Bonnie--Kitty Cornered

"I' m a kitty and I'm in a corner.  Does that count?"

"Well, it's got corners, but that's not a kitty.  That's a book."

"Go 'way, Elmer!  This is my corner!"

Melon: Kitty Cornered

These cats better not be after my treats!

Be sure and get my good side!

Melon the -- um, well....

For the third time in two years, I've been stung by yellow jackets while mowing in the back yard.  Little devils nest in small holes in the ground where I don't see them until all at once I feel their stings.  The last two times they've ringed my ankles with stings.  This time I had small blisters around the stings as well as painful, itchy and badly swollen ankles.  I try to be a tolerant person but dagnabit, that hurts!!! And for a long time!  It takes about a week before all is near normal and the swelling goes down.  

So-- if a scarecrow will keep birds away, perhaps this will work for yellow jackets:

 Melon-crow?  Scare-melon?  The Melonbee?

Catch of the day

Is it the catch of the day?

No, just BeeGee, pretending to be a Key West kitty!
Hey, it's five o'clock somewhere!

(This is my cat fencing to try to keep Bonnie, Elmer, Melon & co. inside the fenced in back yard.  BeeGee obviously sees it as a good place to nap.)

Happy (belated) Father's Day!

"I may not be a dad, but I'll wear a tie if it gets me treats!"

It isn't easy being green

Someday, my prince will come. . .

(And no doubt, he'll be a cat.)

I watched "The Muppets" movie and was utterly charmed. I didn't expect to be.  I hoped I'd like it.  Kudos to Jason Segal for knowing what tone to set and what buttons to push. Music was fun, too.  Yea, Kermie!

In Loving Memory

Mom & Rupert

My mother loved cats for as long as she could remember, but at that time and place cats weren't considered house pets.  Mom said she vowed that when she was grown, she would have cats in her house.  I'm not sure she envisioned the ten we had at one time. . . .

Mom & Melon

That's a skinny young Melon on her lap.  Note her beloved Freddie watching at the door. I think that may be one reason Fred doesn't care for Melon.

Mom died June 3, 2007.  Rupert died May 16, 2008.