Cat bowl frog pond!

When I got home from my morning walk today and readied to feed Chloe, I found a frog in her water bowl! Chloe must have caught it and brought it in, some time in the night (she has cat doors so she can go in and out whenever she wants); it was still quite alive and made a run for it when i got close – so Chloe had a second chance at chasing it:

The little frog could jump a couple feet so it took a bit of work to catch, but it’s back out in the wild now.

Electric shade

It’s quite lovely living here in our new home with our beautiful view and no chance of winter snow – but it’s true that the summer sunshine can be really quite strong! So today we had New Horizons install an electrically powered awning that we can extend and adjust the angle to give shade for the afternoon and evening when we’re outside on our patio: