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Play Time

Daisy loves to play. Or, as I suppose she thinks of it, train. Train to nab and kill.  Bats, probably.  Red, stringy bats on sticks.

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She's very good at it.

June 26, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

I Have Been Lazy,

I am being lazy, I will be lazy.

Vintage Pic:

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Daisy, who is never lazy, especially when she is crazy!

Yes, I'm fairly stupid even when I'm lazy.

Have a great week ahead, all!

June 19, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

No new pics this week...

...so you get vintage pics!  These are from 5 years ago, during Daisy's first June with us.

This was about the time that we were learning that Daisy was a classic ambush predator!

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I'm hiding!  Go AWAY!

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RAWR!!

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'd'I get it?!?  Darn....

I am still, after all these years, occasionally pounced upon unexpectedly.  Kinda nice, really.  At least I know I'm loved.

Have a great week ahead, all!

 

June 05, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

Now We are Six!

Last Wednesday was Daisy's 6th Birthday!  

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Yay, Me!

At least, May 25th is what it says on Daisy's adoption papers.  It may be off a day or two for all we know.  Daisy was an abandoned bottle baby.  We really don't know any more about her story than that.  Daisy came to live with us when she was about 5 months old.  Such a wee beastie! Have a few pics of the first days of of her reign!

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(she still loves playing with her mousies!)

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She's such a lovely cat!  

We're happy she is here. We hope for 6x6 more years with her!

May 29, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

Hard and Fast Rules...

...are not something Daisy usually goes for.  "No Cats on the Dining Table" usually means "I shouldn't get caught sitting on the dining table like this, but it's comfy so I think I 'll stretch out.." She at least knows that there are somethings she should not do (often) while we are right there.  She doesn't (often) jump on the table while we are having dinner.  There are some items, though, that intrigue her so much that the temptation is almost too strong to resist!

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Is it the yummy tomato salad, the divine spanakopita, the summery Allegrante wine that attracts her attention?  Nope.  It's the rose, cut fresh from LadyRanger's climbing rose bush. 

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She spared a passing sniff for the human's dinner, but she was really interested in chomping and stomping that rose.  Daisy gave it up as too risky once we sat down.  She went off and chilled in her basement fastness, dreaming of the day the humans would leave the rose on the table while they went out.  Oh, the revenge that would be....

Have a great week ahead, all!

May 15, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

It's been a minute...

We've had a few busy weeks here at ChezRanger.  Well, a couple were busy and one, at least, was kinda bleh.  We hope we're over the bleh, but busy should be the watchword here during the spring planting season.  We've gotten a large portion of the gardens in but still have a ways to go.  

Our back woodland shade garden has popped up.

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The woodland phlox and solomon's seal have put on their usual show, with a special guest appearance by our assortment of violets.

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We had an unusual visitor to the yard the other week. (trigger warning to da tabbies:  BIRD)

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This guy is a Northern Flicker.  He's a woodpecker!  I've know we have them in the neighborhood.  I've heard them time and again, but I almost never see them.  And here this guy is in my yard!

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He's got that bright red patch on the back of his head.  Most striking!  It seems that Flickers are comfortable feeding on the ground as well as headbanging on the trees.

I'm just thrilled that I actually saw a woodpecker.  It was a neat experience.

Daisy was less than impressed.

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I. Am. Ignoring. The. Bird.

She may be ignoring the bird, but she is beautiful doing it.

Have a great week ahead, all!

May 08, 2022 in The Cats, the garden | Permalink | Comments (1)

Happy Easter to All!

It's funny, I have Christmas pics and Thanksgiving pics, summer pics and winter pics, trip pics and home pics, but I have very few, if any, Easter pics.  Currently, daisy is enjoying her basement crawl-space so I'm not likely to be able to add an Easter pic today... I do have an Easter flower pic, taken back in 2012.

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The yellow flowers in the foreground are Wood Poppies. The heavenly smelling periwinkle cloud in the the background is Woodland Phlox.  We've still got them, too.  They seem happy with our little urban woodland, and we're very happy with them!

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It can be a lovely little garden.

Here's a pic from the time around Daisy's first Easter with us.

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Okay, I'ma hide under here tonight, and when da bunny comes to drop off the eggs, I'ma leap out and grab him and swat him nom him! hard!!  A lot!!!

Daisy, for all of her dainty good looks, is really just a classic ambush predator.  I wouldn't have her any other way.

We wish you all a very Happy Easter and a great week ahead!

April 17, 2022 in The Cats, the garden | Permalink | Comments (2)

Placeholder Post

Just a wee placeholder post today.

Have a pic of Maddie napping.

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I'ma try to be like Maddie today....

Have a great week ahead, all!

April 10, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

Just a quick vintage pic...

...from 4 years ago...

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Daisy loved to play then and loves to play now!

Have a great week ahead, all!

April 03, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

Different uses of the couch

Daisy loves the couch by our front windows.  It's always been a favorite lounging spot for our cats.  Daisy usually lounges *along the couch, all stretched out, paws crossed daintily in front of her.

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This morning, she sat at a right angle to the usual flow!

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Whatever for?  Was she bathing in the beauty of her reflection?

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If I were as beautiful as Daisy, I know that's what I'd be doing.  But, no... there was a different target for Daisy's attention.

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There were crows down on the street.  Crows. Walking. On. Daisy's. Street.  What was going through Daisy's mind?  Probably murder (of crows).

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Dude. Don't even turn around.....

Her mission was successful.  No crows currently on our street.  Further bulletins as events warrant.....

Have a great, crow-free, week ahead, all!

March 27, 2022 in The Cats | Permalink | Comments (1)

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