StrangeRanger

Work and Play

Daisy likes to help out, mainly in the guise of supervision.  She is, like all supervisors, extremely knowledgeable, possessed of high standards, and supportive of the staff as we endeavor to offer the quality of care she has come to expect.

Dude.  You're doing it wrong.  Nimrod.  It looks like an episode of Hoarders in here....c'mon, MOVE IT!  Get this place fixed up!!

Ahh, yes, constructive criticism in the finest tradition of every supervisor I've ever known.....  

Daisy also serves as a warning system, alerting us to  disharmonies  in our local Feng Shui.  As an example:  we have a large Korean screen that we had framed long ago, and hung on the wall.  Not too long ago the 20 year old mono-filament holding it up gave way and the whole thing crashed down.

Whoa!  Where'd THAT come from?!?

No major damage.  The bottom right corner broke but we're hopeful that it can be fixed.  Daisy was right on it, though.

Dude.  Someone broke your stuff.

After being supplied with this detailed technical knowledge we knew precisely the next steps to take.  Repair is, we hope, immanent.

What, you may ask, is Daisy's compensation for overseeing the hapless humans in the household?  Well, beyond a bottomless food bowl and a clean box, we lavish pats and smoochies and a limited but comfy set of laps to recline upon.  We also offer playings!  Now, we do our best, but we're not quite up to the lightning fast reflexes of the average cat. (warning: the following images are rather blurry.  didn't have enough light for a really fast shutter.  We're installing flood lamps soon)(not really)

Dude.  Yo're so lame I could catch this with my eyes shut.

See?  BOOYAH!!

I like this next pic.  Not because it's great or anything, but if you look closely you can see the curve of Daisy's wicked-sharp lower fangs, curved like scimitars and flashing in the light.

I AM DEADLY!!!!!

I kinda like the effect in the eyes, too.  All completely accidental on my part.

I hope the week ahead is wonderful for all.  I hope your Thanksgiving Day, should you celebrate such, is warm and ful lof joy.  And at least one cat.
  

 

I'm a bit under the weather today.....

....thus you get a short post.

This is from my last photo session with our little gray supermodel.  Really, I think it looks like her high school yearbook photo...

And now I'm off to chill quietly and relax.  Maddie and Ivy were always good nurse kitties.  They'd curl up next to us and dose us with purrs for a while.  Daisy seems to have a different prescription, delivered from ambush...

I'ma pounce the sickness right outta ya.... you'll thank me later, once the scars heal.....

I'm sure her intentions are good.  

have a good week ahead, all!

 

Veteran's Day

I hope this is more than a long weekend for people.  I have never served in the same way as our veterans, though I do flatter myself that 30 years as a public elementary school teacher counts for something, just in a different manner. I've know several veterans, some my age, many older.  The finest man I ever met was a Marine.  My father-in-law Jim served as a medic just after WWII.  My Uncle Bill, who died just a couple of years ago was a Navy vet.  He was aboard the U.S.S. Wasp when it hoisted these guys out of the Atlantic.  Uncle Bill was also hijacked to Cuba, once, on board an American Airlines flight.  AND he was a darts champion one year in Dallas.  Lived an interesting life.

I suppose the most productive thing I can do on any Veteran's Day is to say "Thank you" and mean it.  Our veterans served in their way so that I could serve in mine.

Of course, one of the ways I serve is by bringing you pictures of this lovely face:

Speaking of veterans, Daisy wants everyone to know that she's ready to heed the call of duty!

That's right!  See these TEETH?!?  I'll chomp any bat that tries to invade our country!  Knock'em right outta the air! Bite they little heads off!  Nibble on they tiny feet!

She'll do it, too. 

Best wishes to all our veterans and have a great week ahead, all! 

Just a quick note...

....to say that despite Daisy's love of all of our windows, Maddie would feel it necessary to remind her that these windows were claimed by her.  First.

Mine.

Yeah, Maddie could get possessive.  And she didn't like other cats bogarting her window.  Or her sunpuddle.  Or her bed.  Or her couch.  Or her....well, you get the idea.  I doubt that she'd be too happy with Daisy's presence, but I also don't think Daisy is troubled by that one bit. 

That's right!  Possession is nine-tenths of the cat's delight in comfort.  No probs here, buddy-boy!

Thought as much!

Have a great week ahead, all!