by day the blue will pale down into white where it touches the white of the land, after sunset it has a new circumference-orange, melting upwards into tenderest purple. but the core of blue persists, and so it is by night. then the stars hang like lamps from the immense vault. the distance between the vault and them is as nothing to the distance behind them, and that farther distance, though beyond colour, last freed itself from blue. -e.m. forster (a passage to india)
Ha, ha, he must have thought it was a mouse! I had to "rescue" Julius outside today. He was about to get into a fight with a cat almost double his size. He was hissing when I picked him up, but I did not want to risk bloody cats.
Smart move, Eva! Sometimes our older male creatures don't know when to stop fighting! Actually, I should just say: our older creatures. Xena would attempt fights when she was older, and would not fare well. Maybe you need to keep a squirt bottle around for these wandering neighborhood cats!
I think Julius really thought he would win a fight like that, but I am not so sure he would have. He is no coward, but he is 14 years old! The other cat looked much younger. At least it was not that annoying black one. We had our neighbor's dog chasing Julius on Sunday. He found a "hole" in the electric fence and came running into our yard. The neighbor had problems catching the dog. I think they have not done much training. The dog simply does not obey.
Ha, ha, he must have thought it was a mouse! I had to "rescue" Julius outside today. He was about to get into a fight with a cat almost double his size. He was hissing when I picked him up, but I did not want to risk bloody cats.
ReplyDeleteSmart move, Eva! Sometimes our older male creatures don't know when to stop fighting! Actually, I should just say: our older creatures. Xena would attempt fights when she was older, and would not fare well. Maybe you need to keep a squirt bottle around for these wandering neighborhood cats!
DeleteI think Julius really thought he would win a fight like that, but I am not so sure he would have. He is no coward, but he is 14 years old! The other cat looked much younger. At least it was not that annoying black one. We had our neighbor's dog chasing Julius on Sunday. He found a "hole" in the electric fence and came running into our yard. The neighbor had problems catching the dog. I think they have not done much training. The dog simply does not obey.
DeleteTraining an animal takes much dedication and patience, but everyone is always happier, I think, especially neighbors!
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