Is this a cat tree or what!!... and very sad news

The hobbit's cat's cat tree?

 Saw this and all I could say was "Wow!"  

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one of White Face's kittens

I walked outside the other day and was sitting on a rocker when I noticed one of the kittens was in the box on the porch. It seemed to have panicked when it saw me and tried to make itself invisible. After talking quietly to it for a few minutes, I decided to go back inside. Whiteface immediately appeared and they went off together. 

Update on the bunnies at daughter's place:

She knows that Bun Bun (alias Leo the Lop) has at least 4 baby bunnies. She has seen a 2 grays, a white and a chocolate. She believes that they have a burrow somewhere under the house. 

Here's a pic of Bun Bun and one of her tortoises eating together:

and this next is a video (taken a bit far off from her front window):

Not sure if you can see well as it's a bit far... but there's Bun Bun (mama), Mr. Chocolatte (dad), and a little gray smudge (one of the gray babies)... You may have to look closely.

Another bit of trivial news:

We visited our dear friend who lives about 45 minutes away this week. It's so nice to sit and talk over a cup of coffee now when this was not possible (or possibly not considered smart) these last 2 years. With all of us being over the age of 65 (quite a bit over) and having aging health issues, we were all being very careful... and still are in some instances. 

We talked, drank coffee/tea, and discussed the book once we were able to sign on to her hotspot. She is much more tech aware when it comes to the publishing part using Word and Amazon than I.

Also her 2 sons came in to help with some other house-hold technical issues while we were there. It was good to see them. She and I have know each other for over 50 years... meeting when our husbands worked together when we first moved to Texas in 1971... and our now grown children were toddlers.

She also quilts beautifully and I brought one of my semi-finished quilts for her to do the binding when she gets a moment. She taught me to machine quilt - but I've never gotten the hang of hand binding - and she enjoys it. 

Well, I'm guessing you are getting bored with all this mundane talk about cats, bunnies, and old friends. That's OK. It still feels good to share this with you. 

Oh... one more bit of trivia... DH and I went to Hamm's Peach Orchard last week.  Surprisingly they didn't have any peaches! Apparently the rain or ? had delayed their crops and they wouldn't have peaches for another few weeks. But of course they had all the other goodies in the store. We bought peach ice-cream, peach cobbler, some home-made pickles, and 2 of their peach pulled pork sandwiches to take home (after sitting outside in their rockers eating our peach ice-cream cones).

Ham's purchases

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Before I close this, I have some very sad news to tell:  Just a few minutes ago, a coyote came into our yard and killed our little feral mama, White Face. At just before 9 pm we heard a cat scream and both DH and I ran outside. DH saw the coyote running off and White Face was lying on the ground lifeless and bleeding. I checked for a heartbeat, but there was none. I know this is nature's way, but still I hate it. And she was such a good little mother. We will call Animal Control and report the incident in the morning. And hopefully we will find her kittens as they are still too young to be without their mother...

Hugs (virtual),

Rian