All animals, all the time.

If you're one of my facebook friends, you can see that my current jobs are listed as volunteer positions here and here. All I do for the latter is update their websites periodically. For the former... well... I have no idea how my mom does it - and work full time - when I'm not here, because I pretty much spend all day, every day taking care of the critters. I don't mind this at all, but it's a lot of work. (BTW, if you're a facebook user, click here and like us!)

I wake up in the mornings and take care of the critters at my house. In addition to Mochi and Charlie, there is now Viktor - the rather useless, if quite friendly, girnormous pit bull living in my back yard - and a stray orange and white cat who likes to eat on my front porch and flirt with Charlie through the windows.

Charlie on my bed
He doesn't sit, he doesn't walk well on a leash (he pulls, and he is 60lbs of muscle!), he chews, he digs, he would chase cats if he had the chance... but he is very friendly. Anyone in the Southeastern US want a pit bull? I will drive him to you.
Remember when Mochi was too scared to go outside? He loves going outdoors now!
This stray cat has apparently been in my neighborhood for a few years.

When my mom's at work, I get to check on the critters at her house. She's got Brin, the prodigal pit mix, who has to be confined to a bedroom (now with boarded up windows to keep him from escaping), as well as 7 other dogs and about 14 or so cats there. There are pictures of all mom's cats on the facebook page if you're interested. Here are two pictures I liked:

This is Abs. He was found as a kitten on the side of the road in 2010 before I moved to Korea. His right eye was so badly injured that at first I actually thought he only had one eye. However, it has since healed up quite nicely, although his inner eyelid never fully retracts.
This is Reddy, who loves to show off for the camera. After I took this shot, he accidentally rolled down the hood of the car. Then, true to kitty form, he pretended he'd done it on purpose, then nonchalantly licked his ass.

I should also mention that my only internet access is at my mom's house... and compared to the crazy wonderful fast internet service of Korea, it is sooooooo painfully slow. After mom's - for animal care and interneting - it's out to the land, the rest of the cats, and the horses.

  Teardrop, resting inside the A-frame
Sava is completely feral (well, except that we feed her).
Mochi has a great time playing with his new feline friends out at the land.
Bagira, atop one of the feeding stations (a giant spool left behind when the electric company finished running the wiring out to the land).
I've only been riding once since I've been home. The area around mom's land is nothing but planted pines and rather iffy access roads - an excellent place for riding! This is horse-cam from atop Merlin.
My friend C went riding with me - here she is on Honey.
Unfortunately, we're breeding crazy big mutant mosquitoes out at the land. They are vicious, and not intimidated in the least by Deep Woods OFF. This is a small one.