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Went for a walk this morning. The doe herd was very interested in me, and one in particular was inclined to come a whole lot closer than the rest. All of them are Goggle's descendants, but none had Mama Doe Lassie's or Leoghaire's giant ears. Sigh.
Rudy played keep away with his brother last night. Rudy found one of the jingle toys (a soft ball with a bell deep inside it) that Czarny thinks is his personal toy. Rudy dashed all around, not letting Czarny have it, and even growled at him. He climbed on the bed and I noticed a long string in his mouth, so I took the toy away and cut off all the threads. Now it needs to be sewn back together before either can play with it.
Rudy finally joined us in bed last night. He slept against my side all night. Czarny has long claimed the space between our pillows. Both are also starting to rub against WLToo's legs and not run away just because he's looking at them. Progress.
FitBit says I need to walk again. Later, y'all.
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mahatma Gandhi
Czarny, black cat
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magnusfide
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So how many steps are you getting in each day?
"The only time you should fear cast iron is if your wife is fixin' to hit you with it."-Kent Rollins
First law of science: don't spit into the wind.
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My best day so far was nearly 8k steps. The next day I could barely move. Clearly jacking up the steps that fast was a bad idea. So I'm working on around 5k per day until my various muscles or joints get used to it.
The cats are not particularly happy about me stepping so much. They don't get their regularly scheduled lap naps. These two are such sticklers for a schedule...
Since they both have almost destroyed their two favorite toys, I bought new ones, with catnip in them. They are still deciding what they think about catnip. Clearly, I do need to find them new jingle balls. At the moment, Rudy found his favorite raggedy jingle ball, which happens to be the same color as his coat, and is growling at Czarny. Keep away game is on.
The doe herd came up yesterday, all six of them. The deer feeder needs a new battery, so it's not dispensing. I pulled out a bucket and dropped a good pile of corn in the yard. While they were jockeying to get some, two of them noticed the cats staring out at them. Czarny and Rudy had never noticed the deer before, and they were fascinated and a little frightened. The does stared back and occasionally snorted at the cats, but finally wandered off. The cats then decided to lean against my legs, which was a problem, as I was moving about the kitchen, chopping veggies to make kimchi. When I finally sat down for the evening, they both piled up on me and stayed until bedtime.
This morning, Rudy woke me up, playing with his toy on the bed. They absolutely insist that no humans stay in bed past a certain time, because it's kittens play on the bed time. Humans just get in their way...
Just me and them right now. WLToo and Tall Friend went elk hunting this week. Hopefully, most of an elk cow will be in the freezer soon. Elk is seriously good eats.
Czarny wants to play kill the red dot. Later, y'all.
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One of our cats’ all time fave toys was an oversized play tunnel with side openings. The games of ambush would tire them into a coma. Too funny about the deer encounter. The boys must have been fascinated and afraid.
Elk is good eats but Herself has me off of red meat until my cholesterol numbers are better. Hogmanay didn’t help them.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/rolleyes.gif "rolleyes")
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Tall Friend got his elk yesterday. WLToo is still hopeful. Short Friend was incensed to learn there's no butcher near the hunt site, so they'll have to bring home huge frozen chunks, then have a local meat processor thaw, cut, and re-freeze.
I didn't understand why she was so upset -- that happens often. Doesn't affect the meat's flavor or texture. Then she ranted about how she'd had to do all the cutting herself last time, because Tall Friend just never could get around to finding a processor. WLToo didn't, either, but since I grew up on a farm, and he was interested in learning how to slice it up himself, we processed his deer, antelope, and wild pig ourselves. Wasn't as pretty as a real meat processor, but didn't affect the taste. I am insisting he take the elk to a processor this time, as we want some real nice cuts and neither of us are good enough to do that. So guess who's doing the research today to find a meat processor within a reasonable drive?
Fog's lifting, time to get stepping. Later, y'all.
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SF might not like having to do the butchering. Some don't. I know some men who don't like to butcher because they're squeamish about it. They're glad to shoot it, just don't like to dissect it.
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WLToo didn't get an elk. All he saw were bulls, and his permit was for a cow. Sigh.
Tall Friend actually took the elk to a local processor here, who had never seen an elk come though. He was marveling over the size of the back strap.
Today was another disappointment. We were to pick up Obi-Wander after all her warranty work. Everything looked good, until we tried to operate the front hatch to the generator. Nope. A mechanic tried adjusting it for about an hour, replaced both struts, and it still wouldn't work right. He said he'd have to order parts. Since we couldn't very well drive down the road with the possibility of that hatch opening up and making like a front end loader, she stayed.
Meanwhile, Winnebago refused to fix the one leveler that would not fully retract. It worked just fine until the last morning of the Alaska trip, when it refused to fully retract. We did nothing at all to it. They said they don't cover when the piston is bent inside the shaft, like it's somehow our fault for using it. Sheesh. Guess we'll be having a chat with Winnebago tomorrow.
Czarny and Rudy are fascinated with outside now, so tomorrow I'll try introducing Czarny to the new kitty harness. When he's okay with it, I'll take him outside. Maybe Rudy watching will make it easier to get him into a harness. Riiiiight.....
Speaking of Czarny, it's playtime. Later, y'all.
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Whackata Whackata Whackata BANG! Whackata Whackata Whackata BANG! Whackata Whackata Whackata BANG!
That's what we woke up to. Rudy found a golf ball and was knocking it around the great room. I did not know we even had a golf ball.
As I started to get out of bed, I noticed Czarny's two favorite toys were on the bed. Apparently I was really asleep when he brought them up to play on the bed, cause I knew nothing about it.
For the first time, Rudy asked me to get out the red dot. It's always been Czarny asking. Had to fit it in between WLToo emptying the chest freezer into coolers for it to defrost.
Czarny was just watching the doe herd eating corn in the south yard. They are terribly spooky, staring nervously toward the road and up the hill; they weren't leaving the corn, though. The does don't have any ribs showing, so they're not starving. The four larger ones were all I saw initially, so I put down four piles of corn. Then a yearling showed up. The older does kept her away from three piles, but didn't see the fourth, so when they left, the yearling got an entire pile to herself. She has huge ears and goggles. I believe she's Leoghaire's last fawn. If she ever decides to interact with us, she might get a name.
More kitty playtime before I go work at the library. Later, y'all.
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Isn't that sweet that Czarny wanted you to play ... in the middle of the night ... on the bed!
Have you tried the harness yet? Those never worked with ours because they always somehow managed to slip out of them no matter how snug they were. Houdinis.
The relatives that adopted a kitten and named him Spotacus got another kitten and named him Jubal. Their lives are now complete ... with furry chaos. They said it's the Wide World of Kitten Wrestling every night on the bed. ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/cool.gif "cool")
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That WWW Cat Version is quite the thing. Ouch.
Short Friend gave the cats a present, more soft toys and jingle balls. The jingle balls are plastic with lots of holes, so they could pick them up and run, but they're not interested. Bring on the soft toys.
The does are hanging around our house now, spooky as can be. They dash when we go outside, then come right back. I think someone is still poaching, judging from their extreme spookiness, and the fact that we only see five now versus the six of a couple weeks ago. They know we're safe and being inside our fence is safe, so here they stay. Only one of the four older does looks pregnant, but there's still time for the others to start showing. They don't start dropping fawns until mid- to late May here.
Gave Czarny his Advantage Multi last night, while he was asleep on my hip. He slept through it. Rudy wasn't having it, period. Wasn't able to dope him until this afternoon, when he decided it was nap time on my hip. But as soon as he felt the wet on his skin, he pitched a serious fit. I still got it all onto him. Didn't see him again until just before dinner. He's now asleep on the love seat, but I'm sure if I walked over there, he'd dash away.
I have not yet tried the harness on either cat. Sneaking up on them appears the only way to get one into it initially, and I'm not yet up to that. I believe it's a two-person job, and Czarny is only just climbing onto WLToo's lap, at irregular intervals. Rudy will barely let him pet him so far.
Leg cramp, need to walk it off. Later, y'all.
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