More tool shed work

With the nicer and drier weather Daisy spent part of the afternoon with me as I worked on the tool shed roof.

Rainy day blues

It wasn't raining when Daisy went outside at 4 am, but then it pretty much rained all day.  Daisy finally returned after noon.  She had given up waiting for the rain to stop.  She was wet when she came inside the house.  She made a different kind of meow / moan when she came in and walked to her food dish.  It sounded like she was disgusted by the cold wet weather.

While Daisy did go outside a few times to check on the weather or to drink from the rain gutter downspout, for the most part she laid either by the wood stove or on my lap.

Won't this rain ever quit?!

Toolshed roof and vent

When I was on the tool shed roof preparing it for re-shingling Daisy got up on the roof - without using the ladder - to join me.  She climbs a fence post, then from the top of the post jumps onto the roof.  To get off the roof she jumps from the roof back to the top of the fence post, then climbs down the post.  I'll try to get a photo later showing how far the post is from the roof.

Most times I am up on the roof working Daisy comes up to join me. Thursday she came up after I installed the new roof vent.

Checking that I installed the vent correctly.

Checking out the plastic I use to cover the exposed parts of the roof from rain.

Daisy using her super power vision to check stuff out.

Crossing the road

Tuesday I learned Jan's cat - Jade (or JD) - was struck and killed over the weekend.  She was found on the side of the road across from their house.

I've noticed Daisy is leery about the road and vehicles, but early one morning Donna saw Daisy cross the road back to the ranch. I don't think there are any, or many, mice nearby on the ranch so Daisy is expanding her hunting range.  And one night I found cockle-burs in her fur - and I got rid of all those weeds on the ranch.  Across the road those weeds exist, so when removing the cockle-burs from her fur I had a talk with Daisy about not crossing the road.

Greased lightning

The other day when moving about on the front porch I tripped on a bag of apples or pears for the calves.  Daisy was nearby as we were just coming out of the house.  Daisy was startled by the noise and commotion and ran.  However I have a number of bags on the porch and Daisy ran into my bicycle and tipped it over to the ground.  In doing so she ran into the bicycle's chain.  Yup.  She got  lots of grease from the chain on her front legs.

She was skittish and I couldn't wipe it off.  She has been working on cleaning herself.  This is how she looked today having got much of it off.  She wouldn't pose when standing so I couldn't get the best photo of her geased legs.

Somersault on apples

Daisy likes to do somersaults at my feet.  Here she somersaulted onto of a bag of apples.

I think Daisy was looking for mice at the neighbor's place.  She came home with orange on her legs and belly.  It took a few days for her to wash it off.  (The photo didn't capture the full effect of the orange color).

Irrigation cat

Once again today Daisy was busy following me around while I moved irrigation pipes.

In the first two photos Daisy is waiting for me to get ready.

Partway through moving the pipes I had to take a break while Daisy rolled around my feet.  With the dry dead grass she gets dirty.

Here Daisy is watching the cattle while I work.

Here Daisy is waiting by the next sprinkler pipe to be moved.   As I moved each pipe she would walk over to the end of the next pipe to be moved and wait for me.

Here Daisy is laying just out of range of the sprinkler water.  She laid here while I worked on the balky sprinkler head.

Tuckered out

Daisy has been busy the past few mornings accompanying me when I moved irrigation pipes.  The distance we cover is getting more each day. She was shaking the water off her feet after walking across puddles draining from pipes as I moved them.

Today she ate a little bit when we got done then crashed and soon was sleeping hard.

Irrigation ice

The past few days have been cool with below freezing temperatures in the morning.  The grass has been iced from the irrigation water.  Ice or no ice, that doesn't stop Daisy from joining me as I move pipes.

Daisy is near the middle of the ice field

Drinking water draining from the pipe

Below Daisy is in a "time out".  She got impatient with me moving and moving when she wanted for us to sit and rest and "stop and smell the flowers".  She attacked my leg to keep me from walking.  Her sharp teeth and claws went through my jeans.

Drinking from the sink

Between my falling asleep, and Daisy sleeping on my lap and preventing me from easily reaching the computer's keyboard, I'm only able to post a quick blog.

You know how Daisy can sleep in odd positions.  I had to catch her once already from rolling and slipping off my lap.  She was sleeping so hard she was trying to figure out why I grabbed her when she was about to slide off my lap.  She then went quickly back to sleep.

Here is a photo of Daisy drinking from the sink in the entryway.

                                                                       

Wet paws

The dew was heavy on the grass when I went out to move the irrigation pipes this morning.  Daisy insisted on coming with me.  She followed me most everywhere through the wet grass.  By the time we were done she had soaking wet legs.

Sleeping photos

With the cooler weather Daisy spends a little more time inside the house.  Here are a few photos from the past couple of days.

Irrigation water

I've been so busy with the irrigation I haven't had time to blog about it.  I move pipes twice a day and it takes lots of time.  Daisy usually joins me each time I move pipes.  She will follow me all around the field as I move the pipes then walk and check for leaks, etc., etc.  I would think she would tire of walking out to the pipes and then walking here and there with me but so far she hasn't.  She is getting good at avoiding the water from the sprinklers as they rotate.  Otherwise she doesn't mind getting wet as she will walk and sometimes lay in areas just watered.

Since she can't pass up sampling water often she will drink from the sprinkler lines as they are draining when I move them.  She will even stand in water to drink from the pipes.

What a cat.

Eye

A few days ago some yellow-jackets were buzzing around the cut willow tree logs as Daisy was walking around them.  Later in the afternoon I notice Daisy's left eye looked wet.  I think she got stung in the face near the eye.  She woke up the next morning with a partial closed eye.  Later that day her eye was better, and after a couple days she seemed to be back to normal.

Here are 14 photos of Daisy and her eye, and when she wanted to spend time with me as the sun set:

 https://picasaweb.google.com/109566462412251958234/DaisySEye?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKO4p_P3ioijbQ&feat=directlink

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Tool shed attic

Earlier, when removing the old electric wire from the tool shed, I had to remove a few boards to get access to the tool shed attic and the electric wire.  I had never been up this attic in all these years.

Tool shed

While the tool shed is an odd building made up of three parts -- a room with a door where the tools are stored, an open area, and a small room without a door where I store some firewood -- to my surprise I found two attics separated by a wall of boards with a small hole in them.  (I'd sure love to know the history of this building and why it is the way it is.)

The tool shed room often gets warm during the day.  I expected to find insulation in that attic. It was empty.  Apparently the small hole restricts air flow and allow heat buildup.  I removed the board with the hole cut in it to allow for more air movement.

Then to my surprise the attic above the open area and the small room without a door was filled above the studs with fine wood chips.  Why?!  This area doesn't get warm and there is no reason to insulate it.

A few odds and ends were stored up there and I removed them.  Daisy had been shadowing me so after I removed the board and the odds and ends I lifted her up there.  She checked everything out then laid down  first on the chips, then on the old fine screen I used to lay on to reach the board.

With the small hole

Daisy checking out the other attic now that I removed the board.

Ready to come down?

A short one minute video of Daisy in the attic: https://youtu.be/yyPHwiaQtHM