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Apologies to those too young to understand the title reference.
Lord Dudley Mountcatten loves looking out the window and keeps a close eye on birds and visiting critters. But when an enemy dares step foot in his backyard?
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He lets the whole house know about it with snarls, growls and hisses.
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Said enemy is Silas, the neighbor kitty who likes to stalk mice in our field and occasionally takes a stroll under the bird feeders.
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His Lordship is not amused.
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Our nightly deer herd showed up a little early the other day and I was able to snap some pictures.
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On our snowless back yard.
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I dislike the lack of white stuff this year, but the herd happily munches the still green patches.
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We started with three in the fall…
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But now have 7-9 visitors.
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So sweet.
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I read an article the other day that has me a bit worried.
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Long time readers will know we have had intense battles over the years with a certain female squirrel we call the Red B*tch.
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But after reading this…
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We may have to rethink our strategy.
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Over Christmas, our neighbors took a cruise on that gigantic new floating city, Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas. It’s the largest cruise ship in the world and sounds like my idea of Hell, but to each their own.
While they were away? I had cat duty.
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And drove down their long driveway every day to their house in the woods.
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Sometimes with company, which is always a nice surprise.
The nicer surprise?
The thank you gift she brought home for me a week later.
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Oh my lord!
Have you ever tried these?
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The banana was to die for. Rich, moist and perfectly rummy. I had one slice, and then shamefully devoured half the cake with a glass of cold milk.
Dinner? Who needs it.
The cake was so amazing I had to research where I could purchase another. I hoped it wouldn’t involve taking a cruise… but honestly, I’d be tempted.
From the website:
….main claim to fame is its rum cakes, which are baked in Jamaica, Barbados and the Bahamas and employs machinery that ensures long shelf lives without using refrigeration or preservatives. “We still make the cake the same way it was made years ago,” says Hamaty-Simmonds, “which includes generous portions of Tortuga Rum from the Caribbean. You have to taste it!”
Upon further sleuthing, thank you Jeff Bezos…
I shall be ordering one from Amazon today.
My third nice surprise? A green plant I’ve had in our living room for over 5 years just decided to bloom.
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With weird and wonderfully quirky little orange flowers.
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How bizarre is that!
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A little molasses flavored grain is always a welcome treat.
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Two bowls…
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First come, first serve.
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Unless you’re small enough to sneak underneath.
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Our local deer herds wax and wane.
Some years we have 3, some years we have 10. Our record is 21.
This year?
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It started with 4…
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And has now gone up to 6.
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Sadly we haven’t seen the big beautiful buck from last season.
I hope he’s just moved on and hasn’t fallen to a hunter’s bullet.
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Because my life is full of it.
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Geesh, it’s hard enough to win a championship when you’re deaf… but dead?
That’s seriously impressive.
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In case you were wondering.
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Ugh.
The pickle algorithm has struck again.
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Substitute cat for dog at this point, but the sentiment is the same.
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It takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’.
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Maybe Star Trek was onto something.
Long live Veeger.
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I live for this level of ridiculousness.
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Politicians have been doing it for decades, I don’t see why amphibians can’t.
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Casio can suck it.
Lord Dudley concurs.
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And I thought the giant baby we elected was bad…
Yikes.
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I would not.
They’re way too cute.
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Well, there goes my plan to survive the next four years.
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And people think I’m nuts for putting a harness on our cat.
Geesh.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten stretched out beside me yesterday while I was reading ….
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And his head made a perfect resting spot for my bookmark.
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His Lordship was not amused.
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And oh yeah, I’m going to pay for this.
If not now…
Then soon.
Feline revenge is a dish best served cold.
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Doing dishes the other morning I noticed movement on the farm across the street.
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A young buck had been startled and was running across the field in front of the not yet finished greenhouses.
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They sure do blend in this time of year.
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In other news I saw an advertisement for a product I certainly could have used back in the day.
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Not dying anymore is all you can ask for in a hangover cure…
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