A Ride on the Wild Side

 "Lynn, tell me it ain't so, you did not SIT on a cat!"

Recently I drove to Mansfield, Ohio. This is my

large city 45 miles away for shopping.

I went to the Richland County Carrousel Park.

This carrousel is fully restored from the very early 1900's.

Any repair and painting that was needed, was done right there

in Mansfield.  There is a wood carving shop that makes new

full size replacements for other carrousels around the country 

and for people who just want one for home decorating.

I think that would be a pretty big knick-knack.

I took two very expensive rides.  At $1 each, it

is a fun way to spend a few minutes.

The first ride was on one of the 4 cats.  And my

second go-round was on a jack rabbit with the largest

ears ever.

"Me, I'll just take a ride on your legs, Lynn.

In hopes for a nap while I'm at it."

I won't charge you for the ride or the nap, Precious.

I was so excited to actually see the Eastern Blue Bird

babies fly out of the nest box on May 7.  Mom built

the nest in March with all the ice and sleet and snow.

Laid her eggs and kept them warm during April with

bitter cold nights and sleet and rain storms.

Then the poor things flew out while it was a cold

rainy day.  Now I see them about in the trees and

mom and dad are feeding them meal worms I put

out as fast as they can.

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Simon and Seal Puzzler

 "Really Lynn, I'm sure a picture puzzle of me in my all grey 

onesie would be much harder than this one."

I was in a JoAnn Fabric store very recently and found a 

lot of jigsaw puzzles.  I have been watching Brian's Home for

some time and I really could not believe how the likeness

of this puzzle is to the two of them.

I would have loved to buy and work this puzzle, but I

just don't try for the puzzles with so many pieces.  Tries

 my patience too much.

"Surely you can see the challenge in doing me

up in a puzzle, Lynn."

Yep, you are a challenge in all respects, Precious.

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Tail of the Chipmunk

 "Chippy, Lynn, Chippy's here. Let me at 'er."

No way Precious. You are not going outside.

And this is a nursing momma chipmunk.  You'll want

to see her babies one day soon.

I hope the video is not sideways when you

watch.  I never know what the phone camera will do.

There was a lot of tail swishing going on.

It was sunny and very warm here for 4 days straight.

Hasn't done that since September.  I actually rode my

bike 3 of the days in high wind.  A few times I was

able to stop the bike, feet on the pedals and hands on the

handle bar and just sit without fear of tipping over. What 

a work out.

Toad Shade and Bloodroot

Spring Beauty and Trout Lily

Just a few early native flowers I saw.

Then this morn it was 28 degrees and the bird bath was

frozen.  What a cold and wet April. Not really a 

Spring to brag about this year.

But it did not hinder the chipmunks it appears.

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Still going strong

"I'm going to do this nanner in sooner or later, Lynn. It just

can't get the better of me."

I put her 'nanner in a plastic baggie with fresh cat nip

occasionally, and it seems to still be a toy Precious

will play with for a day or 2.  I keep it up for a few

weeks at a time, as then she seems to think it is a 

completely new toy.

As I have mentioned recently, she's not impressed

with many new toys and it seems that the way

they are factory saturated with catnip is much 

stronger than me just taking one and sealing it in

a bag of dry nippy. 

"You can't fool me, this smells and tastes just

like it was new from the store."

 

Above is a recent photo of our catnip, wackweed,

that survived another bad winter.  I keep the hardware

fence around it to save the plant from destruction.

Once it is about 15 inches tall, the outdoor visiting cats,

how many who knows, are welcome to sniff and chew and

eat.  But I must preserve the plant for Precious year round.

She loves fresh green leaves for salad.

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Cats on Beds/ or Not

 "Lynn, you know purrfectly well, I am not like regular cats."

Believe me, do I know it.

What I do know is I see lots of kitty blogs

that show off lovely cats, like you are Precious,

sleeping out where they can be seen.

There is Poppy Q, Jo Jo, Derry, Miss Tork,

Miss Pippi and Blackie, Katie, all of Dr. Bellen's

cats. These are just a few. They sleep on top of 

lovely beds. 

But here you are again. In the bed tent.

"So what, you can peek in and see me. Though

I would rather you just let sleeping dogs lie"

Of course, I do get to see this sleeping

cat lie every evening for 3 hours on my legs.

Just not in day light hours. 

I do hope Precious has no Count Dracula blood 

in her veins.  All this cave time worries me.

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Sunshine

 "Where have you been hiding this sun, Lynn?"

"I've been asking every day for you to open the

door."

I know, Precious, I am sorry that up here they take

the sun away from us for months on end.

We lose sunshine about November first,

and the cloud cover from Lake Erie takes

over 'til warmer weather gets here.

The front door faces due West, and this time of 

year, as it gets up to the 50's in temp and the

sun is moving farther north, I can sometimes 

open the door late afternoon.

" Now I can sunbathe and get a good tan, Lynn."

Hard to see the tan on that grey fur, but go for it

while the sun lasts a couple hours, Precious.

March came in like a Lamb, so of course it

had to go out like a Lion.

The last weekend of March we had 18 degree nights

and 25 degree days and 3 days of driving snow with sleet.

Now it is easing a bit but back to dark with rain and 50's.

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Girl's Weekend

 "I love our girl time alone, Lynn. You know I am just a one

person kitty."

Precious and I have just had a lovely six day

staycation.  Only us girls. 

Precious is or has lots of Russian Blue in her,

and one strong chararistic of a Blue is they choose

the one and only person they want and all else are

not wanted or necessary in their mind.

I am grateful she chose me, but it does make living

with her a challenge day to day with my husband.

She lets him feed her breakfast and give her 

ear rubbin's and belly rubbin's every day at 

5:30 AM.  Any time after that she is out of sight

and hands off except for me.

So these past 6 days I have had the pleasure of Precious'

company many daylight hours.  

I also had the fun of borrowing this crazy movie from

the library.

Precious and I had a couple hours together

having a great laugh at these antics. 

"I found out Lynn got rid of my unwanted toys.

But she let me lie on her coat on the floor for hours."

Now, on a human note.  Am I the only person left

who enjoys handwriting (poorly) letters to friends and 

family on real stationary?  I mean the pretty and colorful

kind.  I have used all my old and I find nothing in the

big box stores.  Is texting and email the only method

left as an option,  or using lined school paper?

Shows I am getting too old for the modern world.

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