Tag: kitten

My Summer So Far

I have had a lovely summer so far. Judi had asked me the other day how it was going and I just texted her a bunch of photos. So I decided to do something similar with this. Oh, BTW, the little kitty got a name. He’s Pippin, my little pipsqueak. Maybe I’ll post a couple of videos of him later. But now, on to the show!

Photo of a telescope in my back yard. The telescope is on a tripod and is silver and black.
The Unistellar EVScope2 that the school received thanks to a grant from the Miami County Foundation (I wrote the proposal for it). I’ll be spending many a clear night getting a handle on this bad boy before I start sharing it with the community and my first astronomy class.
Selfie of me (wearing a green shirt with wind-blown hair) and the telescope to help indicate size - on the tripod it's almost as tall as me.
Here I am with the telescope to give an idea about its size.
Circular photo with caption "UNISTELLAR - M27 - Dumbbell Nebula - 21min. - 40°N 84°W - Jun 11 2024" Photo shows star field with a colorful (reds & blues) nebulous shape in the center - the Dumbbell Nebula.
Circular photo with caption "UNISTELLAR - M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy - 15min. - 40°N 84°W - JUN 11 2024" The photo is of a star field with a large spiral galaxy that seems to be connected to a smaller galaxy.
Circular photo with caption "UNISTELLAR - M11 - Wild Duck Cluster - 2min. - 40°N 84°W - JUN 12 2024"
Photo of a waxing crescent moon (almost halfway showing).
The moon on June 13. There is a bit of an artifact on the shaded side – not sure what to do about that. Yet.
Circular photo with caption "UNISTELLAR - M17 - Omega Nebula - 10min. 40°N 84°W - JUN 12 2024". Photo is a star field with a large red-pink nebulous cloud - the Omega Nebula.
Photo of the moon. This is waxing gibbous, though barely more than halfway visible.
The moon on Jun 15. Hoping the skies are clear when we get to full moon!
Photo of a box turtle crossing a leafy path. The turtle is yellow-green with brown/black mottling and a pattern on its shell.
This is a lovely box turtle who crossed my path while I was walking the Green Trail at Twin Creek Metropark.
Selfie of me (looking down at the camera), Pippin (front left) and Reesie (back right) sitting on my basement steps during a tornado drill. Pippin and Reesie are cats.
Here’s me, Pippin (front) and Reesie (back) sitting on my basement steps during a tornado drill on May 26.
Photo of a kitten (orange and black tabby) sleeping on what looks like a big fluffy cat bed but is actually his "sister" Reesie, a black & brown long haired cat.
Awww, Pippin found the perfect cat bed. And Reesie got the perfect comforter.
Photo of an oxtail daisy - flower with white petals and a bright yellow center.
Oxeye Daisy – I think at Maple Ridge.
Photo of a small five petaled flower. The petals are fuchsia/pink with with spots. There is another smaller one growing right beside it.
According to Picture This (the plant ID app I use), this is a Deptford Pink (a species of Dianthus). Pretty and not an invasive. Taken at the same park as the Oxeye Daisy.
Photo of two women holding up a beverage and aluminum foil (holding a sandwich). The woman on the left is wearing a colorful visor and a black shirt. The woman on the right is wearing a purple trilby and purple shirt.
Me and mum having lunch at Amy’s backyard after shopping at the Yellow Springs Street Fair. Mom’s shirt says Inclusion in rainbow colors (using element symbols to spell it out). My shirt is for Madeleine’s Salty Lark Pies business.
Photo of a sign at a campsite. The sign symbolizes the campsite with an inverted V shape and also has stylized images of a hiker, a biker, and a kayaker. Written by someone else is the statement "No fires?? Who wrote that rule? A mosquito?"followed by a drawing of a mosquito. On the other side of the upside-down V is another drawing, probably from the same graffitist of a face.
This sign at Island Metropark made me chuckle. On the list of rules behind this sign, it does say no fires allowed at the campsite. It looks like it would be a neat place to sleep overnight, but no fire and no nearby bathroom means I’ll never partake of it. Oh, and there’s the bit in that I don’t actually camp.
Photo of a chicken sandwich, cole slaw, and a cup of water from Popeye's restaurant on a picnic table. The background is a view of a river and trees.
One of the nice things about being an adult in the summer and on vacation is that, if I get a whim to get carry out and eat at a nearby park, I can do that. Yay! Adulting! I’m at Aullwood Gardens Metropark by the Stillwater river.
Very zoomed in photo of a butterfly on a tree. The butterfly is black with white dots at the top of the wings and orange/red stripes at the bottom of the wings.
Very zoomed in photo of a red admiral butterfly. It was nice of it to pose for me. Can’t recall which park I was at. I’ve been at quite a few this summer.
A collage of 6 photos of painted stepping stones. A dragonfly, a sun with sunglasses on, a turtle, a moon and stars, a unicorn (painted purple, of course), and a butterfly.
I did some art this summer! I finally finished painting the stepping stones which I bought for my pocket prairie. I had painted the turtle and the moon, but the others still needed painting. And all of them needed baking to, I dunno, seal the acrylic to the stones? No idea how they will hold up as stepping stones.
Photo of a terra cotta (orange) dish with bees, leaves, and flowers painted on it. It says "Bee Bath" along the side. There are also three white egg cups which have been drawn on with marker - bees and flowers on one, lady bugs and tulips on another, and colorful butterflies on the third.
More of my art from this summer. Egg cups which I’ve had for ages just waiting for me to draw on them with markers. (Thankfully, 5 of the 6 included markers still worked. Sorry pink!) And my bee bath! Waterproofing it now for eventual use as a bee bath in my pocket prairie.
Zoomed in photo of a dragonfly perched on a tall stick. Its wings are spread out wide and they are striped cyan blue and black.
I went on a butterfly walk with the Miami County Parks District. There were quite a few of us on the walk and we saw lots of butterflies. But this dragonfly was not about to be upstaged by the butterflies and posed for all of us to admire.
Fluffy black and brown cat sleeping on her side facing a smaller orange and black tabby kitten, also sleeping on his side and facing her.
Reesie and Pippin napping on the sofa beside me.
An older bearded gentleman in plaid shirt and rainbow suspenders sitting at a picnic table with an older woman in colorful visor and a Nature Conservancy Pride shirt. They are outdoors in a shelter in the woods.
Dad and mom having chicken dinners from Versailles Poultry Days at the shelter at Maple Ridge park.

So, that happened…

Photo of kitten and older cat sitting on a chair. Kitten is looking off to the side while cat is looking more at the camera.
Reesie welcomes a new kitten to our clowder.

I have been pretty lucky with my cat adoptions. Leo I got thanks to one of mom’s co-workers. Linus & Lucy were thanks to my cousin, Brandi. Reesie was from one of my co-workers. And guess what? I have a new little furball in my life. I had intended to adopt one in the summer when I could spend more time with the kitty, but this one happened now, so now is when we adopt!

No name yet, though I have some ideas, so for now I’m calling it Tiny or Little B (B for Bae or Baby.) I adopted Tiny today thanks to another of my mom’s co-workers (both she and mum now retired). Her cousin lives on a farm not far from here and they’re always having cats dropped off at the end of their lane. Though they’ve caught most and had them fixed, this particular mama cat has eluded them thus far – I think they said she’s had 3 litters now.

So the rest of this post is just for photos of the new little one. Hoping to get it to the vet this week to make sure it’s doing well (it looks just fine & dandy) and schedule its spaying/neutering. Reesie seems fine with the tiny one for the most part, though she’s been watching it from afar as it naps of late. We had a lovely time all cuddled together in the comfy chair, so I’m hoping Tiny is feeling love from our new clowder.

Tiny kitten (white, orange/yellow with black stripes, little paw sticking out and showing its toe beans).
Tiny Kitten and toe beans
Same kitten, now asleep with paw up and toe beans are on display.
Moar Toe Beans!
Tiny Kitten in a tiger-striped cat cabana with a white tiger Beanie Baby that's almost as bit as the kitten. Kitten is looking into the camera.
Tiny Kitten has found the cat cabana & Tiger Beanie Baby.
Tiny kitten still in cabana but now sleeping with head pressed against the Beanie Baby.
Tiny Kitten asleep with the Beanie Baby.