Ahh. Spring is here...finally. It's turning warm, although the sprinklers create an icy landscape in the early hours. Things are just beginning to green up, and the daffodils are blooming in the garden. It's been a long time coming this year.

We have a few new residents here at Rock Springs Guest Ranch. Besides Chris, I mean. Our numbers have grown in fur, feathers, and fins. First, we had a stray feral cat move in this winter. Nasty thing that kept attacking little Bo Kitty. Poor Bo would make a run for the door to try to get inside any time she could. We trapped the little wild thing, which left us in a dilemma. The local humane society always puts down feral cats as they come in. Although extremely shy and wild as heck, she was healthy and pretty, and we struggled with the thought of taking her to her death.

So, we contacted the local "sniphouse," a spay and neuter clinic/ no kill shelter. They were completely full, as they recently rescued a large number of cats some crazy had "collected" in a trailer somewhere. We couldn't have Bo living in constant fear, so I made them an offer. We traded Bo's attacker for another semi-wild kitty and her sister.

Both were very scared little kitties, and we set them up with a bed and food in John's new international recycling center. (If you weren't here last summer, that is a whole other story...) Sadly, one of the sisters disappeared the second night. Actually, they both disappeared on the second night, and one reappeared under our deck a couple of days later. She has progressed from very scared to letting us pet her some of the time. Some of you may remember that Bo was a scared little wild kitty when she showed up, too. That was before she realized she was a princess.

Between Marlie and the staff here, I think we've settled on the name Pookie Blue for the new kitty. I'll post a picture.

As for feathers, well, the babies only have down yet, the feathers are just starting to come in on the older three goslings. The usual two couples are back, along with a could of other geese, and they are leading around their mini flock.  

And lastly, the fins are the new load of fish for the pond. We had a delivery yesterday, so the Osprey and the Eagles should be showing up to fish soon... Hope they leave a few for our guests.