Hi. I’m Mateo.
The days here have been nice, and the Mother of Cats has been letting us outside on the catio every single day for a couple of hours. It has been just great. She bought some new plants and put them out for us. The backyard bunny comes out every evening to visit with us. We had a crazy eclipse that made all the birds go to sleep, and then when it was over they woke up again and we were so excited!!!! It was just like two sunrises in one day! Oh, I almost forgot to mention… there are GRASSHOPPERS flying around. Look at how happy we look in the great outside. Isn’t my new lavender plant nice?
Everything was going great until the Mother of Cats discovered that I had been testing the catio wire for weak places. Hey, there is a bunny right out there that absolutely wants to play with me. Well, actually, it is more a matter of me wanting to play with it, but you understand, don’t you? I wasn’t actually going to hurt eat the bunny…
It was kind of hard for her to miss a hole in the fence this big, especially when it is a perfect Mateo-sized gap. Sigh. She’s pretty sure that I was actually outside of the wire trolling for bunnies in the yard, but we’ll never tell. Hannah and I are in total agreement about keeping our mouths shut. I have to give her a few days of my tuna, but it’s totally worth it. We’ve reconciled ourselves to just spending time with the lavender plants in the indoor garden instead of being outside with the new lavender, the grasshoppers, and the birds. And MY BUNNY!!!!
The truth is, Hannah and I kind of fight over the spot right by the lavender plants and seedlings in the indoor garden. It’s a really nice spot, don’t you think? The turtle is nice company, and we still have our lavender so that’s good. Anyway, where I’m going with this is that we are pretty much on HOUSE ARREST and can’t go out unless the Mother of Cats goes with us. She has been weaving, and knitting, and reading, and planting more plants all week, and she hasn’t managed to get anything finished yet. Not one thing. It is kind of embarrassing. We do try to hurry her along so we can go out in the afternoons, but she gets busy with her little hobbies and forgets about how much we need to be outside. To make it worse, did I mention, she still doesn’t have anything done!!!!!
This is what I’m talking about. The Mother of Cats is far enough into the book now that there are dragons. She likes dragons. Has she finished the book yet? No. She isn’t even halfway through yet. She should spend more time out on the deck reading, don’t you think? Then there is the sweater. Do you see how long it is now???? She still isn’t down to the bottom of the body yet, and she is starting to seriously worry about running out of yarn. The weaving is almost done, but is it off the loom yet? No. No, it is not. She’s now considering knitting some lace to attach to the ends of the woven strip (scarf thingy) to make it spiffy. That means that it won’t be done for even longer.
Still, the Mother of Cats did get us more lavender this week. Lavender is nice. Now we have 4 different kinds growing in the garden and on the deck. I’d really like to check on the progress of the lavender in the gardens, but the stuff on the deck is enough. I guess.
Have a good week, everyone.
Notes from the Mother of Cats: The endless cardigan that I’m knitting is called La Prairie by Joji Locatelli. I’m very close to the bottom of the body. I’m considering leaving it short sleeved…
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Hang on a tick, Mateo …
MoC, do NOT go short-sleeved: with so long a body it will look quite odd. Is there no more of that yarn ? Or any of the others ?
OK, now, Mateo: you’re wicked, you know that ? – imagine making a CoalBear-sized hole in the wire netting ! Tsk ! You should be ashamed ! But there now, I’ve finished my lecture; and I’m quite sure you had your paws over your ears, anyway. :D
I went and looked at other finished projects of La Prairie and I kind of have to make the sleeves work. The problems are: this yarn is expensive! and one of the dyers has closed her studio. Sigh. I’m going to weigh the yarn I have and then do some math to make sure I have enough for both sleeves and hopefully it will all work out.
Mateo: Some other cat did it. The bunny did it. I am innocent!!!!
Hannah: you have a bald spot on your chin where you rubbed the fur off and there is some of your fun caught in the wire…
Mateo: would you like a few more days of my tuna?
I say, MoC – you’re getting awfully good at feline dialogue !!! [grin]
Meow!
Also, you are an idiot !! 😀
Hiss!!!
I refuse to believe that either Hannah or the CoalBear hiss ! But I guess this might be the one time – had I meant that in any way but a jocular one. 😀
The Mother really gets into the minds of you cats in a most amusing way
My Hannah would be gone for the horizon in a fast minute, I suspect, if she had the ability to climb thru a hole that size. She would not stick around for lavender or… probably anything else.
I saw a finished La Prairie this weekend at a fiber festival and it will be worth every minute of time you spend on it. It looks amazing when worn!
My Hannah is too much of a baby to every try to get out of the wire. I’m just amazed that Mateo comes back onto the deck and into the house without me catching on to the hole for DAYS! I’m just grateful that he didn’t drag any wildlife into the house with him,
Surely that hole was made by the bunny trying to get in to play with you …
MoC planted lavender? Why am I not surprised? But four kinds? I had no idea there were four different kinds. Love the plant. Love the scent. But this new(?) fad of putting it in drinks … hmm, not sure about that.
I keep going back to the garden center to find more plants. I’m drawn to the color and the small, but like you I’m not so sure that I want to drink or eat it…
The wire was bent outwards from the catio, so I’m pretty sure it was bad boy Mateo. You’d never know it to look at him, and I haven’t actually seen him trying to worm his way out, so there is still the chance of an outside agent.
Actually, it was probably a very smart bunny trying to frame Mateo .. 😉
Mateo: Exactly!!!
I love lavender! It’s one of my favorite plants and fragrances. I’ll have to plant some when I get my garden in order. I’m glad that the catio hole was found before any lasting harm was done.
I just love lavender, too! This time I am putting it into pots so I can keep it going indoors over the winter as some of the plants aren’t really able to survive the winter here in Colorado.
That’s a great idea!
Good to hear from you, Mateo! I like lavender too – I see why you and Hannah love to be near it 🙂 MOC is going to be done with all those projects soon, you’ll see!
Hannah: the lavender is starting to bloom!!!!
Mateo: she took the weaving off the loom yesterday!