Hey There Little Red Riding Hood

Our wolves are still here and finally they are letting

My Vickie get close enough for some fun

pictures.  Kaos has always been friendly

and playful with her but Kara

is still very cautious.

We laughed a lot when we saw the picture

above because we think Kaos looks like

the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood.

Kaos is always making us laugh.

Kara, is still pretty standoffish.

But oh what a beauty she is.

So Goose, Buddy

I have a new place for

us to take our humans and you

are gonna love it.

 

Today My Vickie and I

decided to hike up the mountains to

see if the mountain goats were

coming down for the winter.

Our goal was the big rock cliff above.

My Vickie took me to an old trail that

she used to hike up years ago

thinking we could get all the way up.

Only the old trail is now under water.

A huge stream has covered the trail over the

last four years and so we had to

hike right up the water.

It was cold for her, but perfect for me

We had a great time and she only complained

about her wet feet a few times.

We were thinking it looked a little bit

like spring with the little bushes and

their light green leaves.

As we hiked along, My Vickie came to

a place that she and her sister Wendy used

to come to to pan for gold.

Yep, she was one of those people.

I thought I would give "looking for gold"

a try.  But then I gave up and just played in the water.

Isn't it beautiful, and check out

all the different kinds of rocks.

Amazing

Can you find me in this picture.

I think I did find gold.

We didn't make it to the top

cause we got side tracked by all

the stuff around us.

Like when we looked up

we saw three bald eagles.

My Vickie was so excited.

The eagles come back every

winter and spend their time

flying in our mountains and fishing

in our big lake.

Then My Vickie took me to her old house.

And I mean Old.  It was built in the 1800's

Check out the door upstairs.

It was what they called a polygamist home

One of the wives lived upstairs

and 100 years ago there was stairs

coming out of that part and going down

so the wives didn't have to actually live together.

 

This was her view from the old house. 

My Vickie said it was old and drafty and didn't have heat

and that the winters were very cold.  She said that the

bathroom was an old outhouse that was connected

to the house in the 40's.  Wow.

She said she moved out about 15 years ago

 Now why would you ever leave a cool place like that.

 

Well, I have really rambled tonight, haven't I?

So I am off, but not without telling

everyone how much we both

appreciate all your concern and

sympathies from our last post.

 

No Allred hasn't come home yet.

Tomorrow My Vickie has one more

place to check out.  But we are not

holding out a lot of hope.

It is a real long shot.

 

Love

Bert

Kansas is Finally Safe

From My Vickie:

I am going to take over Berts post today

as I have some sad news

and since Bert is all about

"Happy Times" he is not able

to say what needs to be said.

This Fall has been a difficult time for our little clan. 

IT seems to be true that things come in 3's.

Losing Sweet Jamie two months ago

(that's one)  was just our beginning. 

This last weekend we said goodby to my kitty Bailey.

She was 20 years old and as life would have it,

her kidneys failed and we helped her take

her trip over the bridge.  (Thats 2)

And now we fear that Allred has taken his final

Walk-a-bout. (That's 3)

It has been over a week since he left,

and he has never been gone this long before. 

I only hope and pray that he is somewhere

safe and will find his way back to us,

but the reality is that the wildlife in our

area are not very cat friendly.

We have searched all of his old haunts,

have looked everywhere we can think of

but there is no sign of him.

We all wait each night, hoping he will

make his usual vocal entrance after a

day of hunting, but it still remains

so quiet in our house.

We leave a light on and hope he will

"Be Coming Home For Christmas"

For now we are going to take a little blogging break,

at least for posting, but we will still

be reading and commenting on our friends.

We are just kind of sad.

Black & White Sunday with our Wolves

Allred MIA

Apparently, while I was basking in the

sun we had on Saturday,

Playing with all my pals,

Including our new little girl Miss Sophie

 

My other buddy James Dean returned home

from his flight over Kansas with Allred.

James Dean was exhausted and ALONE when he returned

I asked him about Allred and this was what he said happened.

Allred had instructed him to fly over

Overland Park area of Kansas.

I have many friends there so I was immediately worried.

James Dean said they were flying over a

Botanical Garden when he saw what he thought

was a squirrel, so he made a sharp turn

to go back and check it out.

He didn't warn Allred about the turn.

Allred fell off.

Crashed head first into a big area with a grass hut and

a lot of rocks in a big circle.

On his second pass over, James Dean got a little

nervous, because, well you know.....It is Allred after all.

Fearing retribution for  dumping him, James Dean

decided he better get on out of there.

He left Allred there......

Who knows what will happen next.

No offense Allred, I mean I am somewhat worried.

hoping you didn't knock more brains out

when you hit the ground, but Dude....

They are playing with the Ball Thrower.

I love the Ball Thrower.  IT works almost as

good as Pastor Michelle's arm.

 

Take care Allred, I am sure James Dean will come

back for you in a day or two.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Love

Bert

Our Guests

Thought you would all like to see the beautiful wolves
that are staying with us. 
Although I am not a proponent of people
trying to domesticate this incredible
spirit of nature at its best, I have thouroghly enjoyed their stay. 

At this time they are singing to the moonlight and oh,

they do have such mystical voices.
Hey Remington, can you hear them?

It was quite a feat to get this picture because they

never stand still and are still very wary of us. 
(My Vickie put a different background
behind them cause we didn't think
fencing looked to wolfy)

John sat with them for three hours.
(John Hemenway - Photographer)
 

Dougal Update and Saturday Fun in the Sun/Water

I know it is Sunday but this is because

I had so much going on yesterday

that I didn't have time to

make a post and read all yours.

(I'll catch up tonight"

 

First I want to start with an update.

Remember my buddy Dougal and his Snake Bite?

Click HERE  and HERE to catch up

Well here is how it looks three months later.

Much better, but still our Dougal is having

to wear the "Cone of Shame"

Can you imagine having to wear

that thing for THREE whole months?

This is Weena, (Dougals little sis)

and the happy looking bouncy thing

in the back on the right is

Trixie.  Trixie was found

starving and scavenging for food

behind McDonalds by Dougals

family Kit and Jon

They did the same thing a lot of us do.

They brought her home,

Took her to the vet,

Fattened her up and then

when it was time to Find her a Home

Decided she already had found it.

Welcome home Trixie

After a long summer of not

seeing some of my friends

we started up our Saturday

Walking group.

Boy a ton of people and dogs

showed up.  It was great.

I led them all to the river for a quick

swim.  It was cold, but oh ya just

cannot pass up a good dip

if you get the chance.

Right?

Then we started our walk

and yahoo, found more water.

I dont' know where Goose is

but I did some fishing.

and caught a 8 pound rock.

Our Saturday walks include lots of kids too

and check out what the kid is doing.

Yep, finding rocks for me.

Dang it all, though

My Vickie said he couldn't

throw it and I couldn't

try and catch it.

Gigi showed up, I haven't seen

her all summer.

Good looking, don't ya think.

We was all walking

(Goose, Logan, Baci and Annie

had gone on ahead)

when this photographer lady came up

asked if she could get pictures of

all of us.

Well of course we obliged.

Then we headed to the off lead

part of our walk.

Yeah....off lead.....running, swimming

I'm already off and gone.

Come on everyone

I found a good deep spot.

What a beautiful day it was.

I love Saturdays.

I love Sunday too

I love Monday, Tuesday

Wednesday, Thursday

and Friday.

 

I love EVERYDAY.

Bert

All kinds of Joy

There has been a lot of "Joy"

to remember for us this week.

Of course James Dean

Anything he does brings us Joy,

Even sleeping.

Goose is always good for

a little joy, and like James Dean

he is so cute when he is asleep.

KC, when he goes with Me

and My Vickie to run errands

Little Sophie as she

investigates her world

Pastor Michelle, playing with

Willa and Montana.

And Me when I get to go

to the schools and teach

things to the youngins.

Well, My Vickie and Paulette do

most the talking.  I make sure

the kids dont' get to bored.

It has been a pretty "Joyful" week

for us and we still have Saturday.

If you look hard, you can see

Me and Miss Sophie

Aren't these the coolest kids?

And Joy of all Joy's, I saw Allred

flying through the clouds

on James Dean. (it is unbelievable

how many things he can do with those ears.)

 

Only bad part is that the flight plan was

Kansas....

Allred Has Something To Say

Some of you mammalian brains have

showed some anxiety and distress

for my iatric condition

In short, some feline interloper has

decided to test my patience by

moving into my bailiwick.

So of course, I had to contend with the hostile.

The battle was hard fought, I took some nasty  disfiguring

pilfering thwacks.

It has taken some time, but my headaches seem

to be lessening and my eye is not as weepy.

I do have a bit of pain in my ear

but other than that.

I WON.

The loathsome creature

has moved on.

From Vickie:   We took the drains out on Saturday

but what Allred doesn't know is that

the damage to the ear may

need more medical attention.

We will keep you posted.

PS:  I know many of you wonder why it is, Allred

is free to roam.  He came to us as a wild cat

who learned how to use our doggy door.

He moved in and made it very clear that we are not

allowed to ask anything of him.  We must respect the boundaries

he sets for us.  In exchange we get to enjoy

his presence every few days.  Trying to change him from a

beast of the wild to a life inside is asking him too much.

We hope you understand and don't think badly of us.

All I can promise him is that I will love him

and take care of his medical needs as long as he stays with us.