My cats do this. They’ll charge to the scene of the least movement and freeze, on high alert. Slowly, the adrenalin subsides, and time passes, and then they’ve fallen asleep. I’ve always wanted to see this happen. My favorite cartoon characters when I was a small boy were Chip and Dale, the Disney chipmunks; they could have pulled this off. I probably was a teenager before the light went on. “Chip ‘n’ Dale! I get it!” Of course, I was just a little kid. I didn’t know anything about elegant furniture. Or male dancers.
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Dang, Jackie. I thought you were about to make a startling confession there, until you qualified it in the next sentence. 🙂
Used to eat a lot at the Warwick Hotel in Houston, alone usually.
Those were the days when men would send drinks and invitations over to table. It was one of Mike’s accounts, so the Maître D knew me and knew I wasn’t a hooker.
My running joke was that when Mike and I divorced, I was going to go hang out at the Warwick Hotel and let rich oilmen buy me drinks.
This was funny until my youngest daughter informed an entire room full of people her mommy’s plans after the divorce!
Love, Jackie Monies
Or possibly Loodie was stalking Bugs Bunny’s smaller relatives.
I didn’t know Palmolive soap was named that way because of that!
This one’s for Sandcastler (if I can link it right!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyvB4Nh3fxE
“Souls ain’t born, souls don’t die”- The Wheel Within the Wheel
And I will do a separate link for Mary Gauthier, who wrote this fantastic song and many others like it.
Love, Jackie Monies
The songwriter’s version of “Wheel Within the Wheel” by Mary Gauthier, a fellow Louisianan and Texan by choice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2rVFS5vmZo
Love, Jackie Monies
I’m 36 and didn’t know about Palmolive either!
Speaking of chipmunks: My pinto bean plant and my generic clip art plant (I forget what it’s called. Green. Broad teardrop-shaped leaves. Grows in long vines.) have lived quietly in my large picture window, unguarded and unbothered, for weeks. I leave for work, curtains open, cat tower in front of the sill, leading right to them. No problem.
Yesterday I realized they weren’t getting enough sunlight, and moved them to my bedroom window. No kitty tower. Opened the curtains this morning, and thought nothing of it. Blacklight had salad for lunch today. Pinto plant – gone. Clip art plant – some roots and a couple stems. Apparently she wants a pool-side view with her meals.
Postscript: Just caught Blacklight chewing on the plug to a fan cord. Fan is dead and on its way out the door. However, my charging cords bear witness to her love of powercords. I don’t have a cat. I have chipmunk with a hormone issue.
*adds another item to the long, long list of why she will never own a cat*
We had a beloved cat who very delicately would bite holes in circle around all the lamp shades. Or any other item that was similar, like books or magazines. We called it “gerbiling”.
We don’t have chipmunks in Oklahoma but we do have gophers and small mammals about size of mouse but with short tails. The cats have brought me gifts of dead ????
Personally, I love chipmunks and love to get out into the evergreens and chipmunks in the mountains.
One of my friends had a pet prairie dog named Admiral Perry and that was one adorable critter! He came along on one of our boating parties. They like to nibble and chew too. Admiral Perry had his own boat to hang out in.
Love, Jackie Monies
Jackie, the “short-tailed mouse” might possibly be a vole, a favorite snack of owls and coyotes. I think some varieties of them range into OK. I’m sure eMb could verify that.
Philodendron?
Jackie: I expect the Pirates of Penzance mentioned was the Broadway version, enough to make G&S roll over in their graves. A pretty good Savoy opera before B’way messed with it.
“So as not to offend the nuns.” People are often surprised by how liberal some nuns are. Sr. Andre’, who taught in a secular college English dept. for 15 yr., once ordered wine at dinner with several other faculty members [and spouses? I wasn’t there, Sr. told me about it.] Apparently, that discombobulated the waitress. Anyway, she brought Sister’s wine in a teacup.
I am pretty certain that is what they are, at least that is name I was told. We have moles also. There is a wall made of railroad ties that runs along my creek bed (neighbors side I guess) and these critters that look like gerbils and guinea pigs used to run up and down on the wall.
Loved watching them but neighbors also had large rats which actually didn’t bother me too much either. Critters don’t visit yards much with cats and dogs. Although it did not bother the midnight buffet crowd of possoms and raccoons I was supporting for awhile. I miss them.
Love, Jackie Monies
EMB, that is funny!
My housekeeper for the last 17 years is a disabled RN who left her order before taking final vows. She is one of my best friends, probably BESTEST. Funny and smart.
We need to talk about food. I am baking lemon oregano chicken and some garlic, olive oil and rosemary quinoa, plus some kind of veggie. Hope the herbs don’t start fighting!
But you have to remember that when I was young, long ago, I had been taught to courtesy and open doors for anyone in a habit.
Or a cassock
Love G and S, just listened to a good youtube version of HMS Pinafore. I will try to locate and post it.
Love, Jackie Monies
eMb – Yes, philodendron. Although, those are supposed to make cats sick, and Blacklight has munched her way through several vines of it over the years. She also used to chew on the corner of the counters too. Really glad they are remodeling this place when I move out. I’d really hate to have to explain those. 🙂 I used to buy her rawhide to chew on; it had to be real thin and chewy, like a milk jug ring.
Lily – You never “own” a cat. Actually mine is so anti-social towards everyone besides me, you’d never see her. Still cheaper and quieter than kids. (Being a parent is a challenge I’d never be insane enough to have one.)
“Dogs have owners, cats have staff.”
Love, Jackie Monies
Me, neither, Mindy. I have The Boy In My Life who is 15, and that is quite enough for me. He is practicing his trombone across the hall at the moment. We do have three dogs, two labs and my guard-trained GSD, Neeshka. But she is not at all like a child. She takes care of me. The Boss Of My Life treats me like a combination daughter and slave. I kind of like it.
Although Elvis swaggers around and tries to act like the boss, it’s Cilla that calls the shots, 5:15 am breakfast, 4:00pm back patio for lizard hunt, 5:15 pm dinner, 10:15 pm a spoonful of Reddiwhip (no substitute will be accepted). And don’t even think of telling her she has the time wrong. She knows better.
I listened to a lot of shrinks (well, one for sure) tell me how my love of cats was a substitution for me wanting to have children/babies, especially the Persian cats. I say I listened but truth is that made me believe, but it ain’t necessarily so!
I still love cats AND dogs and am only cut down in number by fact I am aging and so did animals.
But if anyone tells you that you should be having children because you love cats, forget it!
Love, Jackie Monies
Jerry – You are such a well-trained human! The only daily “demand” is snuggle time after I shower. Blacklight does not like scents; perfumes, deodorant, I even have to watch what body washes I buy. After snuggles, then I can apply my scent of choice.
Next OF eruption predicted 9:09 +/- 10 minutes CDT.
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Peace, emb
They can tell time better than we can! Both dogs and cats can tell time with great consistency. Now my dogs recognize the sound of my dog/cat sitter’s car (she lives in a trailer one block from my house) She goes down the street and they commence howling for her to stop. They really love her and when she doesn’t stop, they are completely dejected.
I am going to bed early so I need to go see how many cats have taken over which spots. With four they usually do the four corners.
Love, Jackie Monies
EMB, the opera company I watched the other day do Pinafore was D’Orley Carte Opera Company. They SHOULD be good with such a history.
Used to see G and S with the Houston Gilbert and Sullivan Society, now I think Houston Opera does G and S. But today I got hung up watching a different company, The Wichita Grand Opera company which had a really good captain I thought.
Lilyblack, I bet your beloved gentleman from Tulane likes opera and G and S. I started to ask if he did opera in college but then I thought, “Wrong school! That was Loyola!”
I cannot sing a note but I used to be a supernummery for my university opera productions and musicals. That is commonly called a “spear carrier”. Sometimes you had lines but no singing or dancing. Always wanted to do it for Houston Opera but they were hard to get into and you had to devote as much time to training as if you were singing almost.
Love, Jackie Monies
Jackie, ha! I saw “supernumerary” and immediately thought “spear carrier”. Got to the next line and there it was. Well, at least we vocabulary in common. 😉
Did you mention food?
I declared this steak night (which comes around about twice a month) and grilled about 5 oz of rib eye. When I’m only doing a small steak or a ground beef patty, I just fill the charcoal chimney about a quarter full, and when the coals are ready, I put a small grill right on top of the chimney to cook on. Much easier than firing up the big grill or even my cast iron hibachi.
Some rice pilaf and a romaine lettuce-carrot-radish-red bell pepper-Vidalia onion salad with fat-free Catalina dressing, and I was good to go. I was tempted to pour 5 oz of cabernet, but I fought off the temptation and went with ice water. Made me feel virtuous. 🙂
Debbe 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKBuAkr4Lg
Jackie: Your post surprised me, since the original D’Oyly Carte Opera Co. folded in 1982, I believe. So I did a search. According to:
http://www.doylycarte.org.uk/about
it has been reconstituted and is up and running. Did you see a live performance? Where? Or was it on TV? Whatever, this is encouraging news.