Re: Re: Forsythia/Cats and Beans

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Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>

> That is exactly right Cathy - LOL
> Pam Evans

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cathy carpenter

> > What is it they say? Dogs have masters, cats have staff.
> > Cathy


> > On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 06:06 AM, ""
> > <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ha - good one Melody. Ruling cats, now that is funny. Every morning
> > > when
> > > I leave and see Sugar snoozing or looking at me, I think - hmm, stay
> > > home and sleep and eat and play all day or go to work w/ knuckleheads
> > > and stress. Who's the smart one here, let me think....
> > >
> > >
> > > Pam Evans
> > > Kemp, TX
> > > zone 8A
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Melody
> > > Sent: 3/25/2004 7:31:17 PM
> > > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Forsythia/Cats and Beans
> > >
> > >> Auralie: I think that when God gave Man dominion over the birds and
> > >> beasts of the world, He was having a joke on us all...who could hope
> > >> to
> > >> rule cats? And dogs in their own way can be pretty demanding,
> > >> too...just
> > >> not in your face like cats are...sort of sneakier about it.
> > >>
> > >> :-)
> > >>
> > >> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> > >>
> > >> "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> > >> --Albert Einstein
> > >>
> > >>  --- On Thu 03/25,  < Aplfgcnys@aol.com > wrote:
> > >> From:  [mailto: Aplfgcnys@aol.com]
> > >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > >> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:15:15 EST
> > >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Forsythia/Cats and Beans
> > >>
> > >> In a message dated 03/23/2004 6:11:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > >> <br>mhobertm@excite.com writes:<br><br>> Auralie: I had a cat, Tiki,
> > >> who
> > >> would eat any green food we would give<br>> her...brussel sprouts,
> > >> asparagus, peas, spinach, green beans, etc. Same<br>> cat also
> > >> **loved**
> > >> powdered blueberry muffin mix...would rip open the<br>> bags or
> > >> cartons
> > >> to get to the stuff if it wasn't behind a locked door<br>> she
> > >> couldn't
> > >> get into. Unfortunately for us, we also had a cat, Paws, at<br>> the
> > >> time who had extra toes and like magic could open any cupboard
> > >> door<br>>
> > >> in our house, even the kitchen cupboards that had push latches on
> > >> them,<br>> so we were forever and a day coming home to ripped up
boxes
> > >> of powdered<br>> blueberry muffin mix! Wierd! But you gotta love
those
> > >> cats, don't you?<br>> <br><br>Melody, I love all cats, but I am
> > >> constantly amazed at their individual <br>behaviors. Cats are as much
> > >> individual personalities as humans. Two of mine are <br>sisters,
> > >> though
> > >> I am sure they had different fathers. Jane wants constant
> > >> <br>attention,
> > >> and brings us her string - which is very definitely her special
> > >> <br>possession - to play with any time she sees us sitting still She
> > >> is
> > >> a lovely soft <br>gray, but we call her the dumb blonde. Lottie, a
> > >> plump
> > >> 'tuxedo' cat with only <br>half a white mask on her jet black face,
> > >> scorns such childish things. She <br>likes to sit on top of the
> > >> computer
> > >> monitor and see that I do my job properly. <br>In the evening my DH
> > >> often has his supper on a tray by the fire. Lottie waits <br>until he
> > >> settles in with a cup of tea and cookies, and then jumps onto the
> > >> <br>tray and demands some cookie crumbs. She will settle down on his
> > >> tray for the <br>evening - he can carry the tray to the kitchen and
> > >> she
> > >> won't stir. She also <br>demands water at the kitchen faucet, mewing
> > >> until we set it to drip. <br>Unfortunately sometimes she drinks too
> > >> much
> > >> after she has just eaten and it all comes up, <br>so I try to control
> > >> the times she can drink. I've had many cats in my long <br>life and
> > >> each
> > >> was
> > >>
> > >> special. I think the Good Lord had a good day when He made <br>cats -
> > >> and it also convinces me He has a sense of humor - but dogs do that,
> > >> too. <br>
> > >>
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