At a far corner fence

Daisy followed me all the way out to where I was working on the corner hayfield fence.  Usually she doesn't venture far from the house or outbuildings.  But there was a path through the tall grass where I had driven the pickup several times over the past few days, and without Tammy around Daisy has been spending even more time with me.

I didn't expect Daisy to follow me so I didn't bring my camera along.  I missed taking lots of awesome photos of her (and of another bright yellow glowing sunset).

In the beginning Daisy stayed very close to me.  Whenever I knelt down she tried to stand or sit on my front legs, or would stand on my ankles.  Eventually she did a little exploring.  Then she climbed up on top of a railroad tie, or would sit on the top board acting as a brace between two railroad ties.

Later she sat quietly among the trees across the fence on the neighbor's property.  She sat for the longest time.  I was happy she wasn't meowing that she wanted to go home.  Then when I was almost ready to go home she came trotting back over by me with a huge squealing mouse in her mouth.  She hopped the fence to the shorter grass in the south pasture.  Unfortunately Daisy dropped the mouse to play with too close to the tall grass in the hayfield.  The mouse ran to the tall grass.  Two times Daisy caught and took it back to the pasture.  The third time the mouse slipped away in the tall grass.  Daisy looked and looked for it and then sat and listened. At one point Daisy stood way up on her hind legs to get a better view through the tall grass. The mosquitoes had come out in full force by then so we headed home.  I'm not done with this fence so maybe Daisy will come with me tomorrow and look for more mice.

As we walked home in the vehicle tracks it began to rain.  We both got wet by the time we got home.  She is now zonked out on the back of the couch after such a busy day.

Missing Tammy

Now that Tammy is gone Daisy is thrown by the empty office and missing stuff of Tammy's.

Usually Daisy lays on the table when I work on the computer, then moves to the loveseat to sit next to Tammy.  No Tammy so last night Daisy laid on my lap for a long time, something she rarely does.

Thursday morning she was feeling ornery (blaming me for Tammy leaving?) and clamped her mouth and both paws around my wrist, another rarity with me.  I had a flannel shirt on and she bit just hard enough to not break my skin - but close.

Tammy took the long white blanket on which Daisy laid on the back of the couch.  I found a white towel that Tammy stained when she colored her hair and I placed it on the back of the couch.  Daisy is laying there tonight.

I have made fun of snuggies but, as Daisy liked the one Tammy had, I will have to buy one else find a similar blanket for Daisy to knead and lay on.

More rain

Another rainy day.   There was a lull overnight so Daisy woke me up at 4 am to go outside.  It started to rain by the time she came in after 9 am.  At least, with the chance to go outside earlier, Daisy didn't complain about the rain stopping her from going outside later.  This afternoon she took an uncomfortable looking sleep in the computer chair.

All day rain

It started to rain before midnight and has rained non-stop all day. By 4 pm we easily broke the rainfall record for the day.  The forecast is for rain through tomorrow.

Over and over all day Daisy wanted to go outside, starting at 4 am.  I let her outside and she sits on the step for a minute or two and then is ready to come inside the house.  It is killing her not to be able to go outside and play.  She is verbal about her dislike of the rain.

It is so wet Daisy doesn't even drink from her favorite downspout.

The soil is so porous that it is not common to see standing water.

Up a little higher they have snow.  Here is the view from the Glacier Park Apgar mountain webcam at around 6,651 ft.

Missed mice

Last week I opened the hole in the floor and went in the house's crawl space to open the vents for the Summer.  Daisy of course was very interested in the crawl space.  You'd think she would have trouble getting in and out of the crawl space - but no, no problem for her.

She brought up the first mouse when I was eating lunch.  She had it in her mouth and dropped it on the dining room floor to play with it.  Ummm... there are lots of things to in the house for the mouse to hide under.  The mouse got under the furnace.  I tried to help Daisy but we both lost the mouse.

An hour later she came back with another mouse - or the same one.  She started to play with it in another part of the dining room.  I ran and opened the house door and told Daisy to take her mouse outside to play with.  Before the mouse could get under the refrigerator Daisy grabbed it and with a run jumped into the hole in the floor down to the crawl space.  I never saw the mouse again.

But... very early the next morning I heard a mouse scratching.  The noise woke me up.  Daisy was sleeping on the back of the couch.  I got her and placed her where I heard the sound in the bathroom wall.  Daisy settled down on the floor to listen and wait.   She never got the mouse.

A few days later - at 3 am - Tammy heard the mouse scratching.  That afternoon she heard it again around the bedroom / bathroom wall.  Or maybe in the floor.

Late that afternoon, while Tammy was sitting on the loveseat, Daisy came walking with a mouse her mouth.  Before we could react she dropped it and began to chase it.  I leapt into action and ran to the house door.  But the mouse was fast and Daisy was chasing it all over the house.  Long story short - we lost the mouse again.

I gave Daisy a good talking to about playing with mice in the house.