is a fence or baby gate between, she marchs right up to the fence and slaps and spits!

My poor little Italian greyhound (15+) went through a depression i'm afraid but seems to be adjusting.

My Orange cat (Bogmeister) east breakfast and disappears for the day, yesterday he did come home around 4, so maybe he is adjusting slowly?

new kitty in town

here we have the newest adoption in the home, bobtail Manx ,3 or 4 months old adopted off craigslist, next stop vet to be altered. She already thinks she owns the place i think, MilaMonster is not a happy camper. I hope they can learn to tolerate each other, if not she will be rehomed again. I do intend her to be more outdoors once I trust her not to get lost in the jungle that surrounds my teeny spot outside town. Still working on a name, they called her Bobbi, but it just doesn't fit, BUT i would like a B name with a twist! LOL

MilaMonster SwimHole

Ok, so it aint a real swimhole, just a cooldown spot, and alas she isn't really all Labrador, so apparently she doesn't really care for it. it took a ball to get her in the Pool! AND really she dosent' even like the big ORANGE ball, she does love her tennis ball, she does get the fetch genes from her Lab side, but a lot of her personality is Rodesian Ridgeback. Gotta love my puppawhuppa!

who watches who?

well, here we have the Bogmeister on top of the storage building, snoozing a bit or watching the rabbits, whose to say??? I love watching the bunnys my self!

what goes there?

OK, I did get the pictures a bit out of order, the bottom picture is the wild thing i dug up and planted in the yard, snaky things that like to look at each other? the top picture after they go to seed and die off for the summer. the Plant bottom acutally looks like corn. it has a bulb. Care to guess what it is??? wild onion,garlic , dunno!

Turtle Invasion

Its that time of the year,,, Turtles abound , back and forth they cross the yard , in search of that perfect spot to deposit eggs! MilaMonster checked this one out, NEVER fear, no turtles harmed in the filming of this picture!! THEY do not move fast enough to hold her interest, after all , she is half Rhodesian Ridgeback, she wants to CHASE things!!!

Care to Guess?

My Guess is Eastern Towhee? some sort of Towhee, but I am not the best at identifying birds, I keep intending to purchase a bird book for Mississippi Birds, but alas, it has not happened. I see these from time to time, mostly in the underbrush scratching ,hopping about similar to a chicken. Pretty birds I think. I managed to snap a photo finally.