This week marked the passing of Poppy, the mother of our other outdoor feral cats. She wasn’t a pet cat, but it’s always sad to lose a cat of any kind. We were also visited by a bobcat for the first time (or rather, the first time I’ve seen one on my cameras).

Let’s start with some pictures of Poppy before her death; here she is with Porcini (left):

And with Spud on the deck:

Here’s a cams app screenshot showing four cats; one in a cabin, one in the feeder, and two in the house:

Porcini looking out the upper back door, and Poppy below:

Porcini and Poppy:

The last ever picture of Poppy, about the time she died; at least it was in the comfort of their heated house:

In the morning, Spud discovered Poppy’s body; it’s good that her offspring saw that, to help them understand that she had died, rather than just mysteriously vanished:

Porcini also saw her:

Rest in peace, Poppy.

For the others, life continues. Here’s a cat in a cabin on a rainy morning, watching me walk by:

Porcini outside the cabins, with Spud and Pommie inside:

Porcini joined Spud in the left cabin:

Porcini scratching a tree:

Porcini again:

And again, watching me from a cabin:

A bobcat visited our homestead; this is the first time I’ve seen one (GIF):

Another GIF:

I wouldn’t want to encounter this suddenly:

The bobcat also checked out the cabins, with nobody home (GIF):

A still from that; so tall:

It was a busy night at the cabins; a few minutes later, a possum went into the left cabin:

Yawn, feeling sleepy:

It curled up and slept in there for a couple of hours:

The possum leaving:

A cat checks out the cabins, but decides she doesn’t want to stick around:

Good thing, since a raccoon also wanders by a few minutes later:

Finally this week, Porcini sniffing at the kitchen garden this morning (a sunny day, so bright reflections off the window):