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My Feline- and Nature-themed Stuff at “The Barn”

Published on April 1, 2012 in agway cats, cats, garden, marketplace

So who would think a drafty old unheated honest-to-God barn from a long-time farm would be a hot spot for unique art and decorative items? The Outlet Barn Garden and Art Center has been in business in this very same old barn for the past 15 years, with a list

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Tags: agway, cat artwork, cat photography, cats at agway, kittens at agway, merchandise sales, nature artwork

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Cat TV, Big Screen Version

Published on March 24, 2012 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, black cats, cats, cookie, garden, garden cats, garden sprites, mr. sunshine, spring

After this week, and even on this rainy morning, certain kitties want to visit the yard. It’s my goal some day to at least screen in a porch for them, but I’d love to build a room for them like Chris Davis’s, mentioned at the end of this article. As

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Tags: backyard wildlife habitat, building a cat enclosure, chris davis, for every cat an angel, outdoor cat enclosure, screened cat room

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The Gift of a Morning

Published on March 18, 2012 in backyard, cat photographs, cat poetry, cats, cookie, daily photo, garden, garden cats, photographs, poetry, recorded poem, senior cats, tortoiseshell cats, youtube video

My sincerest wish as I remember Cookie is that all of you who read what I write, each of you who has a relationship with one or more animals, that your relationship is as deep, complex, satisfying and, if your species or breed allows it, as long-lasting as was Cookie’s

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Tags: autumn, cat photographs, cat poem, cats, feline photographs, pet photography, photography, poetry, tortoiseshell cats

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Bringing it All Together with Design

Published on March 3, 2012 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, cats, dog, garden, Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat

I’m happily planning out this year’s garden and I would bet those of you who garden and manage a habitat in your backyard are as well, so it’s high time to consider design and layout for this and your backyard wildlife habitat for the coming hear…and remember those sweet summer

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Tags: attracting hummingbirds, backyard, baltimore orioles, birdbath, feeding backyard birds", feeding birds in your backyard, feeding wild birds, garden plants not toxic to pets, giving birds protection from predators, killing slugs, monarch butterflies, native plants, using native plants in your yard

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: What Else is In Your Backyard, The Fauna That Fill It

Published on February 18, 2012 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, garden, Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat

This is the third in a series of four articles about considering your backyard wildlife habitat. One lovely August morning I was harvesting tomatoes in my vegetable garden. The air was pleasantly warm and the garden was still dewy as I crept along, crouching between the tall beefsteaks, picking the

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Tags: backyard wildlife habitat, creating your backyard wildlife habitat, identifying animals in your backyard, identifying fauna in your backyard, leek flower, variegated fritillary

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Attract Birds With Homemade Treat Cakes

Published on November 19, 2011 in animal artwork, backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, cats, garden, Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat

Among the requirements for my Backyard Wildlife Habitat, I provide food and shelter for native wild bird species all year round because aside from being fun to watch, they are an important insect guard in my vegetable garden. In winter, however, I am compelled to put feeders up everywhere I

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Tags: backyard wildlife habitat, bird feeders, bird treats, birds, feeding backyard birds", feeding wild birds, homemade bird treats, making bird treats, wild bird art, wild birds, wild birds note cards

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My Feline Garden Sprites

Published on November 3, 2011 in backyard, cat behavior, cats, cookie, feline health, garden, garden cats, garden sprites, kublai, moses, my household of felines, namir, peaches, peaches' 100th birthday, sally, senior cats, stanley

I first posted this article in April 2009 as Namir and Cookie and I finished cleaning up the garden for another gardening year and republished it again in 2010 in honor of Peaches 100th birthday, and now in 2011 in honor of Senior Pet Awareness Month. A number of cats

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Tags: backyard, cats, senior cat month, senior cats, senior pet month

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: What’s in Your Backyard?

Published on October 22, 2011 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, garden, photographs, Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat

This is the second in a series of articles about considering your backyard wildlife habitat. You think planning your garden is fun? Wait until you start an inventory of what’s currently available for wildlife in your yard. You will be shocked at what you have already, and if you’re not

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Tags: backyard wildlife habitat, bee on a daisy, creating your backyard wildlife habitat, diagram of backyard wildlife habitat, habitat information, habitat inventory, mulberries on tree, petersons field guide to trees and shrubs, tall pink phlox, tiger swallowtail on butterfly bush, trees and wildflowers of north america, wildflower identification, wildflowers of western pennsylvania

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Your Backyard Wildlife Habitat: Start Planning Now

Published on October 8, 2011 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, birds, garden

Leaves are beginning to fall, migrating birds are settling in, my favorite wildflowers, the autumn asters, are blooming and I’m planning what I’ll grow and do in my yard next year. Enjoying the experience of an mild autumn afternoon or helping the birds through a cold winter day is a

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Tags: backyard wildlife habitat, birdbath, birds, plan your garden, wild birds

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How Long Did I Sleep?!

Published on October 5, 2011 in backyard, backyard wildlife habitat, cat photographs, cats, cookie, daily photo, garden, garden cats, photographs, senior cats, tortoiseshell cats

Wait a minute, I’m covered with leaves! I thought it was still summer! How long did I sleep?! And I’m how old?! No way! Don’t believe it. I’m just humoring my mom. I laid down here in my favorite spot for a nice cozy nap and she thought it would

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Tags: cat photographs, cats, feline photographs, pet photography, photography, tortoiseshell cats

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