Took the dogs into the woods tonight. Lei met up with a skunk, although, thankfully, she didn’t get fully sprayed. I still have some Skunk-Off here and so she got her face washed when we got home. We also saw our buddy Mr. Owl. I am glad he is still a frequent host to our walks. Every time I walk the cascade trail, I am saddened as more and more trees are claimed in the name of progress and greed. It looks like a tree cemetary now in certain spots of land. I can now see the accompanying farms that nestle the land. Before all I could see were trees.

The new kittens are doing well. Stormy is an inquisitive little boy, and he wanted in with the big kids today, so there was about an hour where I let both of the kittens run around downstairs. My biggest concern is my alpha male Matuse. I suspect he had only a partial neuter and will be asking the vet to check him out next week. For a neutered male, he has a lot of strong sexual tendencies and he was honed in on Rayne a little to intently, so I put the kittens back upstairs.

The GSE knocked the snot out of the URI the kittens arrived with. They are bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Here is a look at Rayne: