songbird's crazy world

Redford made a trip to the vet yesterday, his first since joining our family last winter.  for various reasons the vet instructed us to keep him in the house for the next two weeks, he is not allowed outside to play. Poor cat already has cabin fever. And the fact that Mr. Kitty is allowed outside . . . Do cats really tease each other the way children do?

if I brought home another cat? we've got two right now, but there was a point where we had as many as four in this house. my boss has three kittens to give away.  she found a litter in her garage, the mama was feral and abandoned the kittens.  they're six weeks old....

I'm sure I've mentioned that my cat...my sweet, delicate Daisy...has taken over my pillow. One morning last week I woke up to find Daisy happily asleep on the pillow.... ...and I had a lovely scratch across the back of my hand. She must have mistaken my hand for a cat toy. After all, it was night...it was dark... But cats can see in the dark.... And this is the same cat who captured a baby bunny last year...

You've alread met the Princess Daisy: I'd like you to meet Mr. Kitty: We got Daisy first, a friend of my mother had too many cats in her apartment and needed to get rid of some kittens. Mr. Kitty adopted us. He was abandoned at the age of 4 weeks at a pond about 1/2 a mile from my house. He showed up in our back yard one day. At first we thought it was Daisy, because his markings are similar to hers, and at the time he was smaller than she is. You won't make that mistake now. Daisy weighs all of 6 pounds, Mr. Kitty must weigh at least 20. His favorite activity is chasing Daisy. Really, he won't leave her alone. and all he wants to do is eat from her food bowl, he won't allow her to eat undisturbed. He's truly a pesky little brother. So when I saw them today, I couldn't believe it:

 It was a long-running musical in London and New York.  It was a long-running joke in Forbidden Broadway performances and  on TV. Even now, years after the show closed, when I walk past the Wintergarden Theater, I expect to see this on the marquis:    It was one of my favorite musicals of the 1980's.  I saw the show at least 3 times, bought the cast album from London as well as the one  from New York, memorized all the words.  One Halloween I dressed as a cat because I was inspired by the show.  I even named my black cat "Mr. Mistoffeles". So, for your listening pleasure today, I present the opening number from Cats .

here she is, sitting on my printer! (click on the photo to enlarge)

so this morning I found Mr. Kitty and Miss Daisy circling around the pet taxi as if they were hunting their next meal. so I decided that someone has to be the grown up. I took baby bunny out to the woods. I am going to get hell when I get home tonight.

so Miss Daisy brought us a little present saturday night, I wrote about it here . it's not unusual for the felines to bring us presents, we live next to an 18 acre nature preserve, Lord knows what you can find in the woods. as I said, we were able to rescue the baby bunny. what I neglected to mention was ...what happened to the critter. Daisy brought the poor thing into the house . when it escaped, it hid in the laundry room.my sisters looked all over that laundry room but couldn't find the critter. until yesterday, Tuesday. both cats -- Mr. Kitty as well as Daisy -- developed a fascination for the area immediately under a chest of drawers that's been sitting in the laundry room since the dawn of time. guess who was under the chest of drawers? upon being discovered, the bunny made a beeline into the kitchen, and hid behind the refrigerator. have you ever seen the dust and dirt that can accumulate behind a refrigerator? GROSS. anyhow, late last night my sister was finaly ...

Miss Daisy brought home a "present" last night...a baby bunny. Forntunately we were able to rescue the critter.

the fierce cries! the sharp claws! the gnashing teeth! the brutality of it! I only managed to save myself by throwing a can of Bumblebee fancy white albacore at the brutes. memo to self: don't forget to buy the Meow Mix on the way home tonight!

I was standing in the kitchen this morning, trying to decide between the strawberry yogurt and the blueberry yogurt, when I heard a commotion on the stairs.... little miss Daisy cat, all of 6 pounds, racing down the stairs. with Mr. Kitty, the 20-pounder, chasing her all the way down. she ran into the living room and jumped up onto a chair. and he stayed on the floor but tried to swat at her with one of his paws. he's just playing, but she DOES NOT LIKE IT! not one little bit. as the plaintive meowing proved. of course I rescued her. I sent Mr. Kitty outside to terrorize the neighborhood squirrels. He's too fat to actually catch one, but he does like to chase after them.

that cats with white fur wlll only rub against your leg when you're wearing BLACK PANTS?