Ask Madame Lisa

 "Do you really think this person can see into my future?

Maybe she'll know if I live to be 50 and will get lots of

treats."

I hope you live to be 50, Precious. However, it may not pan out

for either of us to last that much longer.  I'd be 120 and too old

to scoop your litter box.  And at 50, you'd be more crotchety

than you are now.

"Well, I wouldn't ask much of you, Lynn. Except

to flip my frog, throw my paper wad, feed me,

brush me, buy my food fur me, clean my potty,

buy my litter, open windows fur me and give

me my wacky weed.  Let me in and out the

back door fur the patio.

Surely you'll be able to

do all that!"

I'm not sure, Precious.  I already feel tired just

hearing your request.

I found this by accident and bought it immediately.  

I am hoping it is insurance that I never get stung by a

bee, wasp, or hornet again.  But if I do, even if it

is on my lip or face, I'll suction out the poison and 

hope for less pain for less time.  I will be able to try

it on misquito bites as they chew me up and spit me

out in the yard when I am cleaning bird baths.

It works by one-handed suction and if the strong

suction I feel just trying it means anything, it will work.

Maybe Madame Lisa saw this tool in my future!

These are my iris and I thought a reader I know, 

who loves the color pink, might enjoy a peek at them.

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Baby 'coons caused Lynn to be late!

 "I just want to tell the whole furry world that Lynn left

me fur an entire whole long lonely day."

"I'm still shaking my head over this fact of being

neglected, under fed, late brushing, and late legs.

No kitty should have to endure such goings on."

I know, Precious. It was so bad of me to abandon you safely

at home in your hiding spot under the bed, with full tummy

and no interest in getting up for hours.

However, my childhood girlfriend drove 300 miles to

spend the day with me before she drove on north to

see Lake Erie. I drove 60 miles south to the big city

we decided to meet up in.

We had a good visit and lunch and walk about the 

metro park botanical garden in the area.

As we were going to the parking lot, I spied theses two

tiny baby raccoons.  Still nursing they were so tiny.

And no sight of mom or other babies.

I did a shuffle walk to get them back to the grassy

area away from the park road.  Oh, how they cried,

and squeaked and rattled and hissed.  I wanted to

pick them up by the scruff of their neck and make

this ordeal for them go faster, but I would never pick

up an animal. Fear of bites and scratches is a good fear.

Eventually with the help of my girlfriend we got

them onto the park path.  Then they actually started

following me!  They had sniffed and rubbed my shoes so

much I guess they now thought they were with mom.

I stopped dead in the path and they did too.  After a minute

I started walking and they went into the rough grass area.

"Well, that is all good Lynn, but I did not get my supper

until after 5 PM and my brushing at 5:30!  So legs were

1/2 hour late!"

Yes, snookems, but we got in a few hours of rest

and relaxation, didn't we?  Just hope mom raccoon

found her way to those babies.

"Psst ev-furbody, did you see silly Lynn with the

skinny legs?  Makes it uncomfortable fur me to sleep."

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"Don't Fence Me In"

 "Lynn, this is purrfect fur me.  How did you get the man who

rubs my belly to agree and do all the fence work?  And could

you stop singing Gene Autry's song!"

Well, Precious is took a bit of convincing, however he wanted

you to join us safely outside too.

But this is just when I am right there with you even

though I don't think you can escape, I have to know you

will not jump over the fence.

"Lynn, tell 'em how it is made."

Precious, it is made with 2x2's and 25 feet of chicken

wire.  The wire was meant for keeping the deer off

the young sapplings I have planted.  But they are

now protected with black drainage pipe.

It has a small "gate" on one side so I can easily go

out and in for bird bath fill-ups and getting into the

back yard.  But it sits right against the house so you can not

squeeze out.

"Maybe the deers won't come and eat the patio

flowers in pots this way, too? But how will chippie

make it onto the patio so now I can snag him?"

There is plenty of tiny space for a fat chipmunk to 

slink under and will he be in for a surprise when he

sees you sitting there fat and sassy waiting with

baited breath!

Of, course I'll be making sure Precious is not too

curious about the plants as they grow.  So far this has

only been in place a week and she is very bashful

about stepping out.  If I move or even try to talk to 

her, she dashes right back into the house.

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Sights to be seen from the bike

 "Lynn, are you going to bring any of these babies home?"

I don't think I can get a calf on the bike, Precious.

They are nowhere as small as you, and I don't think I could get

you on a bike either.

I just love seeing the pastures of cows with their calves every

Spring. And watching the little ones grow all summer long.

And I always enjoy seeing and saving a snake from

death by bike.  This skinny fellow is a milk snake,

probably born last year from it's length.

There are two donkeys in the above photo. This farm used to have

a white one for years.  I have not seen it the past 2 summers.

Maybe these two brown ones are the new grazers.

"Lynn, maybe you could hitch us a ride on the burros.

I think that might be fun fur a bit."

"Well, do you think you could do some Precious

looking now you are home?  And what about a 

bite to eat, I'm starved after your long ride.

All these strange animals better not show up

at my place setting. I'm too hungry to share now."

And the amazing Eastern Blue Birds have now

built a new nest in the front yard box while feeding

the first 5.  Can't wait to see how these go.

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Curio Kitties

 "Lynn tells me stories all the time. I've come to realize she is older

than the Sphinx Cat so is most of her stuff.  Here's all the un-live

kitties she has collected in her 100 thousand years."

"The tiny slinky looking grey one is fur me.

Maybe you can see the similarities."

"The tiny wolfie you see belongs with the

Nativity Scene.  But he lives here the rest 

of the year, under strick cat rules."

"The one with the feather is in honor of Angel Seney.

She loved carrying large turkey and hawk feathers

ev-fur where with her.

The black and white is fur Angel Suzy Q."

I started my curio collection in 1972 and it was

to be cats with ceramic bows and roses only,

but as I found few of those over the years,

I started expanding.  I am not on the hunt for 

more, just if I'm in the right place and one is waiting

for a new home it may find it's way here.

And we have had the good luck to see our Eastern Blue Birds

raise and fledge 5 babies.  They started the nest in the cold of

March and I feed them meal worms.

We offer 2 bird houses and year to year they switch out.

Now they are out in this down turn of weather.

In the 30's at night again, with lots of rain.  About

6 inches in the past 5 days. I am just sick of it.

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Indoor Camping

"Lynn, don't put that sheet in the pantry.  I want it."

Precious, I am trying to fold laundry.

What are you going to do, go camping?

This bulge in the sheet is Precious.

I draped it over the basement stairs banister

for her enjoyment.  When she is finished camping in

a few weeks, it'll need a good washing.  All the

grey furs embedded in it will be unbelievable.

"What are you doing?  Trying to make me

look like I'm in jail?"

Nope, Precious,  I just wanted humans to see

the inside of your tent.  I had to raise the

"flap" to stick my head under  to get your picture.

Just don't try lighting a camp fire under there

just because it has turned back to winter.

We had extreme heat 2 weeks ago. And now

this week it is 30 degrees below normal every day.

The bird baths are frozen in the morns, and

we have had the "10" snows after the

forsythia blooms.  Oh yay, that is supposed to

be THREE snows.

"Oh my,  Lynn just read on The Poupounette that we have

spam folder on Blogger!  I have 74 comments and Lynn just clicked on 

many to load the comments where they were intended.

Thank you all very much and sorry Lynn did not see them earlier."

PS, I do not like computers at all and I am very

ignorant actually for this reason.

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She stepped out!

 "Lynn, this is a bit scary.  I like the warm air and sitting here with you but it is all so new to me.

Four or five times a year Precious and I spend

a lovely long weekend or even a full week at home

alone.  The first time this year it was in March and

the weather here meant staying inside unless I 

dressed like and Eskimo to take a walk.

The week after Easter, April 10 thru 16, we had an exceptionally

long week at home together.  And the weather was

picture perfect.  I biked 5 days out of 7. 

And had lots of weeding and pruning to do and loved

every bit of it.

So here I was sitting on the patio for a bit

in the shade as it was 79 degrees and hot in

the sun.  I have not put the screen door up yet

for the back but I left the glass slider open a few

inches so Precious could sit and smell the air.

She shocked me when she asked if she could come out and look

around.  She was tasting the air in this picture.  She never did

go all the way over to inspect the grass.  But she has never

been a grass eating girl.  Peepers and Seney loved to eat it.

Every time I moved a bit to get her picture

she started to bolt for inside.  Which is a good 

thing actually.

"Lynn,  I think I better go in and take a long

bath.  I must have gotten dirty just being out here."

The Ohio Wildlife Division has just issued a

warning statement that Lyme disease is up in Ohio.

I stopped to speak to a jogger while I was riding,

and he had stepped off the path just a couple feet

into some grass and immediately had ticks on him.

And this is just mid April.  One good reason

that I am glad Precious is not too interested in

outdoors.

However, on that note, she did go out 2 other

afternoons with me. I had my plants sunning

but they can not be planted until mid May

due to more frost will occur.

After a wonderful week, on Monday 17th we

had rain, sleet and snow.  Can't wait for real

Spring to get here and stay.

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