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We had
a hot week - but on Friday fall arrived. The trees are turning and the
squirrels are hastily gathering the last nuts to store before winter arrives.
Actually
the squirrels are sitting on their fat asses eating the corn that I put out for
them. Except that they do not seem to eat it. Yesterday I put a corn cob on the
spike on the squirrel house deck and they stripped it bare – but left all the
corn in a pile on the deck.
Antonio
finished painting the living room ceiling and we are now ready for the next
deluge.
To celebrate
the impeding project completion Sissi peed – twice – on the cardboard that Antonio
had put down for paint protection. He took this in his stride and just worked
his way around it.
Javier
came yesterday to install the lights Cate had bought for the back deck. He is
very good at this sort of thing and did it without fuss. His assistant – Jake –
said that his parents owned a plant nursery and he told me that I could eat the
flowers in the pot on the deck table. I said I would have them for dinner.
Meantime
in Indiana – in Indiana a school has completed its preparations for a potential
massacre. All the classrooms have been equipped with reinforced doors. There is
a direct line to the police in every classroom. The corridors are equipped with
nozzles that can spray tear gas onto lunatics with assault weapons.
I used to think stuff like this was weird.
I used to think stuff like this was weird.
And Australia's terrorist alert is now high. The time's they are a-changing.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, on a less stressful note, re Sissi's peeing: I bought some stuff called Feliway spray which one sprays on things in an effort to stop cats peeing. Bruce definitely pees less, when I remember to spray it. Has something ?pheromones? in it to calm them down, or something. Might be worth a shot anyway. Happy days. Birds in next post... promise.
The Indiana you describe is seriously weird, Badger!
ReplyDeleteAnd poor Sissi clearly needs to visit an animal therapist. I'm sure there's one in Indianapolis - have you consulted the Yellow Pages?
Ain't there no cat whisperers around in Indianopolis?
ReplyDeleteBad news for this year's Halloween celebrations: There's not ghost but the holy ghost, according to a sign on a church fence here in Charleston, SC.
"No ghost" instead of "not ghost" ;-)
ReplyDeleteGlad you are getting stuff organized and around. Sissi is fine, she just needs to find her footing, so to speak.
ReplyDeleteShe probably needs some extra hugs and squishes.
If squirrels like corn, I wonder if they would like popcorn.
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