“Love is love, whether it goes on two legs or four.”
The rain started last night around 12:30. I could hear drops hitting the window air conditioner in my bedroom. I like the sound of a gentle rain.
It wasn’t a great night as I was up three times with Miss Gracie and her upset stomach. I had to go downstairs and let her out so she could graze. It was still raining, but when Gracie came back inside, she wasn’t too wet so the rain was light. We both finally fell asleep around 2:30. Fern woke me up about an hour later with her caterwauling, something she never does. I called and she came upstairs, got petted and then settled in beside me. Around nine she started her caterwauling again. That is so unlike Fern I was worried and got up for good wondering if something was wrong. I checked her and she seemed fine. I checked Maddie and she was fine. When I put food in the cat dish, Fern immediately chowed down and then daintily drank a lot of water. I guess the second round of noise was because she was hungry and thirsty. That is one entitled animal.
I wonder about people who don’t like animals. I figure they are missing an integral part of their DNA. All my life I have lived with a pet, even in Africa. I can’t imagine my house without one. It would be a lonely place. Who would I talk to? Gracie cocks her head when I talk to her so I know she’s listening. When she doesn’t get what she wants, she grumbles back to me, but I don’t really want to know what she has to say. She’s usually not happy. Cats meow at the slightest provocation. If my two talked, I suspect Fern would be pushy and aggravating. Maddie would be laid back but tough when she needed to be.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be like Doctor Doolittle and talk to the animals, but lots of times now I don’t even want to talk to people. I can’t imagine adding animals to the mix.
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September 13, 2015 at 2:26 pm
Our day over here turned out to be better than I first thought this morning, mostly totrally cloudy but every now and agin we did get a bglimpse of the sun. Warm for being a autumn day and tomorrow will be even warmer they say but the week will be domintáted by rain according to the latest predictions.
We’ve always had pets too in my family, so I wouldn’t know how it would be like not having any 🙂 There’s something very wrong with people who don’t like animals and I tend to avoid them as much as I can.
It has been I who has been a bit under the weather today, I think I’ve had some fever because I’ve been freesing all day even if it has been warm indoors and I had this feeling of disaster, You know the kind they always have in disaster movies but never cares about until it is too late 🙂 No disaster yet so I guess it might have been the fever after all 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
September 13, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Christer,
Today is really damp. The sky is gray. My deck hasn’t dried from last night’s rain. It isn’t all warm either. It will get warmer here tomorrow too.
I can’t understand there are people who hate animals and even worse people who abuse them. My three are pampered just the way they should be.
I am going to take a nap. It’s just that sort of day.
September 13, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Since moving into a condo we are without pets for the first time in years. Having a back yard makes keeping dogs much easier. Before our dog Sherlock died I was walking him every morning and evening like the mail man.
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.”
We can’t have cats because my spouse is deathly allergic to their dander. It’s hard to pet gold fish or train a lizard.
Another beautiful day still below 90 degrees.
September 13, 2015 at 6:08 pm
Bob,
You are a pet person. That’s what counts. I am lucky to have my own house. Gracie is lucky she has a dog door, a huge yard and lights which are triggered when she goes in the backyard at night.
It started to pour a while ago and now it is a light rain. It is already dark from the gray sky.