FRANCIS'S BLOG 04/19/2026
Poor Henry 🐎
Henry would really like RC to get his hooves off his flake of hay:
Don’t worry, Henry, we’ll get you another.
Pugilistic poultry 🐓
Hansel and Franz have been fighting each other tooth-and-nail (or beak-and-claw) for the past two days.
The pair of them have been nothing but a big blur of feathers.
Milt and Baldy have had much better sense:
They’re spending this sunny Tuesday morning in the dust baths! 🐔
Luigi has a new friend 😸
Luigi condescends to share his breakfast with Noodles:
He’s come to realize that the kittens aren’t going away:
Hungry Iris 🐎
Iris helps finish Henry’s breakfast.
Iris would help finish everybody’s breakfast if you let her. 🐴
More Thanksgiving pictures 😺
The kittens had sardines for Thanksgiving 🐟,
with a mouse for dessert. 🐭
Slowly getting ready for winter 🐴
Here’s Kanna posing in the cat’s new house:
It was supposed to be for the ducks, but it won’t fit though their door.
Cat cave 😺
The kittens have found a deep hole at the bottom of the hay stack.
Let’s hope they don’t run into a raccoon,
or a possum,
or have a hay cave in. 😾
Harnessed horses 🐎 (and me 🐴)
Stormy and Iris are in their harnesses, getting ready for a fun ride with Mary and Mara:
I’m not going to be ridden: this lead is on me so I can’t runaway when it’s time to spend the night in Iris’s stall.
I’m still under house arrest for squeezing under the fence at night. 🐴
Blustery, cold Saturday 🐴
Very windy and cold today (but not below freezing, yet).
On the bright side, Mary let us into the front pasture! 🐎
This duck is no dummy 🐴
Paschal figures she can sleep securely under the chair:
The hawk will never see her.
Evil Cat isn’t so evil to the kittens
Evil Cat shares breakfast with Penny (Katfish) and Steve (Noodle):
Nothing about the kittens in this post 😾
We’re still very upset that a mouse was found in our food Monday morning.
So, since Little Fuzzy has yet to be captured,
Security Chief Luigi is inspecting our food at every stage of its delivery. 😸
Mouse crime! 🐭
Just LOOK at what was found in our food bin this morning!
Security Chief Luigi was called in immediately, but unfortunately the perpetrator escaped.
”Little Fuzzy” is AHF Public Enemy #1:
Ice on the water 🐴
The ducks are unhappy this morning: There’s ice in their bath tubs.
Fortunately, I have a year-round heated water supply (plus a complimentary salt lick):
Don’t worry, ducks, you’ll soon have your heat lamps and electric buckets. 🐴
The kitties meet Ukie 🐺
Ukie tries to say hello to the kittens, but they don’t quite know what to make of her:
As you can see, they’re instinctively making themselves look as big and mean as possible:
Katfish throws in a hiss to complete the effect:
I wouldn’t mess with them, Ukie! 🐴
Dot 🐓 and Schrödinger 😺 share breakfast
Dot and Schroeder share breakfast. Don’t tell Dot it’s chicken paté.
Kitten capers 😺
The kitties explore the stairs to the hay barn:
Here’s Katfish in the tractor shed:
They can’t wait to be outdoor cats. 😺
The ducks of autumn 🐴
L’Orange, Percy and Paschal enjoy the spray from the hose.
They’re also rooting around for bugs under the pretty leaves.
I picked up a parasite 🐴
“What’s going on?” 🐴
”I think there’s something on my back.” 🐴
”Oh, wait, never mind, it’s gone.” 🐴
New construction 🐴
We got a nice new patio for the back door. And it has not one hoof, paw, or claw print in it!
Here’s Ukie inspecting where our friends Tim and Jay put all the old cement, down by the creek (they did the patio, too 🐴).
Ukie thinks she might be able to walk down to the water now. 🐺
Kitties out of the tac room 😺
The kitties meet Luigi.
Steve/Noodles faces Evil Cat.
Evil Cat was more receptive than Luigi (but he’ll come around). 😺
Super-duper pea-souper! 🐎
Foggy Friday.
We can barely be seen.
Here are the ducks, and one rooster, in the front pasture.
Kitties, kitties, everywhere! 😸
The new kittens are taking over the tac room:
They also make a dash for the door, so we have to be careful.
Slow news day 🐴
Not much is going on today, so here are two more pictures of Ukie 🐺 and I 🐴 in our Halloween costumes:
We don’t know how to take this 🐴
Here’s Henry showing us his clean, healthy tongue:
It’s either that, or he’s fed up with having his picture taken. 🐴