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Delightful Ducklings
Three days ago I bought three ducklings. Yeah, I know: I’m a pushover for baby animals. I haven’t had a duckling since I was a teenager (a long, long time ago!), and when I had that one, I wasn’t able to observe it the way I’ve been able to watch these three because it was…
Maligning Cats Chaps My Hide
Nothing chaps my hide quite the way maligning cats does–or any animal, actually. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/gone-viral/os-cats-kill-you-bigger-study-post.html The above article went viral on social media with lots of people agreeing with the claptrap reported within it. When I posted online saying, “Nonsense! I have been around cats large and small, domesticated and captive wild, and…
As the Weather Turns Cold, I Feel Guilty
As the weather goes from autumnal to arctic, I can spend less and less time with my outdoor friends–my goats and chickens. So I start to feel guilty. Every time I step out the back door, the goats call out to me and the chickens flock to the fence, expecting me to do what…
Cat Claw Clipping
I have a friend with a hefty-size tabby cat. His name is Buddy. I’m guessing he weighs eighteen pounds. (So he has 5 x 18 pounds of potential wrestler in him, as compared to human muscles.) For several years now, ever since he was a little guy, I’ve been clipping Buddy’s claws every few weeks…
These Cat’s Pajamas are the Cat’s Meow
Look what my “beast” friend Lisa Twining Taylor got for me as an early Christmas gift, so I could wear them between now and Christmas… She got me the ChrisMoose slippers last year for Christmas “We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.” I absolutely love…
The Prime of Miss Jane Broody
Alas and alack, my broody hen’s determination to hatch a clutch of eggs has all been for nought. She sat on them religiously for more than a month…well more than a month… So the day before yesterday, I finally put the eggs in water when she went for a quick stroll to eat some hen…
T’is the Season for BOOK LOVERS
Who are the book lovers on your holiday shopping list? If they love animals, get them: Let No Day Dawn That the Animals Cannot Share Kindle (full color inside): https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-That-Animals-Cannot-Share-eb…/…/ Paperback (black and white inside) https://www.createspace.com/5007806 Full Color PDF available ONLY at YellowBalloonPublications.com and/or Serval Son: Spots and Stripes Forever Kindle (full color inside):…
Cover Sheds with Repurposed Vinyl Banners
Need to cover your critters’ sheds, or hay, or your own outdoor equipment? Get repurposed VINYL BANNERS! Forget about tarps that fall apart every year. Been there, done that! In Colorado there’s a great place called (and yes, I’m typing this just as they have it) repurposedMATERIALS. They have water-resistant, weather-resistant obsolete vinyl signs with…
Broody Hen is Sitting on Eggs Again
One of my Wyandotte hens has gone broody AGAIN! None of the other hens are laying right now… But she has at least a dozen eggs underneath her. I’m buying eggs from the store while I allow her to honor her maternal instincts. I think she has been on them for at least three weeks…
Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel
Book Review: Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina “As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.” I read (this is a conservative estimate) at least forty full-length books a year…probably closer to a book (or more) per week. Whenever I’m not writing for clients, writing blog posts, riding…