Wanderlost
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ArielSummer, welcome to the thread. Spotacus found a home with us, and was the best traveling cat ever. We lost him way too soon to cancer, but this thread is his legacy.
Summer has arrived, with a vengance. Czarny will sit just inside an open door and sniff the air, then decide it's not a going outside kind of day. His choice...
Papa Fox and two kits played on our north porch and deck yesterday evening. Papa would occasionally look in the windows to make sure we didn't get out of our chairs. They are so entertaining to watch.
We also have a rather well fed raccoon that comes up on the deck each evening. I believe it's the reason one of our pool skimmer lids is flipped open so often -- it wants a drink of slightly salty water...
Ooo, hummingbirds are looking into the window. Better go refill the feeder. 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
Rainbow Bridge: Spotacus, Alexander the Grrreat, and so very many more
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magnusfide
On the Road Again and Again and Again...
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Czarny is quite smart to know it's just not a good day to go out. I like an afternoon nap myself.
There's been some nasty weather in the South. I'm sorry to hear about all those tornadoes and deaths. Wish I was younger and stronger to help out.
Heard about an ST:NG bluetooth communicator badge that's available now. Stuck the link in the Star Trek thread so others can have a geek, I mean peek, at it.
"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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Stephany
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Mags,
That ST:NG bluetooth communicator badge is cool! $65 on Amazon!
Stephany
Stephany & Wally Schneider + 2 grown kids, a ball-obsessed beagle, and a camping cat
2004 Sunnybrook 2850SL
2002 GMC 2500HD Duramax crew cab short bed
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magnusfide
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Stephany wrote:Mags,
That ST:NG bluetooth communicator badge is cool! $65 on Amazon!
Stephany
Not too shabby. I'll wait for the 2.0 version.
Magnus
(Mags is a girl's name in my family short for Maggie.)
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Wanderlost
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Right nasty yesterday, but today is only 94, feels like 98, humidity 48%, with a breeze, so not bad at all. Took Spousal Unit, Tall Friend and Army Buddy Fiddler to the Texas Hill Country Olive Company, where we ate lovely food, then bought olive oils and balsamic vinegars. I plan to get some Stella Rosa peach wine, add a bit of peach balsamic, a pickled peach with a bit of pickle juice, then sit on the deck in the breeze and enjoy a nice, cold, peachy beverage.
Today's Spousal Unit's birthday; got him a triple chocolate cake and fudge-covered brownies. They're all his -- way, way too many carbs for me.
Czarny spent less than five minutes outside today, before deciding it's so much nicer looking out there from his tower.
The entire fox family appears to have taken up residence under our deck. Each morning, Papa Fox supervises the three kits as they play on our deck table and chairs, while Mama Fox gets a break. Then he leads them through the fence and they're gone for the day. Not sure just when they come back, but it's after dark.
It's cooler now, so I'm heading outside. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Happy birthday to SU. May he enjoy many more. That olive place sounds good. Might have to look into that. I take it that SU has a chocolate craving?
Can’t blame Czarny for staying inside where it’s cooler. I think I’d suffocate in your weather.
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The humidity has finally dropped back to normal (about 30% or less), so even though the temps are high, the breeze and low humidity make it less onorous to be outside. Boats are all over the lake today, and the traffic is horrendous, according to our local info boards. That's why we spend summer weekends at home, looking at the lake from a distance and the comfort of our own pool and deck.
As for Czarny? He was sitting on my chair arm earlier, ducking each time he saw a barn swallow fly by the window. Poor guy has to tolerate the swoopy birds for at least another 2 months, before he can go outside without me right beside him.
SU didn't have a chocolate craving, but he's happily eating them. Our Army buddies will join us for lunch tomorrow, and I expect them to help SU finish off all the chocolate.
Time to make sure we have all the ingredients for tomorrow. Later, ya'll.
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magnusfide
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Enjoy the party. Sounds like you're living easy and light.
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Instead of going walkies, Czarny takes me for a "stand." We step outside, he stands or sits right next to my leg, and we chitchat until the barn swallows spot him. Then he's ready to go back inside.
We have at least another month of this, before they migrate and it's safe for him to wander about without having to duck. Besides, with the temps staying at 100 and above until at least 25 Jul, when it drops to "only" 99, it's way too hot for his little kitty feet on all that asphalt and rock.
Since it's way too hot to do much outside, I'm editing Spousal Unit's late brother's western novelette. We hope to publish it in the next few days, with all the proceeds going to sister-in-law. Good book; just wish BIL had let me edit and help him publish before he passed.
Speaking of, break's over, back to editing. Later, y'all.
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magnusfide
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Those are some rough temps. Herself and I flirted with relocating to Scotland. Much cooler there. Just flirted though.
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