[ A dense patch of relatively young Ponderosa pines, most with trunks less than six inches wide; the ground is deeply covered in pine needles. ] I found a nice thick patch of woods last Tuesday. Sometimes you want an open meadow; sometimes you just want trees.
[ An interestingly-weathered tree stump, about two feet high & a foot and a half across. ] When I got to our spot in the woods last Tuesday, I saw this Very Excellent tree stump that I was pretty sure one cat or another would, eventually, use for Dramatical Posing.
Not that there WAS anywhere to turn around, both sides stacked up with rocks like that. I can drive the van over a lot but she’s no four wheel drive jeep. … with me & weird abandoned buildings. I’ll get to that, though.
[ Tyrava’s front door frame, which is painted purple; a length of unpainted wood maybe an inch wide & half an inch deep runs along the inside of the frame, right where the door will stop when it’s closed properly. ] Last Saturday & today I got a bunch done on Tyrava, including the door …
[ one long stick, shaped somewhat like a lacrosse stick & about a foot long; three shorter sticks, each about four inches long; & two tangles of copper wire sit in a pile, waiting for me to get a clue ] As is traditional I picked up the big stick & it told me what …
Woods Day last week was called on account of Wind & also Fire, so I only cave pictures of the boys inside right now. … mostly. Anyway, above is Loiosh, who does not have a mohawk because he is young & rebellious, but because he’s got ear mites, & I’ve been squirting baby oil in …
One of Tom’s absolute FAVOURITE parts of the woods: grass. I have explained to him that he is part cow.
I decided to spend the day here again! Because nothing could possibly go wrong with this decision!
It’s been ‘cats in the woods’ posts every Tuesday for a while now, but I haven’t stopped taking pictures of them inside! Above, Loiosh the night his catnip pickle arrived.
