Well, I'm pretty darn beat. This has been the last week of school and I'm doggone tired. As a result, I've taken no new pics of Daisy. You'll have to put up with a vintage picture of our Dear Ivy.
Mmmmmm...strawberries!
Don't ask me why she fell in love with the bag full of strawberries, but she did.
Have a good week ahead all!
Maybe two very similar pics.
Got a couple of nice pics on my phone last eve, but sadly, this phone has never been very forthcoming when transferring pictures to the PC. I know the pics are on the phone, but I just can't find 'em to transfer 'em. You're stuck with those I do find. Still the same lovely cat-model, though.
Getting ready for a nap.
Aaaannnnd....just about asleep.....
Not really. I think the camera caught her slow-blinking me. Makes me happy, being slow-blinked. slow-blunk? I'm not a grammar sophisticate.
Have a good week ahead!
...one thing I forgot to mention in last week's birthday post. We got Daisy one extra present. A door.
Oh wow! a big screen TV!!! For me?!? You guys are the best!
Bonus: in this pic, you get an idea of the long-ness of our little gray kitty.
She is very interested in her new view.
When did you guys get the front porch ceiling beaded? Was that what all the noise was about last month?
We're actually a bit worried she'll get too interested in it. She's zipped out the door before and wandered around the back of the house, of course doing the cat-thing of keeping just out of reach of the pursuing humans. We've nabbed her fairly easily each time, but it's a bit panic-inducing. Our hope is that her interest will fade as she becomes more familiar with the view. Until then, we'll just have to be careful about our comings and goings. It's a small price to pay for a happy cat.
There's so much to see!
We do hope she enjoys it. We certainly enjoy our new door.
Hope you have a great week ahead!
Daisy is three! She turned three on Saturday. We celebrated by giving her a wee bit of gruyere and some of her favorite cottage cheese whey. We've also picked out a cat tree. Now all we have to do is rearrange the room a bit so the tree can be by a window and I think we're good.
Her she is, contemplating jumping for a toy.
What a fine looking kitty!
She's up to 10 pounds of cat. She's still lean and long. Proof:
She seems to be healthy. We'll confirm that in June when I'm off school. We're planning to take her in for a check-up, shots, tooth cleaning and micro-chipping. Not much of a present so we haven't mentioned it to her.....
Here she is on one of her first days with us:
She's just gotten prettier with age. Hasn't lost an ounce of energy, either. She has gotten more accustomed to snuggles, though. There are some mornings, after I wake up but before I get up, that she walks up me and lies down on my chest. It's a marvelous moment.
We're happy this little gray cat was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAISY!!!!!
Thank you. I was told there'd be cake.
Have a good week!
Oh, and for those of you who remember Schoolhouse Rock, here's the source of today's title:
Daisy is an excellent watch-cat.
I'm watchin' you!
She is in tune with the environment around our house. She knows when there is an interloper and precisely what he or she is doing. The other night around 11:00, Daisy was tearing about the house leaping into the windows and staring outside. She made a couple of circuits, crashing into things, knocking stuff around as well as denying us our sleep. When she came into the bedroom the second time and perched in the window, staring intently, I got up to see what the fuss was about. Turns out we had a possum wandering around. Daisy trailed him for a bit and then, satisfied that no harm would befall us, came to sleep on my feet.
Daisy is always aware of our neighbor-cat Puddin'.
What'choo up to?!?! Those are MY steps!
I'm never sure how Daisy would respond to being nose-to-nose with Puddin'. Sometimes I'm glad there's a pane of glass or a screen between them.
The only visitor that Daisy hasn't picked up on recently is this guy.
He's been 'round once or twice before. Looks healthy enough and well fed. If I could be sure that we weren't just feeding the possum (or a very football-shaped Puddin') I'd leave some food out for him just to encourage a few more visits. I am surprised that Daisy's missed him. She's usually pretty alert.
Wait. What??
I'll leave you with a pic of Daisy at ease, not worrying about a thing happening outside these walls.
I hope you don't have anything to worry about, either. Have a good week!
Daisy likes to explore. She even explores place she's been many times before. The basement crawlspace is a constant delight to her. Kinda worries us, sometimes 'cause we couldn't easily find her if something went wrong. We've tried keeping her out of the basement altogether but I'm sure you understand the impossibility of keeping a cat away from a place it wants to go. In any event, she handles it well and always comes back upstairs hale and whole.
Recently she had a rest in a spot that she must have walked by a thousand times. The rocking chair.
Never done this before, that I'm aware of at least. She may sleep there most of the night and I'd be non the wiser.
well, you're not very wise to begin with, are ya, bud?
She does have a point.
Daisy enjoyed her chair time. We'll see if she decides to occupy it again. She's always welcome.
On a different note: we had a great dinner last night. Spanokopita served with a tomato salad.
Really yummy. Of course, you could wrap an old engine block in phyllo and I'd probably take a bite or two.
This was far and away yummier than than that!
Have a good week!
You'd think that a box and a drawer would be pretty much the same, functionally, wouldn't you?
It seems that Daisy is far happier with the practical realities of a drawer that those of a box. We've had boxes out numerous times and, save for the common introductory exploration, Daisy usually ignores them. She might sit on them, but never in them.
Open a drawer (which is really a box in a box designed for holding boxes) though and you'd better find another home for all your stuff.
Your stuff, MY territory. You're just lucky I let you keep it in here most of the time. Be grateful.
I suppose I am, really.
Enjoy your week!
Daisy was quite helpful this week. Our old printer gave up the ghost recently and we got a new one. Daisy helped with the unpacking....
Uff! This is like when you buy scissors and they package the scissors in a package you need scissors to open! I'm almost through! Gimme a minute!
...and she helped with the installation.
Make sure your megabytes are hooked up to the HDMI and Bauds and CPU are stored on the SSHD. Don't forget to plug in the WYSIWYG to the video drivers, either. And does this have two black cartridges? One of 'em is unnecessary...pitch it! And what're tall these extra wires doing in here? Out they go!!!!
She was quite helpful when I erred during the whole process.
You're...doing...it....WRONG!!
She was kinder than she needed to be. Only a wee pint or two of blood was shed.
We got the new machine working and we're pretty happy with it. Of course, it's a printer. I'm sure it'll get the lay of the land over a week or two and then become unmanageable, just like every other printer we've ever had. But hey, for now, it's all good.
After her gig as our IT cat? Daisy did what all good IT guys do. She chilled out and blamed the user.
Sorry, guy. The install was perfect. Any problem is on your end....
We are sorry, but we are currently experiencing a high volume of calls. Please hold and we will answer your call in the order in which it was received. Probably in August. Maybe. Right?
I could get used to this gig. Nice salary schedule, nice sunny call center, nice benefits and all the pettin's I want. Yeah. Nice gig. Time to put some people on eternal hold and have a nap.
I don't suppose that I'd mind being on hold if this cat was on the other end of the line.
Have a good week ahead, all!
thus, I present you with a vintage Daisy photo.
Took this back in October. Daisy was kind enough to make sure my fleece smelled right and had the requisite amount of cat fur on it.
I'll try to be more entertaining with my next post. Don't bet the house on it, though....
Have a good week!
Daisy has always liked the bathtub. She hangs out there at odd times. She also lifeguards for me when I'm in the shower, most of the time. Guess she wants to be sure that I'm not messing her place up. Sometimes she even lies down and does stretchy-twisty-kitty. She's extremely cute....
She's only recently, though, begun to play with the shower curtain. I think she's just realized that it can help her continue her activities as an apex ambush-predator.
You can't see me.
Well, yes. Yes I can.
jerk.
I don't think she stayed annoyed with me long. As long as I play along most of the time, I think she's happy enough.
I'ma pounce on you....
Hope you have a great week!
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