Precious and her kittens
Our current foster cat, Precious, had a litter of 6 kittens this past Thursday, March 22nd. The 6 consist of 3 males and 3 females. Although not named yet, Pam is considering using names from the old TV series “Gilligan’s Island: ” Thurston Howell III, Minnow, Gilligan, Ginger, Lovey, and Mary Ann. This is the 20th litter Pam has hosted.
Could this be Ginger?
Kittens can’t see or hear for about the first 10 days after birth. All the kittens appear to be very healthy and active. Precious, a young cat, seems to have all the right maternal instincts and is taking good care of her offspring.
Litter #20. Mother: Precious
In Land Hunt news, I received a call back from a gentleman I had spoken to regarding the sale of his 3 acre lot. If you remember, I was walking a For-Sale lot and happened to speak to the guy who owned the adjoining lot. He and his family were up for a day visit. It turns out he may want to sell that lot, and he called to say he was having a real estate company look at it to determine a fair price. If it’s reasonable, this parcel may be a very real possibility. We hope to get over and take a closer look at it in the next few days.
Another project is underway — installing some privacy fence. This would make our back yard more private. Our hope is the dogs would be able to stay outside when we went to work and they would bark less. (Less to see, less to bark at.) This will be a multi-weekend project, as it includes setting posts in cement, building 2 gates, and sealing the wood with a clear sealer to help keep the “new wood” look.
Bringing home privacy fence supplies
This is what it looks like after day 1 of the project:
Privacy fence install, day 1
Completing the project will take more time, as the back fence requires more posts to be put in before the fence goes up. Its a major project!
One note concerning photos: I am trying out a new format called The Photo Wall. Please take a look and tell me what you think! Get to The Photo Wall from our AppleAttic home page, or click here. Hint: Look for the double-headed arrow in the lower right part of the screen. Clicking on this arrow will display photos in full-screen mode. Clicking again, or hitting the Esc key, will return the display back to the original page size. Have fun!
As usual, clicking on any of the photos is this post will open a larger version of that photo.
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
I like the LiveShare photos – the format is very professional looking. I liked the screen full of thumbnails- free software? If yes, can you email me the link?
Welcome kitties! They sure are tiny little things. I think the one pictured looks more like Thurston Howell’s wife (was that Lovey?)
Ohhhhh how nice to have a HONEY for the honey-do projects! You accomplished so much in one day. Looks good!
awww…congratulations to precious and her foster parents 🙂
what a fun day–i do love the names!
great news about the land…I had a good feeling about that lead when I read your other post about it. will keep my fingers crossed for you!
woohoo on the fencing
looks like you got a lot done already!
hopefully it will keep the dogs quiet. the first house i bought i put up a privacy fence and installed a dog door. it was the BEST thing EVER!!! was so nice when i had to stay at work and didn’t have to worry about the dogs being let out. dogs loved it too!! plus i didn’t have to drag out of bed early on weekends to let them out either 🙂
oh…couldn’t do the picture thing here at work…said i needed to install something?