Mine too, hence the name, "Shadow". He's always underfoot and you can't see him in the dark.
90 days till Spring!
Have you tripped over him often, Harper? Livingstone always seems to know when I am moving around and steps gently out of my way. That's no mean feat, as she is almost deaf and partially blind. She's getting old - *sigh*
(And yes, before Victor asks ... we also had a cat by the name of Stanley)
My two cats used to sit at my feet when I cooked dinner and now Colin has taken their place of honor. The cats sat about two feet away cause they learned after being stepped on, but Colin hasn't learned that lesson yet - probably cause I haven't stepped on him !! LOL Eleanor
Just had to look up an old pic of the cats and scan it. Here are Squeak and Dustmop waiting for a handout!! Eleanor
Eleanor, I love their names!
Years ago, one of my kittens was named Wacko, because it was the most off-the-wall cat I've ever seen!
Thanks Sue! Wacko would have been a good name for either one of ours also. But Squeak squeaked everytime we picked her up and Dustmop looked like a dustmop so that is how they got their names! Eleanor
Many years ago I had a crosseyed cat that we named whoops because he used to walk into / off of things he was the sweetest cat . I found him and his 4 brothers and sisters in a dumpster duct taped in a box . I heard a faint meow and found them . who would do such a thing ? : ( I found homes for the others but whoops was so sweet I kept him
laura
laura - a lot of people throw away unwanted pets. We lived on a farm and had cats dropped off all of the time. At least on the farm they had a chance, but it sounds like the people who threw away whoops and his siblings wanted to kill them! I actually saw a whole family, parents and kids, throw a cat out of a car window in the woods. What an awful thing to teach your kids to do!! Eleanor
p.s. - I like the name whoops!
We will be lucky to see spromg on april with all the snow and co;d we have had this winterAG
eleanor, I know I shutter to think of the things people do in front of their kids what kind of people are they bringing up?
laura
whoops was a lovely cat and lived to a ripe old age
Laura - love how well that pink EB outfit goes with Bella's pinkish hue. She is one patient pup!
Kassia - Poor little Lilly - hope she comes around soon!
Adorable boys you have too, Tamberlin!
Eleanor - Squeak and Dustmop are too much! Love those names!
Pretty shot, AgedGardener! Stay warm!!
i had a roommate who called his cats Varmint and DooDoo Head.
i always hated when people'd come over and ask me what their names were...
My cat, Misty Lou, stayed on at my parents house when I got married. It was the only home she knew and my dad really liked her, so she was fine. After they both passed away, 2 weeks apart (stroke and cirrhosis/old age), my brother, who had an apt. in the basement told me I better come get her or he'd shoot her.
He hates cats and I knew better - I was there that very same day! She was 12 or 13 when she and our other cat, Velvet, died of smoke inhalation in our house fire. Now we have three replacements!
Oh, Sue - how terribly sad to lose your cats that way. So sorry. House fires are so traumatic.
Yes - that was hilarious!
Candyce, yes, I've tripped over Shadow. It's like he wants to get stepped on. He's the kind of dog that will run in front of you, then stop right in your path, forcing you to stop. Silly dog! His toes have been crunched more than a few times. You'd think he'd learn!
Eleanor, dustmop really does look like a dustmop!
Laura, funny about how Whoops got his name. Sad about how you found him. Thank you for that good deed.
I remember that skit too Sue! My son and I repeat it verbatim sometimes, we love it so much!
Harper
Oh gosh never have I wished for spring to come so soon!!!
I think the bug on this forum has really gotten to me!!! I am certainly counting down the days!!!
So, how many days is it now?
54!!!
Woohoooo!!!! Bring it on!!!
54 days until Spring ...
so that's about 84 days until our crocus will be blooming here in southern NH.
Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! It's 32 deg. today!! Spring is on it's way!!
Harper, my teen is always singing that!
Oh, speaking of cat names - once, my dad heard a cat outside the kitchen door early in the morning, so got up to let it in (thinking it was one of ours). Later, around 5, my brother woke up with a cat sleeping on his bed. He kept it and named it Fiver because of the time!
Cute story. Cats do have a way of taking over without even trying.
If spring doesn't hurry up and get here I will be so broke and have so much plant material arriving I will be in the middle of fall before I get it all in the ground. Long cold days filled with snow and ice make for a bad combo with on-line ordering! Yikes! I hope Feb. zips along quickly.
February should zip along faster than the other months - only 29 days!! LOL Only problem, March is a really long month and our spring usually doesn't arrive when the calendar says it should. March is such a boring month but this year I'm going to start some seeds inside and that should brighten up the last few weeks of winter weather. I remember when I was in college (about 1968 or 69) spring break in March was really warm and we returned to the annual water fight. My mother opened the dorm side door and almost got a garbage can full of water in her face, but the student changed his direction just in time when he saw that it was a parent. Dad always liked to tell that story - he was sitting in the car waiting for her and saw the whole thing. He was probably hoping she got soaked so it would have made his story even better!! The annual dosing took place on the first really warm day in spring. At Ithaca college the sororities and fraternities were dorms that were set aside for them and supervised by the college. One fraternity had their water fight inside and had to replace the carpets every year - it was their major fund raiser for the year. Ahh!! Memories!! Eleanor
Sounds like fun, Eleanor! I never went to college and wish I did whenever I hear dorm stories. My mom brainwashed me into becoming a secretary because it would be something that I could always fall back on.
I did enjoy my years in office work - it was something that I was really good at. Then after getting carpal tunnel and ordered never to type again (ha! ha! - computers hadn't come out yet), I went into waitressing/supervising at a Friendly's restaurant - I had a blast working there! But, then I injured my back . . . my chiropractor loves me to this day!
Being a musician (played the piano) for 50 some years keeps me at the chiroprator. I have a bad back from several falls during pregancies, bad neck, playing the piano, standing at the piano in a classroom, and of course carpal tunnel, trigger finger and tennis elbow all from playing the piano. I had surgery on the hands to keep them going and go to the chiropractor weekly to keep my back and neck from tightening up!! We could be twins!! For a music major college was also a lot of work - most of our time was spent in the practice room. Not just on our instrument but also sight singing, music dictation, and theory - there were a lot of skills to learn!! Some were lucky and already had these skills! Gotta go, DH just arrived with sunday morning coffee!! Eleanor
I find that I am attending more 'classes' at the UofDG these days.
Good place to take classes - tuition is cheaper too!! And you're probably learning more! LOL Eleanor
Absolutely!
And, occasionally we even have dorm parties, too! (She said, thinking of Michaela's Planting Party in May)
Good one, Candyce!
And Eleanor can teach us music! When's the first lesson?
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Do you sing Tenor - ten or eleven miles away? Nyuk, nyuk!
Soprano if struck in the wrong area.
Careful with the pitch fork (I mean pitch pipe) Eleanor
We woudln't want you singing soprano because of a pitch fork accident.....way too sad!
"U of DG" I like that one Candyce!
Yes, Harper, I agree with you.....That was good, Candyce! I guess I'm doing my retirement graduate work at the U. of DG as well. LOL
Best tuition I ever paid. I enrolled for another year just today!
So your birthday thread will go at least that long??