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Perhaps Randolph/Oliver will be returned to you. I hate to think about him being neglected and around 4 dogs. Glad Czarny is returning to his old self. Those raccoons are rascals. We caught a mother with her two babies on the back deck last year and released them in the national park.
"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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Well, Hurricane Hanna was a stingy one. Shared water extravagantly with South Texas and Mexico, but we got nothing but clouds and a nice breeze. Sigh. Looks like we'll start watering a patch of ground near the house next watering day, so the deer will have something to eat. Leoghaire and her daughter are not looking good, and it's from having to hunt so hard for something to graze on. Think we'll head over to Tractor Supply and pick up a few bags of deer or goat kibble.
Czarny insists on going outside with me in the morning, and then he lays between my chair and the little table next to it. If I go back inside, he comes with me. Later in the day, he'll go outside alone, but doesn't stay long. Never thought I'd have to say, "Well, I need to hang up now. Gotta go walk the cat."
Speaking of which, I gotta go walk the cat. 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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Yes. Definitely supplement the deer forage. I'm sorry to hear about their struggles.
We had a cat like that once. He had bonded so completely to us, he would panic if we had to go somewhere for the day. He would bury himself in the bed to remain close to our smell while we were gone. When we came home we would find him IN the bed, not on it. He would get between the spread and the sheets. Funny how some are like that.
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Czarny and Rudy frequently had their naps between the sheets. Czarny's not been doing it much lately, as he'd rather sleep on one of the two cat tower tops.
Mother Nature finally blessed us with a good rain last night and early this morning. We got 1.11", and the native flora is already greening back up. If rains aren't regular, though, that won't last long.
Czarny is finally bonding a little bit with WLToo, but only when I'm not around. He did chirp at WLToo this afternoon, then present his butt to be scratched, and that's definitely progress.
I see a hummingbird hovering in the window. Guess I'll go fill up the feeder. Later, y'all.
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Sounds like Czarny is enjoying "holding court" as the king of the house. Glad you got the rain. Looks like the US east coast is going to be drenched too.
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We're busy packing up Mom's independent living apartment and moving her in with Sister. Mom's been out here in the country with us since March, when we pulled her out of IL just before the big city locked down all such facilities. While she enjoys the country life (farm child then wife all her life), she wants her stuff around here, and we have absolutely no place to put any of it. Sister bought a big house closer to us (about 40 minutes away, versus over an hour without traffic), specifically so Mom could move in with her. Better financially for both of them.
After five months, it will feel really strange to not be able to just look across the room and consult Mom, but she does need to be back in the middle of all her genealogy records. At 95, she needs to get more of her research and memories written down, as she is the last of the line who still knows the family history. We'd like to keep the genealogy going when she's gone, so the more she documents now, the better for all descendants.
Czarny decided this morning's humidity was too icky, so he's zonked on top of a cat tower.
Fox Daddy came across the driveway yesterday by himself. When we greeted him, he sat down and watched us for a bit. When he got tired of us chatting to him, he leaded through the fence. I don't know when fox kits leave the den permanently, but Fox Daddy by himself was definitely different -- it's been all five of them transiting together all summer.
No sign of any deer for the last few days, but there's little to eat in the meadow for now, anyway. We did get over an inch this week and stuff is greening up fast, but it will still be a few days before the new shoots pop up enough for them to eat. We really need to get over to Tractor Supply for some feed.
WLToo got his new CPAP yesterday and has a Zoom consult this morning -- he already knows the mask is the wrong size. My CPAP arrives Thursday. WLToo had a CPAP for several years, so he knows the drill. I've never had one, and just barely qualified for one, so I don't know how long I'll actually need it. As the weight goes down, so does the need for a CPAP. No idea how that noise will affect Czarny's presence in bed with us. Never bothered Alex or Spotacus, but they were older cats.
Time to get moving. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Czarny's a smart cat. Nap when it's muggy out. That's the ticket.
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Bought some "organic" oat cereal, a la Cheerios. Tasted like dust, not remotely like oats. We put the whole box into the deer feeder. Yesterday, four does (Leoghaire included) and a three point buck visited and cleaned out the whole thing. This morning, WLToo saw a fawn on our side of the fence and another just on the other side.
Mom's apartment gets moved next Wednesday, then we'll move her from the Fifth Wheel on Thursday and Friday. Gonna be kinda quiet around here.
Czarny wants me to play now. Later, y'all.
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Sounds like you're schedule is packed. At least the deer liked that cereal. Most of the so-called "organic" stuff in the stores around here have some chemicals in them to "preserve" them. Not so very "organic" of them.![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/biggrin.gif "biggrin")
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Boy, did I learn a hard lesson yesterday. Do not drink a meal replacement shake for breakfast and then not eat lunch. When the headache became savage, I turned the truck into the first Taco Bell I saw. We got a very late lunch, consumed it in the truck under a shade tree, and then continued to Sister's house for offloading. Got home after dinnertime, which Mom had gone ahead and eaten, escorted her to the Fifth Wheel, and stayed in the swimming pool until we were thoroughly pruny.
Today, we ate a proper breakfast before heading out. Then we packed the truck by noon, stopped by a Popeye's on the way to Sister's, and ate lunch at an appropriate time. I even risked a glucose spike by having a banana pudding.
We've gotten most of the breakables over to Sister's, and the remaining boxes are for the movers. Still have a fair amount of packing to do, but I'm seeing progress. Once that packing's done, we'll pick up the bits and pieces and stuff the movers won't move and get it out. Then we'll collapse -- not really, I have to finish editing WLToo's latest book, which he wants to get published next month, while we're still in hurricane season, since the storyline involves two hurricanes, one in the Gulf and one in the Atlantic, hitting the US at the same time. At least that doesn't involve packing boxes....
Speaking of swimming, it's time for my daily workout. Later, y'all.
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