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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2004I ache, but the cats are happy
I ache, but the cats are happy I spent much of the day in the garden. I've mowed the lawn. After I was finished doing that, I stood back and surveyed my work and discovered I'd mowed a mouse... YUK. Then I attacked the undergrowth on the banks of the stream which had changed from undergrowth to overgrowth rather quickly. I've spent hours out with the shears trimming it down, but leaving it longer than the lawn, so there's shade for the frogs etc. The cats *love* this and have been following me and rooting about in the long cut grass watching and pouncing on anything, everything and nothing that pops up. Chasing spiders that have been disturbed is a favourite of all three cats. I severely pruned a buddleia (a bit late but it needed doing) that was doing a good impersonation of a Californian Redwood and Nathan carted away the large prunings. Francis thought this to be great fun and was chasing after Nathan and pouncing on the small branches that dragged along the ground. That cat is highly silly. I now officially ache and have no grip left in my hands from the tight grip of shears... I am developing muscles in my arms ;-) Now the evening is drawing in and I've seen the first bats out this year! They fly around the stream picking off insects. They are very cute. Cats are in and I'm off to soak my weary muscles in a warm bath filled with bubbles. Cheers, helen s Sunday, 02 May 2004 --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- 2004: > I ache, but the cats are happy > > I spent much of the day in the garden. I've mowed the lawn. After I > was finished doing that, I stood back and surveyed my work and > discovered I'd mowed a mouse... YUK. I once mowed over an already dead squirrel. Poor thing. Probably hit on the road. I feel you pain of yardwork, though! I finished up a new garden with retaining walls blocks, planted a gorgeous Weigela and NG impatiens, another hydrangia, a toad lily, day lilies, and mowed the lawn, too. I felt that retaining wall garden this morning, that's for sure! I've been amazed at this roll-out garden I planted a few weeks ago. I wanted something easy to grow, something to really fill in the area and it is growing! Lots of weeds and trees in there, though. I'll have to sort out what belongs there and what doesn't later.  SignatureCheryl It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. : 2004: : [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] : growing! Lots of weeds and trees in there, though. I'll have to sort out : what belongs there and what doesn't later. >It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. I love bats. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. I do, too. My sister, who works at the zoo, once had a bat to care for at home. Someone had found it as a baby and brought it to the zoo, but they didn't have an appropriate place for it there, so she got to bring it home. It was in a plastic crate with a grid on top, so her cats couldn't get at it. When my sis went off to the island for a week, I got to take care of the bat. It was so cute!! Not very nice to feed it with live larvae, but I fed them with their heads first, so they wouldn't suffer too long. ;o) The bat was so cute when it chomped away. The wings were so amazing, thin, black, leathery, and ending in long black claws that looked like eyelashes (it was a small bat). SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >> It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >leathery, and ending in long black claws that looked like eyelashes (it was >a small bat). Here in NYC, we have a fantastic bat exhibition in the Bronx Zoo. It is specially lit, so that their days and nights are reversed, and they are active in the daytime (when people are looking at them ;)). The thing I loved the most about them was to see the mother bats hanging upside down, holding the little tiny babies in their wings. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >> It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >leathery, and ending in long black claws that looked like eyelashes (it was >a small bat). Most people who have seen a bat up close seem to feel that they're cute. My mom once told me a story of how a bat once got into a hospital where she was a nurse. She and the other nurses knew nothing about bats, but they thought this one was so cute! They drew some blood from a patient and tried to feed it to the bat. I'm just glad I was never a patient at that hospital! From her description, it sounded like it might have been a fruit bat. ROFL...vampire bats aren't so cute. They aren't as plentiful, anyway, as fruit bats. The bat in the hospital probably thought the nurses were trying to kill him, or at best, had a terrible menu for visitors. : >> It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. : > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] : was never a patient at that hospital! From her description, it : sounded like it might have been a fruit bat. > ROFL...vampire bats aren't so cute. They aren't as plentiful, anyway, as > fruit bats. The bat in the hospital probably thought the nurses were trying > to kill him, or at best, had a terrible menu for visitors. Typical hospital food. ;o) -- Marina >ROFL...vampire bats aren't so cute. They aren't as plentiful, anyway, as >fruit bats. The bat in the hospital probably thought the nurses were trying >to kill him, or at best, had a terrible menu for visitors. Terrible menu sounds right! I sort of suspect that if I happened across a vampire bat, I would think that's cute, too. :) It's a good thing that vampire bats can't enslave humans like cats can, except in the movies. >Most people who have seen a bat up close seem to feel that they're >cute. My mom once told me a story of how a bat once got into a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >was never a patient at that hospital! From her description, it >sounded like it might have been a fruit bat. Poor bat probably went and told all his friends about the horid hospital food ;-) SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Most people who have seen a bat up close seem to feel that they're >cute. My mom once told me a story of how a bat once got into a [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >was never a patient at that hospital! From her description, it >sounded like it might have been a fruit bat. That's a great story! May I ask where the hospital was? I'd like your OK to quote that on my urban folklore newsgroup. I'm only surprised that this one hasn't made the rounds. Thanks in advance. Regards and Purrs, O J >>Most people who have seen a bat up close seem to feel that they're >>cute. My mom once told me a story of how a bat once got into a [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Thanks in advance. Would that be AFU? Ah, what a group that is, (or was?) with Joel Furr, Kibo... I'd love to be quoted there, even though the bat's voracity would be in question because it didn't drink the blood. I hope I'm not a vector! :) Actually, I don't really see why this particular story would make a good urban legend. I've heard plenty of stories with much better "propagative" properties. The hospital would have been in Japan, BTW. I don't know where, though I could ask my mother the next time I talk to her, of course (which actually is less frequently than I'd like, but ya know). >It's nice to know somebody who thinks bat are cute besides me. Me (and DW), if it's a non-human animal, it's cute. If it's a baby non-human animal, it's double plus cute. I love bats. But OTOH we both saw a baby caiman once and started doting at the same time. Yeah, our friends think we're funny, but as we are great cooks, they like us anyway ;-) Aleks I ache too, but my pain is not from anything as nice as gardening, if you caught my post yesterday, I said I was busy in the bedroom, I was, I was looking for a lost object*everywhere* and as usual at such times you finish up cleaning as you go, well I was looking under the bed{doesn't seem like two minutes since I last did it} Trouble is, I cannot get down on my knees, your told not to,with two knee replacements, but I wouldn't dare anyway so I have to wriggle about on my stomache and that in itself is not easy when your on the plump side, but try getting up from this position without getting on your knees, especially when your on the said *plump side* and your feet keep slipping out from under youI was all morning at this well 2 to 3 hours till I went to look for Wilson, believe me I was shattered by that time cheers Jean.P. > 2004: > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > -- > Cheryl >I was shattered by that time > cheers Jean.P. I hope you are feeling better now Jean. Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Thanks Helen, I suppose I'm lucky I can manage to do it at 71, and yes It doesn't take longto recouperate I'm feeling better. > >I was shattered by that time > > cheers Jean.P. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- > I ache too, but my pain is not from anything as nice as gardening, if > you caught my post yesterday, I said I was busy in the bedroom, I was, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > believe me I was shattered by that time > cheers Jean.P. Youch Jean. Yup, that is way worse than my self inflicted gardening pains. I hope you're feeling better today and don't have to retrieve anything under the bed for a while! SignatureCheryl Yes thank you Cheryl, as I said to Helen It doesn't take too long to recouperate.Trouble is, my son brought me this lovely Queen size bed, but it needs castors on if is *so* heavy I can't budge it, so I only vac under itonce a month cause I can't get right under the middle unless I get down to it. Jean.P. > > I ache too, but my pain is not from anything as nice as gardening, if > > you caught my post yesterday, I said I was busy in the bedroom, I was, [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > Cheryl > I ache, but the cats are happy (snip wonderful tale) > I now officially ache and have no grip left in my hands from the > tight grip of shears... I am developing muscles in my arms ;-) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Sunday, 02 May 2004 I highly recommend a soak with epsom salts for sore muscles. I have some stuff called "Tired Old a.s Soak" which does wonders and smells good, too :) Sounds like a great time was had by all! Things are finally drying out here so perhaps tomorrow Persia and I will sit outside, she in her "walk" and me on the patio swing. Gee, I should be job hunting or something. No, wait, my guy told me give myself some serious time off and not worry about anything. Hmmmm :) Jill >> I ache, but the cats are happy >(snip wonderful tale) [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >I highly recommend a soak with epsom salts for sore muscles. I have some >stuff called "Tired Old a.s Soak" which does wonders and smells good, too :) Get it here: <http://littlemoonessentials.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=17> >Sounds like a great time was had by all! Things are finally drying out here >so perhaps tomorrow Persia and I will sit outside, she in her "walk" and me [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Jill Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > I ache, but the cats are happy > [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Ah, cats and gardening, two of my favourite things! I've spent my last 3 weekends laying brick paths around the backyard. The outdoor cats seem quite enthused with the paths - I guess they won't have to get their little paws dirty when they go for walks now. They didn't seem bothered by the compacting machine and even managed to avoid walking in the sand I'd just levelled off. They do seem a bit disppointed that the stacks of bricks they've been sitting on to soak up the late afternoon sun are almost gone now. Helen Wheels |
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