Seymour is the Best Cat

My cat really is the best. He regularly lets Evan love on him and I mean LOVE ON HIM. Evan crawls on him, pets him, and hugs him pretty vigorously. All the while, Seymour lays there letting him do his baby thing. Seymour sometimes even purrs like he enjoys it. He doesn't growl or bite or scratch Evan during any of this. I wish I could say the same for the dogs. They are not quite as acquiescing. Seymour is a very affectionate kitty. I love my cat. He is over 12 yrs. old and I cannot imagine my life without him.

This past week an Orb Spider has made her web right outside my desk window so I can sit and stare at her anytime I want. Right now I am watching her re-spin her web. It's really fascinating. She is about 4 inches long from end-of-leg to end-of-leg. Her web is well over a yard by a yard wide. I think Orb's are truly beautiful spiders -- this is coming from someone who is definitely NOT a "spider person". We have a lot of different types of spiders out here. Like I said, she's been here for the past week and she is working so diligently on this web that I hope she catches something...

the chicks are starting to feather out

The chicks are five days old and they are starting to feather out. They are incredibly cute!

Evan cuteness

Evan and Seymour were hanging out together this morning watching a Baby Einstein dvd. I thought it was very sweet so I snapped a picture. Then later Evan fell asleep at lunchtime while he was eating spaghettios. If you look close, he still has some "o's" stuck to his face. Again, I thought it was precious.

The Chicks Have Hatched!

The chicks are here!

They hatched yesterday. They are adorable. Right now we have seven chicks. When I checked on Eleanor yesterday, there were 2 dead chicks and 2 eggs that didn't hatch. The strange thing is that Eleanor was sitting on approximately 18 eggs in the beginning. We ended up with 11: 7 live, 2 dead and 2 unhatched. What happened to the other 7 eggs? I really don't know. I wonder if a snake or something got to them?