Baby mountain lion

We think we saw a baby mt. lion in the front yard today. Too big to be a cat, and sort of chunky in build, tawny color. No mom in evidence though.

Speaking of cats, we are adopting two more kitties (indoor/outdoor) to deal with the mouse situation. Two girls, one 1 yr. old, the other 1 1/2 yrs. - one b/w, the other a brown tiger, both longhairs. For the next few weeks, they'll be occupying the garage, and beginning to learn that this is their new home. We're building a detached garage next spring, so eventually, this will be their domain. We have to keep them separate from our two strictly indoor cats, at least until everyone's properly vaccinated and we're sure that they get along.

Christmas in the Valley

We've been enjoying the small town atmosphere of the Valley's Christmas celebrations - from the Christmas parade to the Festival of Trees to the Christmas craft show, shopping the downtown stores and running into friends and acquaintances doing the same.

Although we've had snow on for several weeks, the road crews have been expeditious in clearing a path on Highway 96 - have had relatively little trouble getting to work in Pueblo.

We may be adding two more cats to our menagerie to prowl outside for mice and rats. I've been told that many folks keep their outdoor kitties in a doghouse with some kind of heating system - that is, if they don't have a barn or outbuilding, as we don't - yet.

Things are going well at my work - we've received several grants of late, and repairs on the old CF&I medical building will soon be underway - we hope to open that building as a small museum next year.