Jybow died today at 3:00 p.m.

R.I.P. my sweet Jybow. She was Jimmy’s buddy and now they can be together again. Jybow never stopped waiting at the door for Jimmy to come out, but now her wait is over.

The Safe Place

Squeak & Jybow needed a safe place from the neighbors pit bull.  A place where they could go, be high and feel safe.  Jybow our ginger cat needed a place to heal from her repeated attacks from that dog.  

Jybow is healing and is now able to walk, jump and sleep without fear.  She is still not completely healed, but she is doing much better.  

The over-head piece of plywood sheeting gives the cats some shade from the hot sun, protects them from the rain, and next winter I can place their heated cathouse under it, in place of that other doghouse you see there in the enclosure.  

The two cats chose the backporch themselves, so we know they like it.  To the right of the picture below they have an easy access through the railings to another larger doghouse.  

Squeak is sitting on top of the open food box that Rick built to protect their dry cat food from the birds, which will eat it all up within minutes.  My cats are not hunters and will just lay there and watch the birds eat up all of their food, and somehow the blackbirds/starlings don't pay any attention to my cats being there.  Since Rick's three sided food enclosure has been built, the birds haven't found the food.  

I took this picture through my backdoor, and as you can see, it is a small enclosure and only the cats have access to the steps down.  Dogs larger than the cats can't get up and we also can't get up or down our porch.  The only way that I can feed the cats is through my back door.  The cats nap there during the day.  There is always shade somewhere on the porch.  Sometimes they even go under the porch where it is cooler, but they are not safe there and they seem to know this, so they are always on guard.

Gazing at the big Sycamore leaf

My Babies

Enjoying the warmth

that this house provides.

Jybow

The #1 Cat

at our house

Jybow

I moved Jybow's chair to her favorite room.

Now she can sleep in peace on all her

favorite furniture.

Playing in the leaves

Jybow

Jybow loves a pile of leaves

Jybow loves fallen branches

Woohoo, this is fun

Why does my master rake all the leaves away?
Now I have to wait until they start falling again...boo hoo.

Yea!  Another fallen branch!

I wonder if anyone can see me here?

I feel so content in these leaves.
I think I'll just take a nap here.

Jybow spotted hundreds of birds in the field

with the cattle.

She's checking out the ground cover ahead

for a possible hunt.

Will she be successful?

I don't think so.

Why won't Jybow just co-operate and be friends with Lola and Poncho?

Jybow

  

Sleeping

Petey shares his new toy

"It's my old house!"

Day after the flooding

The cats inspect their house and find that it's dry.

The cat house below

didn't fare so well in the flood and was submerged

underwater yesterday.

Jybow is happy to see that all the water is gone.

Jybow looks down at the watergarden

and sees that it is fine and filled with fresh rainwater.

Surveying the flood damage from a high vantage point.

Jybow sees that no damage was done

and that all the vegetation is greener today

as a result of all the water

we had yesterday.

Jybow

Petey

Petey

Enjoying a sunny day

Hey, what are you doing in there?

Go away Petey before I scratch your eyes out!

Ahhh, finally I can go back to sleep....

Peek a boo....

Packing paper is about as much fun as an empty box
or maybe even more

Petey

Favorite Cat Toys

Petey

In sacks, Jybow & Petey
Princess Pinky aka Fart Head behind the sacks

Petey