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by Ann » Sun Mar 03, 2013 9:47 am
MargaritaMc wrote:IMG_20130303_084307.JPG
This is how our little lady signals that she wants her tummy to be stroked - she comes onto my bed first thing and it is my first task of the day
Sometimes I manage to look at the Apod on my tablet at the same time, but Elvira is becoming very imperious as she grows up, and expresses displeasure at not having my undivided attention...
Margarita
Aaaahhh! Elvira
wants to have her tummy stroked! Not all cats like that, that's for sure!
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by MargaritaMc » Sun Mar 03, 2013 10:20 am
Ann wrote:Aaaahhh! Elvira
wants to have her tummy stroked! Not all cats like that, that's for sure!
Ann
No, they don't. According to one book on cats that I read when our first cat, Enoch, came into our lives, they said that if a cat permitted its tummy to be touched then that was an indication of the deepest trust. So I feel very privileged that Elvira actually WANTS me to stroke her there. And understand that she needs me to do it with total attention.
I must say, she is really rather a splendid addition to our family.
Margarita
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by owlice » Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:03 am
geckzilla wrote:It's saying:
STOP!! STOP. STOP. Stop. stop. stop. ...stop. stop. stop.... stop. stop. stop.
Defensive little creature. I'm not sure it utters more than two words. The other one would be the mating call.
Sooo..... stop, stop, stop, and go! Go! Go! are it, hmmm?
A closed mouth gathers no foot.
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by Moonlady » Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:40 pm
MargaritaMc wrote:IMG_20130303_084307.JPG
This is how our little lady signals that she wants her tummy to be stroked - she comes onto my bed first thing and it is my first task of the day
Sometimes I manage to look at the Apod on my tablet at the same time, but Elvira is becoming very imperious as she grows up, and expresses displeasure at not having my undivided attention...
Margarita
Look at her hypnotic eyes! She is seducing and bewitching !
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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by MargaritaMc » Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:07 pm
Moonlady wrote:MargaritaMc wrote:IMG_20130303_084307.JPG
This is how our little lady signals that she wants her tummy to be stroked - she comes onto my bed first thing and it is my first task of the day
Sometimes I manage to look at the Apod on my tablet at the same time, but Elvira is becoming very imperious as she grows up, and expresses displeasure at not having my undivided attention...
Margarita
Look at her hypnotic eyes! She is seducing and bewitching !
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Now I look at her picture again, I can see what you see, Moon lady! She certainly has EVERYONE saying what bee-yoo-ti-fool little cat she is
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
But I am her mummy-substitute, so just see my little kitten
(Actually, that photo was of her when she is alone with me - there is ABSOLUTELY no question of her being like that if anyone else is in the room, even Paul). And she is quite stand-off-ish with visitors.
Oh dear - I really am besotted, aren't I? All my hard-nosed street cred is fading fast
Margarita
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by MargaritaMc » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:13 pm
Sam_and_Elvira.jpg
Just because I think this looks sweet!
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by orin stepanek » Tue Mar 05, 2013 12:59 pm
Looks like a cozy couple of cats. Nice picture!
MargaritaMc wrote:Sam_and_Elvira.jpg
Just because I think this looks sweet!
M
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by MargaritaMc » Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:13 pm
orin stepanek wrote:Looks like a cozy couple of cats. Nice picture!
MargaritaMc wrote:Sam_and_Elvira.jpg
Just because I think this looks sweet!
M
This was the first time that I'd seen Sam allowing Elvira to sleep up close to him. He has been tolerant of her, but has not permitted familiarity - after all, he is an elderly gentleman of nearly Eleven Years, and she is barely Seven months old... But she is winning him round
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by Ann » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:22 pm
That's a lovely picture of Sam and Elvira, Margarita!
I love Elvira's little pads. They are
pink and black!
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by MargaritaMc » Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:48 pm
Ann wrote:That's a lovely picture of Sam and Elvira, Margarita!
I love Elvira's little pads. They are
pink and black!
Ann
And she has a perfectly black little nose! Sam's pads and nose are pink - his nose looks as tho he has a cold in this photo - but he has probably had a bit of a "disagreement" with another male cat.
And can you see the black mark on Sam's forehead? It is OIL that he had picked up from somewhere. He gets himself very grubby as he explores EVERYWHERE
Margarita
"In those rare moments of total quiet with a dark sky, I again feel the awe that struck me as a child. The feeling is utterly overwhelming as my mind races out across the stars. I feel peaceful and serene."
— Dr Debra M. Elmegreen, Fellow of the AAAS
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by Beyond » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:00 pm
Here's a video about haveing deer for breakfast.
http://www.snotr.com/video/2772
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by mjimih » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:38 pm
I'd have to say only 1 in 100,000 planets with intelligent life can do what's on that video. It is that amazing. All fauna can be our pet so to speak, if we chose, so we had better love and be at peace with what is left on Earth that still lives or we'll forever lose that specialness of what I believe to be a very unique "goldy-locks" planet we're in charge of. Honestly can you really imagine another planet with as many different kinds of beautiful animals n plants as our Earth has? Especially large and small cats!
Aliens will find Earth absolutely amazingly beautiful and fragile to behold. But if they get close enough, they'll see 7,000,000,000 of us and think "Uh oh, that's a lot for such a small planet. Wonder if we should help?"
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by Ann » Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:54 pm
Got to love that video!!
Wow, the lady even got to pat one of the deer.
mjimih, I agree with you.
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by MargaritaMc » Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:45 pm
Ann wrote:Got to love that video!!
Wow, the lady even got to pat one of the deer.
mjimih, I agree with you.
Ann
Me too.
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by saturno2 » Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:54 pm
I agree with mjimih, too.
On our planet there are pets and pets.
For example, in my house there is a pet in free.
Is a black bird that step on cable of TV and hit with the peak the window to order food.
We give toast crumbs.
So if before hitting the window gives a concert of several melodies.
When there isn´t toast in the window, jumps to my computer desk, looking for food when no one is around....
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by MargaritaMc » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:32 pm
saturno2 wrote:I agree with mjimih, too.
On our planet there are pets and pets.
For example, in my house there is a pet in free.
Is a black bird that step on cable of TV and hit with the peak the window to order food.
We give toast crumbs.
So if before hitting the window gives a concert of several melodies.
When there isn´t toast in the window, jumps to my computer desk, looking for food when no one is around....
That is lovely!
My cousin saved an injured baby starling when we were both younger and it lived in his house for years, flying in and out but always coming back home. He was named Chippy. When we visited, Chippy would shout for my Dad - who was tall - to let the bird sit on his wrist. Dad would then walk back and forth with his arm in the air, with Chippy able thereby to reach the moths and other flies that would be flying up near the ceiling. (Because of the bird, my aunt didn't use any insecticide, and - as she lived in the country side - sometimes there would be lots of 'daddy-long- legs' flies!)
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by saturno2 » Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:55 pm
Margarita
Thank you
Your history is lovely, too
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by Moonlady » Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:51 am
Excellent table manners! No one is throwing food around or complaining about the food and they leave the plates on the spot!
This is the strangest cat and box picture I saw:
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by Beyond » Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:44 am
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by Moonlady » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:27 pm
Watch Ozzy and Harriet at their home:
http://dickpritchettrealestate.com/eagle-feed.html
Awwwwwwwww ♥♥♥
Ozzy and Harriet have two grown up kids and here is a picture when they were younger, at the right side you can see a fish their parents brought
to feed them!
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by Moonlady » Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:38 pm
Eagle Mom feeds her kids, look now!
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by Beyond » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:03 pm
Moonlady wrote:Eagle Mom feeds her kids, look now!
Chomp-chomp.
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er... rip-rip, swallow. ::no smiley for that:: Geckzilla... we need more smilies
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by MargaritaMc » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:08 pm
Moonlady wrote:Eagle Mom feeds her kids, look now!
Thanks for the alert, Moonlady! Super Wow
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by Chris Peterson » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:42 pm
New Addition
This morning our goat Yentl kidded, producing this little girl. She's got a rear leg that's a bit wonky, but otherwise seems fine. Good conditions, no snow on the ground, sunny with temperatures above 5°C. Yentl is two years old, and this is her first. Between the two we're looking at lots of milk for the foreseeable future.