Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for April 03, 2024

Oh get over yourself Ches. She will STILL feed you and empty your “kitty commode”, ungrateful wretch, grumble grumble……

Son-in-law came home from the hospital this afternoon. He has a few small ulcers from taking so much Ibuprofren. And a stern talking to from my daughter about asking for help and not " toughing it out".

Today is:

NATIONAL FILM SCORE DAY

NATIONAL FIND A RAINBOW DAY

NATIONAL TWEED DAY

NATIONAL CHOCOLATE MOUSSE DAY

CHILDHELP NATIONAL DAY OF HOPE

WORLD AQUATIC ANIMAL DAY

Oh, and I missed one yesterday. Yesterday was my cat April’s birthday! She turned 15 yesterday. She is the sole survivor of a litter of 5. Oscar died from cancer in 2012, Tigger from an enlarged heart and fluid in his lungs in 2018 (I can hardly believe it’s been that long!), Felix died in 2022 and Uno died last year.

Good for Annie. I consort with dogs all the time. It’s better than the alternative.

Sandy?

Does Chesney know those are ‘’fighting words’’ where I come from?

My orange kitty LOVES dogs!

Hole!

OK, go back in the wall…

Hey, an alternative to the loading dock! “Wall!”

My upstairs neighbour has acquired a “yap” dog. Durned critter won’t shut up, it’s been yapping and yipping almost non-stop since Sunday.

Giggling…….

Why does he have to return to snarkiness? I’ll wager that that hole in the wall is still there….beckoning…..

How rude! That last part was really unnecessary.

My golden retriever wasn’t jealous. For most of our relationship, she didn’t care if I was around other animals. One night, though, I came home from an arts board meeting at a member’s house. I had apparently sat in the cat’s chair. She began to poke me HARD with her nose. I apologized and explained I hadn’t even seen the cat, and she finally forgave me. This is the same dog who later herded a starving cat to me and demanded I feed it. That’s how her best friend Mr Kitty entered our life.

Buddy would love to pay with Kiki.

Kiki is a hard no on the idea.

FREE ELDO!

If anyone was consorting with dogs, it would probably be Oliver. He gets along with everybody. Even stinkers like Chesney. (There’s nothing wrong with consorting with dogs, of course.) On another note, saw three juncos, a varied thrush, three robins, and a wren while out walking today.