Throughout all the years living here in Aurora house, we had so many different visitors to our backyard. I used to have Roger rabbit trimming my burning bush every winter, raccoon the Pooper living poop every where - I mean every where including the fence. One time for a week we had a family of skunks - mommy, daddy and a child. Birds are given (robins, hummingbirds, woodpeckers, cardinals, chickadees, juncos, morning doves, sparrows, warblers are some). However, having bird feeder we ended up with rodents living in our windows frames or at night running inside the eavesdrop. I am crossing my fingers hopefully they are not coming back - we exterminated some (hope its legal). I once saw a fox walking on our street, never again. Now cats (pets of course) are making their way in. Not to mention the black squirrel, the gray squirrel and the Zoom-Zoom chipmunk. That is 10 in total - hey I can have a zoo one day!
Wait this is not all, 11th visitor is here. When I was pregnant with my son, and I couldn't sleep some nights I would hear a couple of feral cats on our backyard. They were making kind of scary cat noises, after all they are cats. Once I actually looked out the window, of course I woke up my husband for that. Well just in case. I swear there they were, two big bushy cats with long bushy tails up in the air walking on the top of the fence. I can only assume that they were black. I heard that Newmarket near the Antique Store under the bridge had a population of feral cats there, but I would never thought they would make into my backyard.
The door bell rings. I answered the door. 'Hi. I am from Town of Aurora and checking for pet licenses' - she said. 'Do you have any pets?' - she asked. 'No, no, no - not at all' - with that many nos she knew I wasn't in favor of having pets. She was right, I like animals, however, I know I will not be able to give them a full attention, so why having them. After all I enjoy them on my backyard, and after all 11 visitors passed by (and by the way my backyard is small, probably 25 feet deep by 30 feet wide).
And what's with the gusting wind tonight. It feels like winter night, but then sometimes I enjoy windy nights, good nights to unwind and relax.
Lastly, note the above photo is a picture of domestic cat walking on my fence and not feral cat.
1 comments:
At least your visitors don't leave fur all over your couch, your rug, your pants, your hoodie, your carseat, etc... Your choice not to have pets is a wise one.
Great shot, looks like a house tiger stalking you.
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