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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / March 2008The Mighty Huntress strikes
She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. Whilst supervising Nathan in the garage as he puts together his new carbon-fibre time trial bike, The Mighty Huntress did a spot of fang-sharpening. Note *fang* sharpening, not sharpening of *fangs* The Mighty Huntress is now elderly, minus many fangs, minus an eye, but never let it be said that she's old & decrepit. After a couple of minutes of TMH staring at a particular spot at the base of the ivy - she squatted low... whiskers pointed forward... ears tuned in... then the fine adjustment of pouncing muscles with the bum-wiggle and she leapt. One vole has now shuffled off this mortal coil... Sort of in keeping with the spirit of TMH's new food bowl. It's jet black and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. Bad-a$$ bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old > ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. Bad-a$$ > bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. You go girl! Our Sam was a perfectly deadly hunter till the very last. In his later years he taught a younger cat to team hunt with him. He would limp sadly across the yard, just really playing it, until one of the blue jays would come in to pick on him. At which point his younger accomplice would pounce on the distracted jay. Then Sam's limp would clear up while he took care of the actual kill and sharing of the catch. Jo >> She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old >> ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Jo What a cat! MLB > You go girl! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > on the distracted jay. Then Sam's limp would clear up while he took care of > the actual kill and sharing of the catch. That takes nerve. Jay's can be nasty creatures - beautiful though. Susan M Otis and Chester >> You go girl! >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester The local Jay's are positively vicious. The cats winning one in a fight with them is just plain fair. The poor cats in the neighborhood are tormented by them non-stop. They delight in treeing a cat and then dive bombing it. I feel worse for the mice who aren't doing the cats any harm. Though after the number of times they've eaten the wires out of our washer, I don't feel too sorry for them. Jo > Sort of in keeping with the spirit of TMH's new food bowl. It's jet > black and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. > Bad-a$$ bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. Glad to hear Waffles is still going strong.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old > ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. Good to see you again, Helen. I was beginning to think I'd never read about TMH Waffles again. How are all of you doing? How did you fare this winter? Pam S. >> She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old >> ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Pam S. Greetings. We're all fine, human and feline. All the cats fit and well. Every night I am joined by a small, one-eyed, black furry ladycat who snuggles up and purrs. If it's very cold, the others join in, but always I have a Waffles at my side of a night. She's her mummy's furry lady :-) Winter has been wet but not too cold. Not out on the bikes enough. The racing season is starting again, so Nathan is getting prepared. His new steed for the coming season is here http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e236/wafflycat/P2Cconstruction001190308.jpg From the depths of a very, very messy garage, something lovely in carbon fibre is being created. The cats are in rude health. Waffles rules the roost as is her rightful place. Francis is still the world's sweetest-natured black & white boycat and Marble revels in his role of Mummy's badcat & fatboy :-) Nathan is now at university, studying for a degree in environmental sciences at the UEA in Norwich, also having a sports' bursary to help him with his cycling. Vernon is working exceedingly hard with a new company and it's going very well for him. Long, hard hours, but he's enjoying it as the company is actually doing what it said it would. Cheers, helen s >>> She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is >>> an old ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Cheers, helen s I'm very glad to hear you and yours are doing so well. I hope we hear of Nathan winning some races this year. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > I'm very glad to hear you and yours are doing so well. I hope we hear of > Nathan winning some races this year. Thanks, Adrian. Nathan had a grotty season last year, with two bad crashes, so I hope he has a better one this year. He still gets the odd niggle from his injuries, but over all he's pretty much mended. > Greetings. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Cheers, helen s What a wonderful update! I'm so glad to hear you are all doing really well. It's always nice to hear from you, Helen. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage > is an old ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > jet black and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones > designs. Bad-a$$ bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. Welcome back, Helen! Too cold and windy for cycling, is it? SignatureMatSav "MatSav" <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com> wrote in message > Welcome back, Helen! Too cold and windy for cycling, is it? Thanks! I haven't been on the bike for a week. Bad woman that I am! > "MatSav" <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot > | com> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Thanks! I haven't been on the bike for a week. Bad woman that I > am! That must make me a bad man then! In my defence, I should say that I've been working in central London - cycling there gives me a headache, so I don't! SignatureMatSav >> "MatSav" <matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com> >> wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > been working in central London - cycling there gives me a headache, so I > don't! Cycling in London is *fun* - I love it and don't do it often enough. :) These Cervelos seem to breed... http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=764481&l=73168&id=619485718 > These Cervelos seem to breed... > > http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=764481&l=73168&id=619485718 You do not have enough to do in your spare time. Pam S. giggling > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an > old ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > black and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. > Bad-a$$ bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. Way to go, Waffles! Sam, supervised by Mistletoe > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an > old ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. > One vole has now shuffled off this mortal coil... > > Sort of in keeping with the spirit of TMH's new food bowl. It's jet > black and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. > Bad-a$$ bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. *Very* impressive. Susan M Otis and Chester > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old > ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. Bad-a$$ > bowl for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. Only fitting. Waffles, you are AWESOME! SignatureTheresa, Stinky and Dante drtmuirATearthlink.net > She was at it this morning. At the entrance to the house garage is an old > ivy, the base of which is a favoured haunt of small rodents. > Whilst supervising Nathan in the garage as he puts together his new > carbon-fibre time trial bike, The Mighty Huntress did a spot of > fang-sharpening. Note *fang* sharpening, not sharpening of *fangs* The > Mighty Huntress is now elderly, minus many fangs, minus an eye, but never > let it be said that she's old & decrepit. > After a couple of minutes of TMH staring at a particular spot at the base of > the ivy - she squatted low... whiskers pointed forward... ears tuned in... > then the fine adjustment of pouncing muscles with the bum-wiggle and she > leapt. > One vole has now shuffled off this mortal coil... > Sort of in keeping with the spirit of TMH's new food bowl. It's jet black > and decorated, pirate-stylee, with skull & crossbones designs. Bad-a$$ bowl > for a bad-a$$, Mighty Huntress. Hi, Helen! Glad to see you here again. And glad to hear that Waffles is still up to her tricks. She's awesome! Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name.
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