I do my best to keep busy but sometimes I just need to have a good lie-down and wait for inspiration to strike.
And here are a couple of me on the prowl … I can’t tell you how worried Kaz was the other night when I came down to peer out the window near the front door. We’re both wondering what was out there … while, we all know that there was a wee little lizard hiding out in the beach house.
Of course that isn’t a picture of me on the tin of cat food Kaz – why would you even think that? And I don’t believe that there really are cats in there either – I wouldn’t be able to eat it if I even thought there was. Hmmmm. That would not be good. But what would be good is if they put pictures of what is in the cans on them – because they should know by now that cats can’t read and it’s very hard for us to work out what’s in there. I would like to know that there is premium-grade tuna or prawns or something else in there for me to munch on. It would also make it easier for me to turn my nose up at some of the tins Kaz tries to feed me. Yuck! And wouldn’t that be easier on the Mummies if I could just point out a tin of food that I wouldn’t eat? And then they could stop buying that kind … until I stopped eating those that I like today … but maybe not so much tomorrow. Or maybe it would be better if I could read .. not a lot, not like novels or anything, but maybe just a basic menu of what I was going to have for dinner. That way I could pick it out … and the Mummies wouldn’t need to guess and give me something which they will just have to throw out later because I didn’t touch it … except maybe a little around the sides … or to push it around the plate a bit to make it look as though I was kind of, sort of, interested in it. Nah, who am I kidding … I wouldn’t do that!
I watched as Kaz mowed the lawn out the front this afternoon … I would like to say she did a great job but she did miss a couple of patches … and that was just the bit of lawn that I could see. She did the lawn right out the front as well, and hopefully she did a better job there because we know that the neighbours can see that lot.
And then, because she was out in the yard, she also took the garden shears to the Frangipani – in the courtyard and then out the front section as well. I think she wanted to do it today because she could put the branches in the rubbish … they have enough Frangipani already, so she didn’t want to plant the cuttings.
And then, after she had done the yard work, I let her pop me into the harness and we went out into the yard for a while. Who knew there was a lemon tree out there? It’s lovely … very pretty … and I bet the lemon flowers when they come are going to be sweet! It came from Aunty M and she’s going to come back at some point to repot it or plant it or something like that … I wasn’t listening closely enough at the time.
And did someone say “snake”? Kaz is still going on about the one she (thought she) saw the other night. To hear her tell the story – and she has been – it was knocking at the window asking to be let in. I think it was just passing by – like they always do – and Kaz just happened to see it. She really is such a drama queen!
Sooz has been a bit low-key since her Mummy crossed the Rainbow Bridge a couple of weeks ago … it was lovely to hear her going through the words she was going to say at her farewell – and really easy to see where Sooz’s love of furry folk came from.
I don’t know what the neighbourhood is coming to. Last night I came out for a cookie snack and Kaz had started to tell me something when Sooz walked in to the kitchen and Kaz went quiet. Well that really piqued my interest. But when Kaz finally agreed to finish what she’d been saying, I wished I’d run from the room screaming … before she told us. Kaz is fairly certain she saw a snake outside the kitchen window. A snake! I’ll say that again slowly…a snake! She wouldn’t let Kaz or I go out to check so we’re hoping it’s made its way out of the yard by now.
Chances are it has moved on because tonight after they came home from Trivia, Sooz was in the bedroom and she called out to Kaz to “come look”. By the time Kaz got there the black cat Sooz had seen on the back deck was out of sight. If it had still been on the back deck (and chances are it wouldn’t have been there at all had the snake still been around) it would have high-tailed it out of there as soon as Kaz “snuck” into the ensuite – stepping onto the scales and into the rubbish bin. It made a huge racket! While she was doing that I was zooming up and down the house looking out all the windows trying to catch a glimpse of the interloper. The cheek of it! Everyone in the area knows this is Nigey’s house! But what if it’s lost or has nowhere to live? How would we know? I wonder how long it will be before it comes back.
Nigella ... 