Even if you are expecting a reply to an urgent business email, DO NOT go upstairs to  your office to check it while browning ground beef for tacos.

True, Spouse likes his ground beef "well done," and it didn't actually burn . . . but the cats did not appreciate having the smoke detectors go off!

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We've had a neighbor cat come by several times a day for the last couple of months. There are a couple of things very weird about this. Unless you get very close to them, this visitor and Jesse are impossible to tell apart! (The irony here is that the welcome mat has the images of two black cats on it!)


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Jesse Cat likes . . .

. . . small fragments of tortilla chips! Ole!

(One fell on the floor and he went after it, and wanted seconds and thirds . . .)

That was from me. I came out onto the deck with my laptop and lunch, sat down and realized a decapitated red squirrel was lying at my feet.

Thanks, Jesse, but no thanks*.

At least it wasn't the decapitated head of a horse . . .

*lunch was delayed on account of carnage.

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Clever idea. But . . . "natural, free world"? (that's one one visitor said).

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Jesse-cat likes dried black currants!

(Some fell on the floor because the little bag wasn't completely closed when I took it off the shelf.  *zap!* Then he looked at me for more.)

From time to time, I've made short posts announcing the latest food interests of Jesse-cat -- esp. when things fall on the floor and he beats me to them. They've included everything from sesame sticks to Goldfish crackers ( Read more... )

Those are the edible little pouches into which one can sneak pills for your feline or Fido (the doggie pouches are bigger than the cat ones), and this household will be using them. A lot ( Read more... )

I tricked her into eating her wormer tablets hidden inside the Pill Pockets! (She'd refused them last night.) I think the difference was that I cut the whole tablet into a half tablet and used a half tablet per pocket. This meant there was less tablet to taste when she bit into the moist, "kitty treat" type container. I also put the three "laced" ( Read more... )