The level of glare from the two of them has been at an all-time high.
Tag: Antares
Dirt bath
One of my main motivators for building the catio is that Antares likes the occasional dirt bath. Before he had access to the dirt on the concrete on the catio, he used to roll in his litter box, which just made me feel like a bad cat owner. Now we’re both happy.
A place for a cat to rest his head.
Sentinel looked up and ruined the photo I had planned, which was of him with his head stretched out over the book looking very much like a long worm. But this is cute too.
Cats in February
The catio was up most of the day today and I had the door wide open. It was just that nice outside. Windy though. Most of the leaves I hadn’t cleared from the back porch ended up in my bedroom. If you squint, you can see the flowering quince doing its flowering thing in the background.
February.
Getting ready for the trip.
And I have helpers! I leave for Kansas tomorrow!
Early release due to SNOW!!!!
It’s been very cold (for here) all week, with the temperature hovering in the 20s during the day. Usually when it is this cold, it’s sunny and too cold for snow. But not today! Today we got snow. Here’s the view at work at about 12:15 pm. The school district called an early release of 1:00 by 10:30 in the morning, so for the first time, I got to experience the process of getting all the children to leave in the middle of the school day. It went smoothly and everyone was gone by 1:30
I was home by 2:15, stomping the snow of my Doc Matins on the way in.
The kitties were very interested in the snow.
That mysterious eye.
Hidden in the fold of the blanket someone is keeping an eye on things.
Antares has taken to burrowing this winter, which I find to be cutest thing ever.
Packing
I’ll make it fit! The kitties are observing my packing from a calm position, having no idea I will soon trap them in their carriers and drag them over to my Aunt’s house.
On the way home from dropping off the cats, I stopped by my mom’s and got an important item for the drive to Boise: Kenny Roger’s 20 Greatest Hits. That was the tape (it was a tape then) that my mother played every single time we made the drive. And 20 songs last a very long time on the road.
Note from the future. I played it and I can report that the word “greatest” is perhaps a bit overstated. Maybe they should have stopped at 10 greatest hits. The “Scarlett Fever” song was particularly hideous. But I did get to sing along to “Lucile,” “The Gambler,” “Ruben James,” and “The Coward of the County.” So who cares if I skipped the last three songs on the disk?
Note from the future. I played it and I can report that the word “greatest” is perhaps a bit overstated. Maybe they should have stopped at 10 greatest hits. The “Scarlett Fever” song was particularly hideous. But I did get to sing along to “Lucile,” “The Gambler,” “Ruben James,” and “The Coward of the County.” So who cares if I skipped the last three songs on the disk?
New plan for old comforter
Readers with long memories and ample room in the brains for the smallest detail of my exciting life will recall that I bought the blue duvet cover to put on the much loved, though wearing out Holly Hobbie comforter from my childhood. Well, as time went on, it became more apparent that the full-sized duvet cover was too much duvet cover for my not-really-full-sized Holly Hobbie comforter. But I had paid all this money–actually spent a gift card, so not really– and I didn’t want the blue duvet cover to go to waste, so what to do?
Eventually, the solution came to me. For years I’ve had a full-sized duvet that I never got around to buying a cover for. In fact, said naked duvet has been on my bed all along. Eventually, I had the “Eurika!” moment wherein I realized I could put the blue, full-sized duvet cover on the naked full-sized duvet! Then, I would be free to buy a (much cheaper) twin sized duvet cover for Holly Hobbie and continue on with my placid life.
All of this came to pass, as you can see: naked duvet, covered, Holly Hobbie ensconced in a new solid square print twin-sized duvet cover, which fits much better.
Phew!