Raccoon visitor 🦝

Morning everyone, 🦝

Well, I just knew that there was "a thing" that turned over the cat's water bowl two nights ago. 

Another visitor last night. This one even removed the cover over the cage in case it rained. 

I am learning that they don't roam around when it rains.

7-22-25 Raccoon

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

The Accident - One year later

Hello all, 

Well, one year later, I am still here, and all healed up for the most part. 

Still have things on the face that are not quite right. My nose still feels numb, and my sense of smell is not right yet. My left eye socket is still numb to the touch even though it itches a lot. My neck and head (where they come together) are still not right; it hurts every day. Some days are worse than others. It feels like a bucket of cement is sitting on my head, same feeling when I step into a shower, heavy weight on my head, makes my neck hurt. My mouth (upper) teeth are still numb, and my sense of taste is still not there. I am surprised by how much the sense of taste makes us feel full and happy after a meal. I eat and can't taste most of what I eat. My mouth feels like I am trying to chew something like wood instead of food. I chew my cheeks all the time, have to eat very slowly, and be mindful of my cheeks. I NEVER chewed my cheeks like I do now. The doctor who did the face re-do of broken areas said he had to re-break by mouth to put me back together again.  Some of my upper teeth have been pushed in toward the inside of my mouth, where they never were before. He gave me an edge-to-edge bite at the front of my mouth that I have never had in my life. So, it is like eating with someone else's mouth; you can't feel it. The teeth are still numb on the upper, and I feel that they may be dead. Which means somewhere in the future, I may have to have some teeth crowned to save them. 

My left leg, where the huge tear in the leg was, is still numb to the touch, where two huge holes were punched over the knee. My left leg still has a stretch of flesh that is numb from the knee almost to the hip. 

But thank God I am alive and can still walk up and down our steep hill of a yard. I can do all of what I did before the accident.  Thank you, Jesus,

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Whispering Spot - the cat who adopted us 🐈‍⬛

Hello all, 

Today, I add a new picture of the cat who adopted us as his new family forever home. For 2 years, he has been around our home, we would put food out morning and evening, and give him fresh water each day. He gets canned and dry food and treats. Two years ago, we even tried to scare him off when he first showed up, caught him in a trap, released him, and tried to scare him off, but this one would not scare. He has NEVER again entered a trap set for the varmints. He seems to know NOT to enter the trap. That is a great thing for him.

Whispering Spot

It took him 3 years (this summer is his 3rd) to accept us. You could not touch him, could not get close to him. Will not come when you call him. He slept under the porch for a while, or next door, we think, under the neighbor's home. No one was living there at the time.

Starting last fall, he was letting us get a little closer and felt really bad that he had no place to get out of the cold; we had a bad winter this last winter. So early on, we got out the large dog kennel and put an army blanket in it with one of the heating pads that is for animals under the top couple of layers of the folded blanket. To our amazement, he took to it right away and stayed day and night in that during the winter. The kennel sits on the back porch next to the back door.

This summer, he has walked up to us, timid at first, and wants pets, rubs, and face scratches. Vince and I both have loved on him this summer. Still, I do not trust that I can pick him up yet, though.

Next, we will try working up a cat "litter box" he will use and stop using my flower bed downstairs by the front porch. 

He is now leaving me fresh meat at the doorstep (watch your step), fairy diddles, and mice this summer. They are not eaten, they are whole, only dead. I love that he is killing the varmints around here. 

Our next big step, one day, will be a veterinarian visit.

He or she is my charmer now, and I love him or her. 💕

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo

Raccoon day

Hello all, 

Well, today is raccoon day. Just another mess to get rid of. It is so hot and humid this summer. 

Perhaps that is why we are bothered with so many varmints this year. 

Raccoon day

My chickens are doing great, I can hear Mr. Clouds each morning doing his thing, and now my parrot (Frosty) sounds like a rooster. Funny. 😇

My doves are doing great, the babies (2) are growing like a weed. I will be looking for new homes for them before long. 

It has rained so much this spring into summer that all the trees around us are super full of leaves and growth this year. Fall color should be great this year. 

Love and Prayers, 

 Margo