8/23/12
We feed 12 tame cats and 8 wild cats, oh yes we really have fun.
There are possums on the porch and raccoons on the roof and the humming birds really hum.
Oh the owls don’t give a hoot and the mockers never scoot, while the cat food lies drying in the sun.
But what really is the best, yeah better than the rest,
There’s a skunk in the bedroom,
RUN!!!
dru
saywhatumean2say 
My son who will show up soon in these netherlands this week began his current career by renting a single family residence in the cities.
His boarders were mostly worthless young men with no direction and with penchants for pizza and beer and maryjane.
But every day at an appointed time, he and his best friend Q (who always paid his rent on time) would work with their weights in the basement of the mansion.
Well, some young men did not come up with their rent at the appointed time and he and Q would eventually send them out of the building and throw their personal items onto the front yard.
The first time they dealt with a non-paying tenant a cat was somehow left behind.
Now my son has asthma (or allergies and do not bother to discuss the matter with me because the docs know not what they are talking about!) so he always kept a window open and the fan on no matter whether or not it was ten below or 90 above.
This Tom would come and go whenever he felt like it thru that window. Sean would always have food available whenever Tom showed up.
And Tom would reciprocate the favor by bringing treats like dead rodents to the residence.
That cat is still around!
And Sean ended up with another feline waif after he moved to other parts where he could not leave the window open.
To this day he has separate foods for both cats because of sickness and obesity and it is hilarious to watch him care for these cats. hahahahahah
I have been at his residence for extended periods and I swear he called me up one night and made me promise that if anything happened to him I was appointed the guardian.
He made me swear an oath for chrissakes.
I have written several times about the pain involved in saying goodby to my dogs.
We, as humans, cannot help it.
We are part and parcel of the mammalian kingdom and we form relationships.
the end
Hee Hee Hee, oh my dear d.day how eloquent and profane! You’d better keep that oath! I so understand…well your son that is…but also the pain of saying goodbye.
Remember if it weren’t for the bad times we couldn’t recognize the good ones. UHG, I’d sure as shit like to give it a try for once without the pain. But as you said humans as well as animals form attachments and relationships.
The only reason I have cats instead of dogs is that I can put out dry food…or at least I could until the Raccoons & Skunks started using the cat door…and leave for a couple of days. Dogs require more.
But now with the critters using that door and the fact that I have no money with which to go anywhere, I’m relatively “stuck.” I’m so glad I “found” WordPress. “See yah in the chat room someday soon.
sister dru
What’s up to all, how is everything, I think every one is getting more from this web site, and your views are pleasant designed for new users.
What I really want to know is whether this was based on a true story 😀
Hey I’ll call you Jo: This is 100% autobiographical! The “Kitty Ditty” is several years old and most of those cats are dead now.
At the new/old place where we live now, most of the now 20+ cats that eat here are semi-wild, if not complete feral; so only a few sit on my lap now but that doesn’t mean we don’t have house animals, as the song denotes. ~~dru~~
https://saywhatumean2say.com/signs-4-r-home/
You know how people write LOL even though they of course didn’t actually laugh out loud?
Well, I just ETN’ed (exhaled through my nose) as people really do when they’re amused by something they read or saw online! 🙂
You’re too kind and Thank You for stopping by. It has been so many years, I don’t run from those blooming skunks (that come thru the cat door) I just stomp my feet and YELL get out of here you idiots!
Absence may make the heart grow fonder but daily contact just makes you mad. ~~dru~~