First, some background info. Yesterday we rented a pick-up truck to
carry a few large items that don't fit in Tom's station wagon. We bought
a rather large savanna holly (the money they charged for delivery easily
paid for the truck rental) tree and we also picked up a gigantic pot
with black bamboo that some friends of ours donated for our garden. :)
Tom also went and got some limestone to finally finish lining the little
lawn space in the back garden.
So, we brought the *huge* bamboo clump (the pot it is in is 36 inches
across) and decided to put it next to the cat porch to give them a bit
of shade and perhaps some roughage. I mean, bamboo is just grass on
steroids, right?
Anyhow, the cats loved the bamboo and apparently it is good roughage
with the intended consequences. This morning I found a barf all over my
black everyday leather shoes. Luckily, none fell inside the shoes! A
little water and a paper towel and the shoes are back to the way they
were. Rufous was seen eating bamboo a few minutes ago, will have to keep
an eye on him.