Category: Welcome to the Neighborhood

Cat shelter version 2018

Cats & Animals, My Place, Photographs, This and That, Welcome to the Neighborhood, Writing and Blogging

Here are some shots of my current cat shelter.   It has been very cold this year so far, and my walk-in contraption works great.   The outside cats enter from the top of the storage-box shelter roof.   Two cats live in this structure, Peggy and Cat Henry.

(photos ©Sometimes, 2018.)

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Visitor heard the food clatter

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Dottie and Cat Henry

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shelter from storage bin, igloo-like entrance; the back wall is clear plastic; straw walls

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behind couch cushion is a big packing crate/box from the pallet place.    

 

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The red umbrella is the basic frame for this contraption…with support for tarps from overhead beams on deck. Reflection of glass doors from clear plastic at aback.

 

Beware—more shots of my late great Spider web

My Place, Nature, Photographs, This and That, Welcome to the Neighborhood

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NOW WE SEE IT

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NOW WE DON’T

 

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FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF WEB

“Late Great” because this web was in a very precarious position…as is normal for spiders, apparently…as this splendid construction was demolished quickly when I ran right into it and ended up wearing the web like a hair-net…or veil…I forgot it was there.   (Please see yesterday’s post for more web photos if you are so inclined.)

The deck is eight-feet wide.

By the way— my spider web photos are more about photography than spiders or webs.    I have tried repeatedly to capture various topics, and consider it a learning experience.

OH!    The spider is not really as big as she appears, she has a very large bug in her grip, we call it a stink-bug, triangular in shape.

 

Science lesson for today…ants at work

Cee’s Odd Ball Photo Challenge, My Place, Nature, photography, This and That, Welcome to the Neighborhood

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1. walking along on my subject search…a team of ants moving an item

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2. an unidentified object that was obviously important

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3. something blocking the way

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4. over or under?

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5. get er’ up above

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6. (center of photo) a major hurdle

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7. upsy daisy

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8. let’s go under this leaf

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9.  whew!  good job so far

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10. here’s the tricky part of the job

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11. down under the long green leaf, near the flower

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12. out of sight alongside the stone