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Weird Life

Posted on May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

I debated about posting this… there’s probably a few ways to say either 1) I’m lying, or 2) I abuse animals. Those of you who read this blog know better… so I will go ahead and share the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me!

I was mowing my yard, and it’s 74˚ today (which seems HOT after snow last week), so I go inside and get a drink. I come out, forget that I only have a smidge of grass to mow, and I walk over to my flower bed that I’d turned over with a shovel yesterday. I’d also shoveled a layer of manure on top of that, and I knelt down to start breaking clods and mixing the layers. I had my audio book going… hmmm. That’s a weird bird call. What kind of bird is that? I turned off my audio book so I could hear better.

Well… that’s not a bird… it’s a… kitten! Booger must have had her kittens! But where was it?? Did she just have it out in the grass? There was Booger, outside my yard… Yup, sure enough, her hefty tummy is now slim and loose. But where was the kitten? I stood, tilting my head, trying to pinpoint the sound.

I took a few steps, opened my gate, and left my yard. No… the sound is back where I was. I returned… I had moved some flower pots around so I peered inside, behind, around them all. No kitten.

But there is that distinctive high pitched mew.

I move to the wood shed… no, that’s not right. I swear it’s coming DIRECTLY FROM MY FLOWER BED.

Again, I kneel. I rake my hand moving a few handfuls of dirt. Eden is right there next to me, ears pricked, tilting her head side to side, echoing what I had done a minute before. I nudged her back with my elbow and right then…

RIGHT THEN!

This grey furry *thing* rises up through the dirt! HOLY MOLY!!! I’m not ashamed… I SQUEALED! THERE’S A KITTEN BURIED IN MY FLOWER BED!!!!

Now my iPad is right next to me… remember my audio book… so I grabbed it and took this photo.

Two seconds later, I had the kitten out of the dirt and in my warm hands.

Poor little thing was dry but cold.

HOW THE H*&^ IS A KITTEN BURIED IN MY FLOWER BED????????????????

I wander around, looking here and there for the rest of the kittens, but don’t hear or see them. Booger is there, and on closer inspection I decide she is looking worse for wear, matted and wet like she does when Eden “plays” with her. EDEN? Hmmmm.

Booger lays there, soon purring as I rub her back. I place the kitten next to her, and she grabs it, almost biting (not the gentle pick up and carry bite)… I take it and place it at her belly again. And again. The fourth try finally she licks it once, twice, and rolls over to give it access to her belly. I can see she’s been nursed, so there are other kittens!

Booger’s patience has worn thin though, and she jumps up, picks up her kitten, and marches the few steps to the wood shed, where she ducks under the floor to relative safety.

My conclusion? Booger had her kittens this morning under the shed. At some point, Eden reached under, though she can only get her head under the wood shed, and drug Booger out… probably simply to see what the mewing was about. Perhaps little “Lucky”, as I’ve named it, was enjoying it’s first meal… Eden doesn’t hurt Booger, but she will mouth her, so I imagine she was relatively gentle. Booger escaped, but that left Lucky to Eden’s devices.

What does Eden do with things she wants to eat or play with later???

She buries them.

In a flower bed I’d just broken up the day before so the soil was soft. I could have stayed in the house. My lapse of memory about finishing mowing my yard sent me to the flower bed. I decided to whack the clods of dirt with my heavy hand rake just inches away from Lucky’s hiding spot.

That kitten was meant to be found.

When it gets bigger, you bet Lucky will be the star of the show around here… but for now, he/she is staying safe under the wood shed.

What a weird life I have!

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20 thoughts on “Weird Life”

  1. Joanne says:
    May 17, 2019 at 12:29 PM

    My goodness. What a story and a wonderful ending for Lucky. Look forward to him/her being part of your daily life on your ranch.

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  2. Jean says:
    May 17, 2019 at 12:43 AM

    Wow, what a story. Lucky indeed.

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  3. Joy says:
    May 16, 2019 at 7:59 PM

    Oh, my, goodness. That is just too crazy not be real. So love happy endings!

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  4. Dawn says:
    May 15, 2019 at 10:56 PM

    OOPS! I meant that I hope LUCKY is snuggling up to her mama. 🙂

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  5. Dawn says:
    May 15, 2019 at 10:55 PM

    “HOW THE H*&^ IS A KITTEN BURIED IN MY FLOWER BED????????????????” I laughed OUT LOUD when I read this line. I can only imagine your complete shock when you unearthed that little critter!
    I hope Booger is having a good night snuggling up to her mama, and that Eden will not plant any more surprises in your garden. Thanks for sharing an indeed weird story!

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  6. Della says:
    May 15, 2019 at 3:25 PM

    Oh wow! Crazy! Booger seems appropriately named, since she didn’t seem too on top of rescuing her kitten.

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:31 PM

      Haha. She actually has a black mark under her nose… not a mustache… must be a…

      Reply
  7. MaryB says:
    May 15, 2019 at 9:35 AM

    Mother Nature is definitely in charge. Good name of the kitten.

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:31 PM

      It was soooooo weird!

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  8. Marilyn O says:
    May 15, 2019 at 8:43 AM

    “Lucky” was VERY lucky! Such an amazing story that will a great tale for years to come.

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:31 PM

      Yes, it was!

      Reply
  9. Pam says:
    May 15, 2019 at 8:39 AM

    As I was relating this story this morning, I wondered, “why didn’t Booger dig the kitten out herself”? Hope all are fine now & staying safe .

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:32 PM

      Who knows? I’m not sure she knew where it was…

      Reply
  10. Kate says:
    May 15, 2019 at 8:06 AM

    Lucky! That sums up entire story.

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:32 PM

      yes!

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  11. Paul E. Tomlinson says:
    May 15, 2019 at 4:37 AM

    I must say, Carol, you live an “amazing & unusual” life!

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:33 PM

      You’ve used better words than I did!

      Reply
  12. ginger busta says:
    May 15, 2019 at 4:14 AM

    OH Carol. Lucky is one very lucky kitten. I do know about playing with babies. I HAD 8 baby ducks. One left. Sky “played” with them.

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    1. Carol says:
      May 15, 2019 at 10:35 PM

      You’d think Booger would run away from Eden when she wants to play… but, no… she lays down and offers herself as a sacrifice until Eden gets too rough, then Booger jumps up and runs off three feet… and flops down again. They have an unusual relationship.

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  13. Susan says:
    May 15, 2019 at 4:06 AM

    Now that is an amazing story!! I believe you! Things happen especially when living with animals. Lucky is right!!

    Reply

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Since 2008, I’ve kept this photographic journal of life on a Wyoming ranch.  I share ranch work, my family, crafts and DIY, my English Shepherd, Bravo, and a love for this land.  Enjoy this red dirt country!

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