Aw, I like that name...Jasper. I call the cat in the painting Stardust. She's a feral that lives in my neighborhood. She's actually very sweet, though i can't pet her.

I reported them. That is the same handle as the first one, so I think they are now trying to impersonate someone else. That account name is being used by someone else, too.

This made me smile. 😊

Yes, I think it could be an Anna's, it's hard to be sure without a better look. I wish we had both where I live. We get mostly ruby-throated, which I love, but more variety would be nice.

Looks like it may be a Costa's hummingbird. Allaboutbirds.org is a good way to learn about birds. I use it a lot.

Thanks so much!

I'm up for an art share!

Here's my nature art...

Even children's books teach these lessons.

Mama cat was spayed last week and she's doing well. She's back outside and coming by multiple times a day to ask me go for walks with her. We've already been on several short walks today. As I finish it typing this, I have one of her kittens snuggled up next to me, paws on my left wrist.

I think because things aren't great right now, people are just too stressed to adopt right now. So here we are, late January and we still have the kittens. They are perfect little kittens. For proof, I posted some photos here the other day. The boys are fixed and the girl will be soon. (Continued)

The goal was to keep them in our yard (there's a fence) and get them adopted by 12 weeks. Unfortunately at nine weeks, three kittens got very sick. Two trips the ER vet, $1200, and a few days later, they were on the mend. The one kitten that didn't get sick was adopted at 10 weeks. (Continued)

While I was happy she had brought us her kittens to help take care of them, I was worried about the fourth. I went back to their previous home and found the missing kitten, the girl. It took me all day, but I finally got her back with the other three in our front yard. (Continued)

Again, she had three boys and a girl. I knew I would have to figure out how to get them where we could keep them safe, but they were skittish and could easily hide. One September I looked out my front window and saw the kittens in my front yard...only three kittens, one was missing. (Continued)

It was the middle of a hot summer. We knew she had given birth, but didn't know where or if they survived. After a couple of weeks, it looked like she had been nursing. They had survived, but they were hidden away. I finally saw them for the first time when they were a month old. (Continued)

The next step was to get her spayed. We failed. She was feral and smart. She got pregnant again, and I started working with her to make her comfortable with people. I got to the point where I could safely pet her. Unfortunately, we didn't catch her before she gave birth again. (Continued)

This past March she gave birth to her first litter on our back porch. Four kittens, three boys and a girl. We commited to making sure her kittens wouldn't end up feral like her. After 9 weeks of working to ensure the kittens were all healthy, they were adopted to loving homes. (Continued)