I’m always amazed at how close wildlife will let you approach them before flying or waddling away. Seagulls are very use to humans but racoons shouldn’t be out in the daytime and this one certainly didn’t move one inch the whole time I took photos. I suspect that he wasn’t well, so I didn’t get too close. The bunny in our backyard is so familiar with us now that he doesn’t even freeze when he sees us.
Tober came to us when my neighbour went into the hospital with a broken hip and shoulder. When I volunteered to look after him I had no idea that the commitment would be for three to four months. She is now in rehab and no one has indicated how much longer she’ll be away.
At first I went over to feed the cat twice a day and clean out his litter box. When the weather got nicer I let him out because he’s always been an outdoor/indoor cat. At first he didn’t wander too far from his home but as he became more familiar with me he started to come over to our house. My husband, who is allergic to cats, would sit with him outside and he quickly became very attached to Tober. It didn’t take long before the cat was welcomed into our house. Luckily he is well trained and he would always let us know when he had to go outside.
Slowly we started to bring his food to our place and he stayed longer and longer each day. The only thing I haven’t done is bring his litter box over so every night I take him back to his house and first thing in the morning my husband goes over and lets him out.
My fear is that when his owner returns home he’ll continue to come to our house. I’m not sure she’ll be happy about that. Another neighbour across the street from us got into a lot of trouble when Tober would visit them. They were accused of feeding him and luring him away from his ‘rightful owner’. I guess we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.
Here are a few pics of Tober making himself at home at our place.
When my neighbour went into the hospital I volunteered to look after the cat in her home. My husband is allergic to cats or so we thought so for the first two weeks I went into my neighbour’s house twice a day to give the cat clean water and food and spend some time with him. When the weather got nicer I started letting him out for a few minutes every day. One day he came over to our porch where Kevin was sitting and they immediately bonded. Now the cat comes over every day and visits anywhere from a few minutes to several hours. We always feed him from his home and at night he sleeps there as well.
Remarkably, Kevin’s allergies are pretty mild when the cat is around. Some days when he’s with us he’s very demanding of our attention and it interferes with Kevin’s ability to draw on his iPad. One day last week, he posted this drawing.
This week Kevin’s time has been so devoted to the cat that instead of a monster he came up with this drawing instead. We apologize to the fans of Monster Monday but they will return in the near future.
There are days when I feel like the Energizer Bunny. I can keep going and going but I do eventually crash ….for days after. Kids and animals never seem to get tired or at least that’s what they want us to think. I also have two marathon runners in the family. My husband ran marathons in his 20s and 30s and years later our oldest daughter started running marathons. She gets better with every race. They also never seem to tire during a race.
Olive could play all day but we know that she canoverdo itWinnie is constantly on the move…and so is her younger cousin….but eventually they both crashThese young athletes never seem to tire either
Cruise ship outside of VeniceDavid looking over Florence, ItalyPart of the Colosseum in RomeGiraffe at the Toronto ZooCathedral in Tours, FranceGiant pumpkin
…both Kevin and I have been making art but Kevin has actually finished pieces
The first is a sketch of a rabbit I did back in February but I thought in honour of Easter I would bring it back to show you. The next two are ones that Kevin did on Procreate. The first is his ‘scruffy little fox’ and the second his his Easter Bunny. He wasn’t going to make an Easter drawing but he just couldn’t help himself. I did do some more on my larger piece but I’m not ready to show the progression quite yet.
…Tonguely is not too sure what to make of this new frog
Kevin is playing around with Procreate and has come up with a new frog character. No name yet but if you have a suggestion we’d love to hear what it is.
Mama Cormier 