When we moved to Dry Creek Hill, we had no experience with feral cats. We certainly were not looking for any. Trap, neuter, and release were unfamiliar terms and we…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: How Our TNR Program Started
Sunday Photos: To The Lower Creek
A walk down the hill. Photograph something you love in a way that gives you joy, or challenges you, or wakes you up to how amazing life can be, because…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: Guildenstern the Golden Star
The Water Tub Monster adventure was one of the rare times when all 3 of Herkemina’s kittens were not acting as a unit. Meet Guildenstern, the kitten who was mysteriously…
Read moreOur Mystery Golfer
I’ve been finding stray golf balls on Dry Creek Hill lately. I’ve found 4 during the last several months, and their condition tells me they haven’t been there very long.…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: If It’s A Black Cat, It Must Be George
My father liked to name our black cats George in “honor” of a very good friend. My father has been gone for 25 years now, but when Mama, the first…
Read moreLight In The Hills, Part 2
A few days ago I said I was hoping to get a shot of late evening across the valley with more lights. I took this photo 25 minutes later than…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: The Tail of Herkemina
Herkemina, the mother of the heroes of The Water Tub Monster, appeared one day at the water bowl in back of the house. She returned the next day with a…
Read moreThere’s More Light In The Hills Than On The Stage
Here’s what the cats and I saw from the driveway last night. It was my first try at catching the lights in the hills and the sunset, so I learned…
Read moreEpiphany at Dawn
I tired of listening to both parties blame each other for COVID, the economy, riots, racism, and icebergs falling off of Greenland, so I changed channels. I caught a quick…
Read moreFeral Cat Fridays: The Water Hole Monster
New kids on the block feel their way around long-time residents until they learn how the neighborhood works, and it’s no different in a feral cat colony. This little interchange…
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