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I was going to post about this awhile back and forgot to do it. I came into my bedroom one day after emptying a bag of the items. I had left the empty bag on the bed.
After a few seconds, I noticed that the bag was moving…… almost breathing…. then I noticed the reason why.
When they are so cute that you almost can’t stand it; it makes you forget the times that they are destroying your house.
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I have an adorable cat asleep on my lap as I type. Ok….part adorable, part man eating menace. Just as I was typing the first sentence, she must have telepathically sensed a need to re-assert her “man eating menace” role; as she reached up with both feet, wrapped them around my arm and bit. I guess that’s what I get for imagining a “cute kitty” instead of “4 footed instrument of death.”
I’m feeling increasingly anti-social and resentful of people; both in general and specific people. In fact, I at this time, I could make a fairly good argument that people are just a disgusting infestation of the Earth.
My friend AlaskaMoe took this outside her door today. It’s one from a set of twins.
This adorable little thing is the newest addition to my family. PETA would make me out as evil for doing such a thing. I leave it up to you to decide, but check out my Political Truths Blog for the truth about PETA.
I haven’t commented on the kittens for a couple of days. The first caught kitten has now been delivered to the animal shelter where I’m sure he will be adopted quickly. I caught my Bob-Tail Calico. She’s getting tamed down pretty good now. So, I brought her inside for the first time this evening for introductions. The older white cat didn’t like the idea of another cat invading her space. She looked at it, scowled, and sat for a long time looking “through” it. Then, I picked her up and put her beside me on the couch to give her some attention in the presence of the kitten. She hissed once when the kitten was a little too close for her liking. But, overall she did well. The funny thing was when I started to move and the kitten moved. She jumped quickly and ran, as if she had been scared by the little kitten. I haven’t introduced the kitten to the inside dog, yet. One step at a time.
I was standing in my workshop today (which is a partially unfinished top floor of a two-car garage) when I heard a noise outside the door. It sounded like squirrels or chipmunks chattering. I stepped out to see what the noise was about and saw two Red Squirrels (NOT Fox Squirrels) bickering and chasing each other through the maple trees. As I watched, they ran through the trees and all of a sudden they fell about 50-70 feet to the ground with a very *loud* thump! They landed about 15 feet from my dog and were still bickering and standing off, nose to nose with each other. As dog started to rise, they ran back up the same maple tree and proceeded from tree to tree until they went through the pine and then one of them jumped to another maple, onto the roof of the garage and disappeared. This one was moving more slowly now — even more slowly than the initial running after the fall — as if exhausted or possibly stunned. I didn’t see the other one, so I stepped back into my workshop. As I made my way to the other end to work on the client’s computer, I noticed noises inside. As I looked over, the red squirrel climbed onto some boxes, looked at me, chattered, and ran back from where it came. Then it came back up, looked at me again and proceeded toward it’s destination in the corner near some boxes. I walked to the other end of the shop to retrieve something and as I turned toward my work, I heard more noises and saw what I thought was the same squirrel. It headed toward the first destination again, and then I knew it was the second squirrel. They started fighting and were running, chattering, screaming and rolling around. As they made their way toward the garage area knocking things over, it became apparent to me that this was not a minor squabble and wasn’t likely to end soon. So, I guess I’m living in the middle of a squirrel war zone…. a turf battle…. something.
You can learn more about Red Squirrels here:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I2581494B
or at the blog title link above.
This is the stray bob-tailed cat that took up residence under my sister’s house to have a litter of kittens. There are 5 kittens — 4 without tails and one with — that are proving extremely difficult to catch. The mama is starting to settle down, but she’s still pretty skittish. She let me hold her the other day and seems to really like the attention, but she has been afraid; presumably because of some mistreatment. I plan to try to catch the kittens. I might adopt one of them. There is one that looks to be the perfect color — bright orange and black calico. She’d be a nice cat, I think.
Gee… they look big from this angle. 🙂 Mad Mamma Robin protective clothing recommended for this perspective.
Every year, a robin builds a nest over a decoration on my patio. Every year, I want to put a webcam over it, but never find the time to get it done. I did find time to take photos.
Went with Karen (Dragonswalker) to look at some of her horses. I am really disappointed because I had taken a lot of photos and only this one came out. Goes to show that even after many years of photography, one can still have things go wrong; usually user error. That was the case here; on which I won’t elaborate. I guess it gives me an excuse to go back with a better camera when I can… if Karen invites me back again.
Went with Karen to take some pictures of one of her horses — Q-Tipper. While there, this horse — Stormy — and I hit it off pretty well. There was another horse-friend that seemed to like me, too. But, this one was just plain “neat”.
