Fred and cats

Fred Groundhog appeared twice. She is anxious for spring. 1) Thursday, March 19, and 2) Sunday, March 22nd. The two of them have been asleep since 

I decided, after my PA suggested it, to put several carrots down for her on Monday. They were still there Tuesday.

Groundhog tracks in snow

She is a vegetarian, and there isn't anything green out there!  I keep telling her to hang on.

May 1st vs. July 4th

 

I've been growing sprouts. Too bad I can't give these to Fred!

Sadly, I am failing. I put the filter and the seeds into the bottom layer. The clear top level is supposed to drain into the opaque one. Whoopsie. I couldn't figure out why the water wasn't draining. 

 

Nutmeg went walkies to the daffodil garden. She was playing in the mud.

My bottle tree...

Cinnamon, much more cautious than his sister. He was watching from the deck. He checked her out carefully. 

A rest in the heated cat house. It's not actually plugged in. That is Cinnamon's ear, his head is upside down. The cats are happy to hunker down in the evenings. 

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📺 We are watching Season 6 of Astrid & Raphaelle. It is charming, and fairly non-gory! I am enjoying it.

Astrid Nielsen works in the library of the judicial police. She has Asperger's syndrome. With an incredible memory she excels at analyzing files of ongoing ...

📚 I am often in bed by 8:30 or 9, reading. More mysteries. There are 7 books in the Rockton series. Armstrong takes the main two characters, Casey and Eric, and moves them to a new camp in the Haven's Rock series. I quite like them. Casey's sister has autism. She works in the camp and is a doctor. 

This is the last published. Another, the final book in the series, is to be published in 2027. 

 

 

Fred is awake!

 The big news, Cinnamon and I spotted Fred running across the back of the lawn. Cinnamon watched from the deck. She went back to her winter burrow, and we might have 6 more weeks of winter!

 

Cinnamon liked to watch Fred in summer. Fred is just under the deck, behind the planter. Cinnamon watches from the table.

July 6, 2025

I went out to check its tracks before the snow covered them up. They are a bit imprecise in the fluffy snow! 

It was better under the tree, with less snow.

I think this is Momma Fred, as I know miniFred is sleeping in this hole (#2, in front of the shed). 

Fred came over to check it out, but it is frozen and snow-covered. There is no way miniFred or Momma Fred can get in or out.

Following the tracks down to the wetland, I think she was headed back to her winter hide out under the highway. She will wait another day. I hope we don't have 6 more weeks of winter!

This is burrow #4, into the side of the septic bed. She didn't go in there! 

There are lots of tracks in the upper meadow. Skunk, Fred, coyotes and deer.

Fred <= my observations.

Fred was awake March 21st last year. I keep track just for fun. In 2024 it was March 30th. 

We've another winter storm on the way. Landing is getting rain. This morning is the Vernal Equinox. Days are getting longer, the sun is warming us up, when it is out.