Furry Friend #1:
This little guy is a ring-tailed opossum. He sleeps the day away in the bamboo roof above the deck and outdoor light. That's just a few feet from where I've been painting on the deck the last few days. He's really cute, but he's breaking through the bamboo, which is not the best. There's actually a smaller one just to the right of the green beam here, but he's not broken through the bamboo as much so he's harder to see. A whole family of them live here around the house. The camrea flash woke him up and he blinked sleepily at me for a minute, before closing his eyes and dropping back off to sleep.
Furry Friend #2:
Okay, so this isn't an unnusual animal -or is it? Meet Thor everyone!
He's one big cat. That is a normal-sized bench seat he's barely hanging on to. He is unique as far as cats go because he's so much like a dog. We even call him the puppy kitten. He loves to be petted, he comes when you call his name, and begs when you have food. Incredibly, he'll eat just about anything. He came up the other day and took a bite out of a rice krispie treat right out of my hand (called a rice bubble here). Cheeky guy. I've never seen a cat eat a rice krispy treat! He's keeping me company until my dogs get out of quarantine. Unfortunately, he's enough like a cat to think he owns the place, and we are his people. Apparently he also terrorizes the neighborhood dogs, so I hope all will be peaceful when our boys arrive on Friday.And, last but hardly least,
A Feathered Friend:
Look, it posed for a picture! These gorgeous little things are always about feeding from the flowers in the bush or begging for apple bits on the deck. It's a Rainbow Lorikeet and I like them very much. They will eat right out of your hand, but are a little timid so you have to be very still and calm for them to stick around. Beautiful, aren't they? They aren't caged here, they are the locals.
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