A little voice whispered, "Look down at the cat food. Wouldn't it be wonderful if it had an image in it." Imagine my shock to see an Angel!
Dearest Readers,
I make our cat's food for their health. They eat with gusto then leave the kitchen to wash their faces and paws.
I then check their plates to make sure both our 18-year-old kitties had their fill. That's when a little voice said, "Look down at the cat food. Wouldn't it be wonderful if it had an image in it."
"Oh sure! That would be crazy," I thought giggling to myself. "What are the odds?"
So unbelieving, because I have looked at cat food for 60 plus years, I looked down and low and behold, the cats had eaten their way to an Angel figure! Only at my house, only my cats! There is hope and miracles every where we look!
May you live a life filled with miracles,
Mary Ellen ^I^
- Birds need water in the winter, both for drinking and keeping their feathers clean and intact. A water fountain or mister attracts more birds than still water (bird bath).
- Bird and feed stores sell heaters for birdbaths to prevent water from freezing.
- Birds eat more before flying south in the winter.
- Forest fires drive birds to new areas for their food source.
- Chickadees stash sunflower seeds in tree bark, under dead leaves, and in the ground, only to dig them up later and eat when it snows.
- Some hummingbirds over-winter, so keep their feeders full with a simple white sugar and water mixture. One part sugar to four parts water is the safest and best ratio. NO food coloring. Toss out any cloudy mixture as it harbors fungus. Wash feeders with hot water/soap/vinegar. Check the internet for more info.
- Hummers get their protein from eating insects, insect eggs, and fruit flies, so the sugar water replaces the flower nectar, especially during the winter when flowers are scarce.
- Never feed ducks/swans/birds bread! It expands in their stomach and tricks them into thinking they are full without providing them any nutritional value. Visit your pet/bird/feed store for inexpensive healthy grains that they love.
- Hang bird feeders higher than six feet so cats can’t jump up and pull the birds off.
- Purr-chase a colorful "Birdsbesafe" clown collar for your cats so as they stealthily move, the collar’s bright colors alert birds. Works better than bells!
- Place paper hearts on your windows to stop birds from flying into them.
Pet Tips 'n' Tales newspaper column has appeared weekly in Oregon's "Cottage Grove Sentinel" for 21 years and is available to publish in your newspaper. AngelScribe@msn.comThank you! Your donations support this newsletter. If this link does not work, then go to paypal.com and type in your email addy and angelscribe.com Thank you.
Mary Ellen “Angel Scribe”
8820 NE 102nd Street
Vancouver, WA 98662
Mary Ellen's Silver Persians swam their way into readers and viewer's hearts!
Several National and International TV shows featured the swimming felines teaching pet-water-safety.
Their furry faces also appeared on a line of t-shirts and on Animal Planet and Anderson Cooper's show.
They have appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world. (France, England, Canada, China, Germany, USA, etc.) and are mentioned in Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
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