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The good news here is that Maddie's hair chewing, yanking extravaganza is due to seasonal allergies. No one is quite sure what is causing the skin irritation, but we do have a cure. Prednisone. W00t! Maddie's already slowed the chewing down dramatically, and we're sure it'll be done with by the end of the meds. Won't be too long before everything grows back and she's at full-power-fluffy!
The marking of the change of season is a multi-facted event. For some, it's an astronomical event. For others, it's the return of football or baseball, or going back to school. For some, it's the turning of the leaves or the first green shoots of spring. Regulare readers will remember how we know it's autumn here at Chez-Ranger:
Yep, the return of the sunpuddle on the cedar chest. Maddie loves this spot, as did Ivy. Maddie still spends the first good sun-puddle day marking territory, rubbing her chin on the well-scratched footboard.
I always try to get a few pics, as I love the light.
Still trying to get the perfect shot of Maddie's whiskers. Funny...for such a magnificent set, they don't read very well on camera. I must be doing something wrong.
Suprisingly, Maddie was in a playful mood for this photo-shoot. Turns out the camera strap was just too interesting to ignore!
This went on for a bit.
She even got interested in the camera itself, which is unusual.
Turned out to be a bit disappointing for her, I fear....
Well, that didn't taste as good as I thought it would. Stupid human....
Then it was back to napping. Calm, peaceful and undisturbed by humans with cameras. Until next time.
No, not HERE fer gosh sake's, but at Shaggy and Scout's place! This is Patches:
His human of many years had to move to a "no pets" location. Lynne (a long-time Patches cat-sitter) opened her home for this dapper 18 year-old gentleman. The two local boys aren't too thrilled, but long-time readers of this blog know that we're fans of long-haired tuxies and thus whose side we're on.
Patches has his room of solitude, and ventures forth to find his place in his new abode. I hope it all works out well.
Heck, it only took a year or so for Maddie and Ivy to work out their peace(ish) treaty.
We usually tried to keep something between them.
Sometimes it didn't work.
Sometimes, it wasn't needed.
I'll never know how these two figured everything out.
I just know that they did, with more or less acceptable results. I suppose Ivy won respect and Maddie learned to tolerate. Worse could be said.
AHHHHHH!!!! YOU ARE SO WEIRD!!!! STAY OUT OF MY GROCERIES!!!!!
We are *so* not going through this ever again. Maddie has earned a quiet retirement. For Shaggy, Scout and Patches, though, we wish the best of luck.
Well, the weather once again confines us to our house. The up-side? It's going to be a cool day, so we can have our first official fire of autumn! w00t! We've got a couple of hours of chores to do before we settle in to enjoy the afternoon, though. Maddie is, as always, quite helpful. Here she is accomplishing her most important chore: getting her rest so that she can be vivacious when we are able to devote our full attention to her.
It's the most important part of the day, paying attention to her!
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