Sometimes just messy days

 "Lynn,  I do not think any of this stuff is really my fault.  Or that I should have to put up with getting my claws clipped!"

I beg to differ, Precious.  Just look at my ugly and

disgusting (any and all the time, by the way) leg.

Full of whole punches!  And whose needle sharp

claws sink into it every eve for our leg time?

I have not seen any other kitty in this house of ours!

"And I thought gittin' my brushies ev-furry day

many times over, should have kept the fur ball

out of my tummy.  I think you must have been doing it

wrong."

There is good news and bad news about the fur ball

yak up.  The good news,  it was not on the carpet.

The bad news, it was on the lovely turquoise blanket.

The good news,  it was folded in 1/2 for extra sleeping

comfort and therefore caught all the spit with it.

The bad news,  I found the mess 10 minutes after I

had started a load of laundry!

And then I have this blooming, so it makes up for

the messes.  

Thankfully deer do not eat iris!

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Time to move the cat tree

"I haven't been climbing as much as I used to. Not on the tree, just up into the closet.  So let's move the tree Lynn.  After all you do not have to dig it up!"

Precious's tree has sat in front of our smaller north facing

window for our dining table.  She used to love to race up it

and get to the top.  Especially after a trip to the litter box!

But she had not been on it for more than a year I reckon.

I decided when we were home alone that I would move it

and see is she even noticed.  I put those flat slick plastic

furniture movers under it and just slid it right across the

vinyl flooring onto the carpet.  We just have one large open

living area. 

"I'm a smart kitty,  I found it as soon as I awoke fur-om a 

long morning nap and got right on it.  I did go to the top but

it does not give me a view and Lynn did not get her camera out

quick enough."

This cat tree is 30 years old.  We bought it at a cat show

for Peepers and Seney to use.  And boy did they both while

Peepers was still with us.  She always let Seney know that Seney

was just a whipper snapper and would not let her have top self.

This is very well made and heavy.  A vendor made them himself out

of wood for the shelves and heavy carpet cardboard covered in

good quality carpet.  At the time this 6 foot tree was $100 and

I had a hard time convincing my husband to buy it.  Now if

Precious will keep using it we will keep it in front of the living

room window.  If she gives it up soon, I may dismantle it

and decide what is to become of it next.  It is a part of our 

family history now.

"You just can't out think a kitty, Lynn.  Who knows how

long I'll use this now."

 

It has been an early Spring as predicted by the groundhog

on Feb. 2.  What he forgot to pass on was how much wind

and rain and even tornados would come in this way.

I have been able to ride my bike a couple days a week in

May.  April was mostly a washout.  I even have done two

32 mile rides.  The first one 2 weeks ago actually surprised

myself as I had not been out as much as I wanted and did

not think I would be up to it.  But by myself at my pace

and all was well.  Packed a lunch and enjoyed the day.

Got home early afternoon just in time for Precious 

brunch and lots of brushies.

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Back out and in the open

 "I wanted to tell y'all that I have stopped poutin' and sulkin'.

Lynn said I needed to clear the air.  Whatev-fur that is.  The air isn't too bad now."

"This is me at 8 AM.  I am still UP fur-om havin'

my breakfast at 5:30 AM!"

"And after my morning nap,  here I am back out

in the open keepin' our chair warm 'til leg time.

I have furgiven the man who rubs my belly fur upsetting

the kitty cart.  We are havin' good mornin's and rubbin's."

Yes, Precious, you just needed to settle back into regular

routine.  And don't forget you are getting your catio back, too.

"I love comin' out here at 5:30 AM.  The moths are

flyin' and it's still a bit dark.  I can't believe it has been

decades in winter-cat-months that I as able to be

outside."

Precious is eating breakfast slower as she

prefers to go outside as soon as she can.

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She's in the Pink

 "Lynn,  is this what you were doing to be whispurr quiet while I was sleeping off my anxiety?   Crocheting me a beddie by."

"I hope Willie notices the color.  We usually 

do all the blue colors, but this is purrfect."

"Stuffie Peepers tried it out before me?

She looks a bit small so I'll just take it 

fur-om her.  She can go back to the bedroom."

"I furgive ev-fur one fur upsetting the apple cart.

And I even got back my catio!"

I found 3 skeins of this soft super thick yarn, like

rope, at the Sew Special Network run by volunteers

and filled with all things sewing crafty.  It was $7.50

for all 3 skeins.  People and stores donate anything

from buttons to yard goods to be sold and the money

goes into projects for needy families and  seniors

in nursing homes.  I love shopping there.

I do usually go for blues but this yarn just called out

to me for a cat bed. 

We have had such hot weather this past week. 

The migratory birds are back for the summer.

My resident Eastern Blue Birds started their nest

March 1 and the 4 babies flew out April 24 while

we still had below freezing mornings.  Mom and

Dad are still taking them meal worms and Mom

has now decided nest #2 will be in the front bird house.

She is already taking in nest material!

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So, here's the thing

 "Lynn, I's sorry, but you know I really only love you.  You are my furiend and safe hooman."

Precious is having another "Woe Is She" week.

The sad bad thing about Precious and I having

a whole week to ourselves, is that she goes into

hiding as soon at my husband gets home.

Even though he is the one to dole out her breakfast 

while giving her belly rubs and she loves it and 

purrs and purrs.  Then she goes straight into one of

her hidey holes for the day to sleep.

When it is just the two of us,  I actually feel guilty

to take time off for myself to go to visit a museum

or bike ride or even spend

a couple hours in the main library.  Because she

does not go to bed for the day.  Rather she stays

up and even if she is no longer really playful,

she is awake and looking outside.

"After 11 years Lynn, I am still yer kitty only.

I'll git up fur supper and legs later on."

The past 10 days or so have been a bit of

Mulligan stew, so we did not post.  Precious said

she was wordless for a change as to all the

going and coming of the man who rubs her belly.

His going and coming with all the packing of camping

gear into the van and out again.

Then the awful storms we keep having with thunder

and torrential rain and tornado sirens.

The mowers back and the power wash fellow

came and cleaned the drive, patio and sidewalk concrete.

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Three for Tea Please

"Lynn,  if you and Dolly git tea and crumpets, do I get tuna juice and salmon patties?"

Precious and I had one of those quiet weeks at

home alone.  

That means party time!

You can see who is queen of the party.

I've had the kitty cup and teapot for so very 

many years.

And the miniature tea set was purchased for

$1 at the gift shop of an old fashion (not then)

hardware store.  This was decades ago when

hardware shops were locally owned and offered

home goods and tools.  Boy,  I love looking for

these kinds of stores in small towns today.  Far

and few between.

"I'll show off the rest of my jewels today.

You can see I have many diamonds fur a girl's

best fur-iend,  next to food and Lynn."

We have had some Spring jewels finally.

I'm seeing the flowering trees budding up and some

are even open.  My grape hyacinths are now showing 

purple and I can only hope the deer don't eat them.

And our Eastern Blue bird couple are unbelievably

feeding 4 babies already!  They started building the

nest in our box just the first of March in miserable 

weather.

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Woe is She

 "Lynn, my ear drums hurt! My head hurts! I's sleep deprived!"

"What's with you people!

What do I care if the our tan house is

turning green!  So what if the grass is 

arm pit high!  And why does rain have 

to be so loud!  Thunderbooms non-stop!"

Poor Precious,  she has put up with a lot in the past

8 or 9 days.

We had the house power washed one day, and thankfully

that only took one hour.  But the next evening when

she and I were having our 3 hour leg time, a horrible

thunder storm raced through here and sent her off

hiding for the rest of the evening.

The next morning we got our lawn mowed for the first

time this year (way early by the way).

And now just in week we are

back to serious and loud thunder storms.  We have 

received 5 or 6 inches of rain.  And then it turned 

cold and snowed an inch.

Spring, you say?

"I am recovering a bit.  But now

I am worried about my floofy tuxedo gal pal

Katie Isabella.  She is going to the dreaded v-e-t

and going to have her bloods sucked out and who

knows what else.  I have my paws folded fur her to

git home safe and intact."

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