OUR 1st BIRTHDAY!
Today is our 1st birthday! In human years,
that means we are now TEENAGERS! YAY!
Margaret & Tom bought us one last can of our
favorite kitten food for breakfast.
Now we get to eat 'big cat' food!
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In Memory of
IVY
Good friends recently lost their sweet dog
to a sudden illness. We never had the
opportunity to meet Ivy but we heard how
sweet she was and how much she
loved visitors, especially children!
We think she would have liked us
because she also loved her feline friends.
Ivy was six and her brother Scout's best friend!
BART & LISA
We are now 8-months-old and ready to assume our new duties!
We began hunting when we were almost 6 months old and have become very good at finding little rodents in the gardens! So good, in fact, that Tom (aka Dad) and Margaret (aka Mom) have decided we are ready to learn how to create new entrees in the Prairie Star Designs blog.
This is so exciting for us!
We learned to add a photo to a previous blog. See Tom's BELL AND FUSED GLASS in its new location in a garden in Underwood, Washington (June 30, 2024 blog).
We love to romp in the gardens, climb trees, sleep on Tom's paddle boarder sculpture and watch the birds at the feeder from our window box.
Come visit us! We love to meet new people!
LISA & BART
WELCOME OUR NEW KITTENS!
The morning after our Junior Boy died, I called our veterinarians with the sad news. Neither of them were able to take my call but I left a message with their staff. At the end of the conversation, I mentioned that Tom and I would eventually hope to adopt another cat, or two, and that if anyone in the clinic heard of an adult cat, or maybe two kittens, needing to be rehomed, to please let us know.
Two hours later, Dr. Kerry called offering her condolences.
At the end of the conversation, she mentioned that the children at her son's school had found two abandoned kitties outside the building early that morning. The school principal asked her help regarding feeding the hungry kittens and rehoming them.
They were estimated to be 5 weeks old and, except for an infestation of fleas, they appeared to be healthy. She guessed that their mother was a feral cat. Dr. Kerry strongly recommended that the kittens not be separated as they were obviously very strongly bonded.
She asked if we wanted to see a photo of the kittens. I shared the photo with Tom.
Tom had them named before we got to Hood River.
It will take time to teach these young kitties the necessary skills needed to assume the blog duties so expertly filled by Junior Boy. Until then...
Yours Truly,
Margaret
Our Beloved
JUNIOR BOY
In July 2010, while picking raspberries in the garden, we heard a kitty crying somewhere on the hillside above our house. None of our neighbors knew this kitty so we suspected he had been dropped off by someone hoping he'd find a good home with us.
About 5 months old, he was healthy, curious and hungry. We welcomed him into our home with our older kitties, Mittens and Bob.
Margaret & Tom
AVIFAUNA
Last month, a friend commissioned Tom to create "something whimsical" for her garden to compliment another piece she had previously purchased from him.
After Tom shared a photo of a dancing bird he designed and built for another friend years ago, she requested a 'ballerina bird', having studied ballet as a young girl.
Bell & Fused Glass
Tom recently finished this beautiful sculpture.
The cross piece is walnut, the uprights are clear cedar and the base, top and bottom brackets are steel.
A friend created the iridescent fused glass.
This bell has a Zen-like tone...very rich and warm.
JUNIOR BOY
