Fat Cats Corner

Well, Florence stalled along the coast dumping upwards of 30 inches of rain.  They are still receiving rain and are now being flooded by  overflowing inland rivers. We received negligible rain and only mild wind gusts.  Honestly, if we hadn't known there was a hurricane off the coast we would never have known.  We are lucky and very thankful.   Today's weather..... Blue Sky Day

With Hurricane Florence just off the Coast and due to make land fall tomorrow,  we getting our ducks in a row.  Last year this time Irma made a direct hit on Florida and then plowed right up through Georgia into South Carolina.  We had winds strong enough to break a dock line Incorrect Position Correct Location  and  lost power for three days.  We were lucky to have friends who did not lose power that offered us a place to stay (we declined due to 3 cats and a dog), freezer space, showers and charges for our devices. Florence is going to be a bigger bitch than Irma was.  She has forced mandatory evacuations along the entire coast of South Carolina and parts of North Carolina.  People are taking heed.  In the 12 years we have lived in the Upstate I don't ever remember them reversing the traffic lanes on the highways so people can flee the Coast.  Nor do I remember so many people actually fleeing the coast. Photo from TheState.com We are 350 miles inland a

So, there is a new Muscovy in town.  We had one show up with the flock of Canada Geese about 6 or 8 years ago.  Red, as we called him, hung around for a couple seasons and then disappeared.  Like Red, this new Muscovy (we are assuming it's a he just due to his size) arrived with the geese, is very friendly and started towards me when I spoke to him and rattled a few cat kibbles in a cup.  My Fearless Wonder Zoe immediately went to investigate. He is a beautiful bird with feathers of a color I had not seen before. And he ate right from my hand.  When the kibble ran out he wandered over to see Pipurr.  She was not impressed.  We've decided to call him Gus :)    Muscovy are a quackless, perching duck.  The males will make a hissing sound when fearful or agitated and due to their weight often lose their ability to fly.  The females make a type of cooing/peeping sound.  You can read more about them here .