New month, new banner! This was created by the wonderful Christine, who’s done most of my banners lately. It’s perfectly adorable and spring-y, isn’t it?
Thanks, Christine!!!
Random dogs and other stuff.
The guy who lives about quarter of a mile down the road from us has these two dogs. Sometimes the dogs are contained in a little shelter, but more often they’re out running around. They like to come down to our property for some reason and sniff around, even though George and Gracie lose their MINDS when they see these dogs coming. They do that big, deep, scary Great Pyr bark, and these dogs always haul ass when G&G bark at them. And yet, they keep coming back.
I’ve tried to get them to come to me (to be honest, if I could get my hands on them, I’d at the very least drag them off to be neutered), but the instant they see a human, they run off.
I think this one’s awfully cute.
There’s another dog, a big white one, that belongs to the people who live five houses or so down the road. Apparently he and the other two are great friends. Check out the frolic action going on.
I know, you want to see George and Gracie pics. Just hold on – I’ve got more George and Gracie pics than you can imagine, and I’ll post ’em tomorrow!
After we walked along the river in Nearville last weekend, we walked up through the historic district and admired all the big old houses.
Can you believe I only took two pictures of houses? I can’t! The picture of that white one does not do it justice at all. It was ADORABLE.
Back before we got Maura, when all we knew was that we were getting a pregnant cat, we thought she might have her kittens immediately (HA HA HA). I know that cats like dark places to give birth, and we don’t have blinds or shades on the windows in the foster room, so I came up with a temporary solution. That’s right, I taped PAPER to the windows. (Could have been worse, right? Could have been newspaper or foil.)
It’s working for now, but Kathy visited last week, and told me that they sell temporary shades at Walmart and Target that would probably work better. I guess she wasn’t impressed by my klassy solution. Hee. I’ll be looking for those temporary shades as soon as I can get my butt to Walmart!
Nothing to see here. Move along.
“What?”
What is it about a belly rub that makes some cats begin to vigorously groom themselves?
Stripes!
Lap o’ kittens.
“I! HAZ! A! COMPLAINT!”
In or out? Out or in? They can’t seem to decide, but they don’t mind making me stand there and hold the screen door for them while they ponder.
Previously
2009: Fred giggled helplessly. Which somehow did not help.
2008: However, I don’t subscribe to the “only pick it up if it’s heads up!” theory of thought.
2007: No entry.
2006: No entry.
2005: There’s a saying that men make plans and god laughs.
2004: No entry.
2003: Won’t be happening in my lifetime, thanks.
2002: No entry.
2001: I get the weirdest freakin’ referrals to my site.
2000: No entry.
I was hoping for an April Fool’s entry. But after the pregnancy one, I guess there is really no way to top that one.
True, Leslie – that one went over so well I don’t think I could do any better!
That cute brown dog looks like my Ish Kabibble! http://www.flickr.com/photos/crystalflickr/4266184062/
I’m happy to hear that I’m not the only one who’d like to dognap someone elses dog and get it neutered. My FIL’s neighbor has an adorable lab that lives chained in his back yard. Every time we go over there, I’m tempted to steal him, bring him home, and treat him like a family member and not a lawn ornament/ proof of manhood. Happy April!
I loooooovvvvveeeee George and Gracie. I can’t wait until tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. The kitties are cute too!
LOVE the last pic!
The new banner is cracking me up – one kitten is trying to keep the other in the basket. “HEY that’s my head your squishing!”
*you’re
fuck – this is my payback for all the complaining I do about people who don’t use proper grammar
Hee!
considering the cat could be curled up in a gutter somehwere giving birth, i think your solution is grand. i wouldn’t waste the money on temporary shades.
however, the do make a magnetic mini blind that might work for you.
My fear at this point is that she’s going to decide to give birth in the condo on the cat tree, five feet up! 🙂
How about a large box (TV size or thereabouts) for Maura to have her babies. When my cat gave birth she loved having the box as it kept the kits confined. Lay it on it’s side so that the opening is there for her but leave three sides of lid closed so that it’s cave like. I had the two sides and the bottom one closed and I could look in through the area at the top. It was easy to reach in and change the towels as needed.
We actually used a box like that for Kara, and it worked well, but I wanted something that was washable. When the kittens got a little older, they started peeing in the corner of the box and I didn’t realize it until the box, everything in it, and everything under it was soaked (and the room REEKED). I’ve put a big dog kennel in there that she can use, but Fred actually has a big-ass carrier that will work better, I think.
I am totally overthinking this, of course – in the wild, pregnant cats aren’t all “Oh pardon me, this bush is not to my liking, could you please find me something BETTER?” – but that’s the way I am. 🙂
My father doesn’t neuter his male dogs either. Drives me crazy. We took our dogs to a holiday last year-never again. Constant fight over unneutered Bichon trying to hump our spayed Cocker Spaniel. She put him in his place but it was annoying all day long.
Love the old house photos-first one is gorgeous.
Maura is “growing nicely”. That’s the phrase my grandfather used to tease us when we were packing on the pounds. It’s desireable in her condition, wasn’t so much in my chubby cousin’s or mine.
In my dreams, I’d love to live in the first house. What a lovely picture!
I’ll make you feel better about the paper on the windows Robyn. Our bathroom window glass is cracked. I tempoarily put gift wrap(color coordinated ofcourse but still) up there until we could get it fixed. It’s been changed sevral times. We are world class procrastinators! The fact that we have only the one bathroom doesn’t help. One of these days it will get fixed.
I liked the first house, too. It looks like it could house a LOT of kittehs.
Maura looks like she’s getting bigger.
AND I read 2009’s entry and laughed until I got a stitch in my side. Sorry.