Raining cats and more cats....

We adopted a pair of kittens from the Alpine Humane Society last week.  We are calling the male (orange tabby) Nacho, and the female (calico) Corazon, or Cora for short.

The cats will be vermin defense no. 1 on our ranch, and they are adjusting to their new environment very well.  Naia has been exceptionally well behaved around the kittens, and they are also becoming very relaxed around dogs.

For now, they are just adorable entertainment for us and Naia.  We may try to acclimate them to the chickens later, but no miracles predicted....

 We also were pleasantly surprised by a sudden downpour yesterday evening, around dinner time.  We caught a half-inch of rain in about 30 or 40 minutes, and it almost seemed as though the creeks would be running.  If we had gotten just a little more precipitation, the roads would have washed a bit, but the rain stopped before that could happen.

After the rain stopped and we could hit the roads again, we headed over to the West Corazon Draw which runs through our HQ's 20 acres.  No frogs spotted yet, but we're keeping our ears open at night.

NOAA predicts a 30% chance of rain for the rest of the week, so we'll have our fingers crossed. 

Before the sky got too dark, we hopped on the Bobcat to move some nice, damp earth around.  We recently repaired the lighting circuit, so we can run at night.

We used some of the earth excavated at the barn site to bolster the downhill side of the barn.

It's still a work in progress, and there is much to do before we can start dairying.  For now, the roof makes a great cover for parking cars and equipment!  And it's already catching rain for us!