Fourth of July and Other Human Annoyances

I know, I know!

The span between blog posts is getting worse.

You may be thinking that I've gotten pretty lazy about the whole thing.

The truth is more disturbing.

That is, I'm more disturbed by the truth.

Which is that the humans

 have completely messed with my world!

Sure, part of it may be because the weather has been nice enough

for me to enjoy some good outside time.

I've spent a decent amount of time patrolling my turf.

I was even caught on the security cameras leaping for a bird.

I didn't catch it.

Despite my apparent failure as a bird catcher, I've enjoyed my outside time.

I've indulged in the tasty plant Mom put in a pot next to my patio.

Also, a brand new season of Fish Tank finally came on the TV again.

Grandma came up for a nice long visit too.

Which means I had to share my room.

Not that I didn't like Grandma's company or anything.

It's just...well, sharing my room took some time to get used to.

On the Fourth of July we all went out to watch the sunset.

Then we went to watch the fireworks.

I sat buckled snug in my bag between Mom and Daddy.

I'm happy I'm not left home alone hiding under the bed.

I've never missed a fireworks show since I've lived with

Mom and Daddy.

This one proved to be a good show.

It was nice to have Grandma there with us.

She shared the backseat with me on our lovely car ride home.

I took some time to show off my patriotism.

We also watched a sunset at my favorite park.

Grandma was there taking pictures of me...and the sunset.

I didn't enjoy being close to the water, but I did like watching the ducks.

I had to take the bad with the good, I guess.

It was, after all, a gorgeous sunset!

Eventually I got bored and was more than ready to go home.

After Grandma left, I thought my life would return to normal.

I was wrong.

It seems they're doing some remodeling in the office.

New paint, new furniture...and they're not even finished!

I spent a little time today just investigating some of the changes.

I found quite a few things that are going to require 

a good dose of scent markings.

I was happy to see that my favorite chairs are still there.

They have been moved, but I'm alright with the new position.

I can see the door and all the windows from there.

I don't know when the humans will be done messing with my world,

but it can't be soon enough.

Mom and Daddy have also taken me on a couple of good long 

nighttime walks around town.

We even met Sneaky Girl down by the river one night.

That's where I caught the strong scent of something on the river bank.

Then came a very loud kersploosh!

It was followed by a few more warning splashes.

Mom, Daddy and Sneaky Girl all told me that it was a beaver.

I've decided that I don't like beavers.

Between you and me, I think the dislike is mutual.

After my adventures, I'm always happy to be back on my own turf.

 I've fully adjusted to having a new couch in my house.

 I've definitely reclaimed this part of my kingdom!

>^.^<

Vet Visit 2016

Well, folks, it's time for another update.

First of all, the cold weather tried to return.

So, you can imagine how happy I was when the warm weather

won out after a week or so of cold yucky weather.

I got right to enjoying the great outdoors as much as Mom would allow.

There are some potted bushes set, temporarily, next to my home.

I have found that they provide great cover for bird stalking.

Here's proof:

I'm in the red circle if you can believe it.

I have found that even dogs and passing

humans overlook my presence when I'm hiding there.

This pigeon also failed to notice me.

Unfortunately, I missed.

Now that pigeon is on to me and hasn't returned during my watch.

So, when there's no birds to stalk, I just lie on the sidewalk...

...until the sun goes down.

The days since my last blog post have been relatively uneventful.

That is, until this past Tuesday.

Apparently it was time for my annual vet visit.

Now, there are a few good things about going to the vet's.

First of all, it's quite close to my house, so I don't have to travel far.

Secondly, it's full of the most interesting scents!

This gave me plenty to do while waiting for the vet to enter the room.

Let me tell you, there was quite a variety of scents!

Not just animal scents, either.

This stool definitely smelled like human.

This is my face when I stop to think that maybe 

smelling that spot wasn't the best idea.

One other good thing is that the vet lady is very nice!

She's always so cheerful and friendly.

She even said she likes my blog!

Of course, there's the bad bits too.

I mean, really!

Who likes getting a thermometer shoved up their bum?

NOT ME!

I'm not fond of the needles in the bum either.

Although, you can see here that I'm a pretty good patient.

After getting a clean bill of health,

the vet lady told Mom and Daddy that I would be sore and 

probably lethargic for the rest of the day.

Nope!

I wanted to go outside for the rest of the day.

I wandered all over my small turf.

I dreamt of wandering the neighborhood, 

but remembered Mom's watchful eye.

So I went up onto the rocks to get a good look at the birds.

Unfortunately, Mom was onto me.

So I tried to pretend that visiting Felix was my original plan.

Felix was happy to play along...although I suspect

he's more interested in the movement of my tail.

Coco also came out for a visit.

I had a great time just hanging out with my friends.

Sometimes I wonder about Felix, though.

After awhile I was ready to head home.

Not indoors, mind you.

Just closer to Mom.

All in all, I think I have it pretty good.

Mom and Daddy never touched my sore bum.

I got to enjoy the outdoors.

Mom even gave me some tuna bisque.

Which brings me to the last good part about going to the vet's office.

The humans feel a bit guilty for putting one through the ordeal,

so they spoil you like crazy for the rest of the day.

>^.^<