Critters Archives - LIF STRAND

Detente

By lifstrand | February 10, 2026 - 5:43 pm |February 10, 2026 Critters, Homesteading

Poppy, Daisy, and Sadie testing the interspecies relationship waters. Daisy gave it a try, too. We’ve got a ways to go.

Resolutions are for the unresolved

By lifstrand | December 30, 2025 - 8:03 pm |December 30, 2025 Critters, Misc blather

This year I resolve to make no New Year’s resolutions. Why bother? Either I’m going to do the things or I’m not – and if I am, I don’t need to make any special resolutions about them, much less… oh wait. That first sentence is a resolution, isn’t it. Yeah,… Continue reading →

I’m not in love

By lifstrand | October 14, 2025 - 8:04 pm |October 14, 2025 Critters, Writing Business

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Prepare to be outraged. I am just going to put it right out there: I am not in love with two kittens in my house right now. This isn’t my first kitten rodeo. At one point in the last twenty-five years I accidentally had something like a dozen kittens of… Continue reading →

Delinquent? GUILTY!

By lifstrand | May 15, 2025 - 7:00 pm |May 15, 2025 Critters, Writing Business

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I’m kinda old to be an actual juvenile delinquent, but I am guilty of ignoring my blog for too long. SORRY! In my defense I can only say I’ve been crazy busy, and that’s the truth [more on this another time]. Thank goodness for my critters because they keep me… Continue reading →

One of the perps

By lifstrand | September 21, 2024 - 11:57 pm |September 21, 2024 Critters, Photography

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Here we have a mug shot photo of one of the perps, taken on the second day of it and its partner’s deadly attack on the goldfish in my horse trough. Definite bad attitude. Zero remorse. Repeat offender. But the court will be lenient because some fish survived. Possibly all,… Continue reading →

Just another day on the ranch

By lifstrand | September 16, 2024 - 9:58 pm |September 16, 2024 Critters, Homesteading

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Today there were two killers on the ranch. Shocking but true. I first realized it when I heard the labored breathing of one of my two ranch dogs, Rosie, as she approached the house from wherever she had been and hurried out to the porch to make sure she was OK…. Continue reading →

What’s wrong with this picture?

By lifstrand | July 3, 2024 - 7:00 pm |July 3, 2024 Critters, Homesteading

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I’ll give you a hint about what’s wrong: The horse on the right is a stallion, the horse on the left is his daughter. There is no fence between them. Story to follow.

Of valerian and other out-of-control issues

By lifstrand | June 28, 2024 - 1:10 am |June 28, 2024 Art, Critters, Dark Green, Homesteading, Writing Business

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Before I say anything else, I want to mention that the flowers in the photo at left are pink valerian and orange marigold. When I found the valerian plant at a local nursery I got excited. I’ve discovered that valerian helps me get to sleep and I thought it would… Continue reading →

Raven on the roof

By lifstrand | October 1, 2023 - 5:32 pm |October 1, 2023 Critters, Misc blather

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I’ve got lots of news to report but I’m too busy so here’s a raven photo. I call this bird my barn raven, because she/he/it hangs out with my horses. My raven is usually alone even though there are plenty of other ravens that live in and above my valley…. Continue reading →