Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for September 17, 2019

Well Annie…..I think that entire plate of burnt food would fit perfectly that very large mouth ;-)

“That’s blackened, not burned.”

The weather is conducive for al fresco dining out on the dock.

Here’s a saying for you, Chesney – “Come into my kitchen and have a look. The first complainer is the next meal’s cook”. Everybody has cooking failures now and then. You need to appreciate the efforts Annie goes to to feed you cats.

Today is:

Time’s Up Day. Does not apply to me. It’s my day off and I have no deadlines to meet. Well, my utility bill is due in 3 days, but I’m paying it today.

National Professional House Cleaners Day. I could use one of those (or a crew of those) but I’d have to clean the house first because I’d hate for them to see my house the way it looks right now.

National IT Professionals Day

Constitution Day

Citizenship Day

National Apple Dumpling Day. Now that I finally recovered from a nasty 72-hour stomach bug, I’d love a hunk of apple dumplings!

National Monte Cristo Day

By the way, everyone, whatever you do, DO NOT catch that nasty stomach bug (whatever it is) that I have had these past few days! I’m feeling better now (no more fever), but my stomach still feels achy – just not as “barfy” as if I was going to vomit at any minute as what it had felt ever since Thursday evening. I couldn’t even choke down a single slice of toast for breakfast on Friday. I didn’t even try for toast on Saturday morning. I just drank some orange juice and that was all I could stomach. My fever never got above 100.9° the times I checked it, but it might have gotten a little higher while I was at work on Friday. I left work 3 hours early on Friday because I was so afraid I was going to barf. And as it turned out, I barely made it home when I did just that. Good thing I didn’t stay any later at work! But since there was no food in my stomach, I didn’t bring much up. But still, it’s gross and disgusting seeing people barf, so I’m glad I only had a couple cats around to witness my actions. I called in and didn’t go to work on Saturday. I still worked on Sunday – an early shift so I got home by 6:00 pm. It was still light out and it was such nice weather, I sat in my lawn swing to read a while. I had to stop reading and rest my eyes after about 15 minutes of reading. Then about 15 minutes after that, it was somehow 7:00. I guess I fell asleep. But I was suddenly starting to feel well enough to eat a bowl of ice cream. And my fever was gone and has not been back. So I’m recovering at last. But I say again. DO NOT CATCH THIS BUG!!!!

Chesney, you must just love the loading dock; you make so much effort to be out there.

Poor Annie just can’t win, but I’m on Chesney’s side on this one.

Yas’,he could have told Annie she’s the" toast " of the town!

Backsplash tile installers are 25 minutes out…

BBEAR’s Tuesday posts:

1. Spiders are our friends. They eat other bugs. Nevertheless, they creep me out.

https://i.imgur.com/5UgPszP.png

2. Please read instructions carefully before assembling your cat.

https://i.imgur.com/B3Fvye5.jpg

3. This morning I decided to turn the tables on my cat. I have some scars to show for my “revenge”.

https://i.imgur.com/6e0MTEi.png

4. Wait there, I’ll try to get you out.

https://i.imgur.com/jryjCyH.jpg

5. A cute kitten post: this doggie has found a way to satisfy her “mothering instinct” by adopting.

https://i.imgur.com/lbMTF1S.jpg

6. When there’s no box handy, a sink will do for protection.

https://i.imgur.com/Eny7MBa.jpg

7. A cute kitten post: how yew doin?

https://i.imgur.com/AAOaJ70.jpg

8. A cute kitten post: there is a friend who lives on a highway just outside of the city who is constantly finding abandoned cats and dogs like this.??

https://i.imgur.com/KAAusVC.jpg

9. When an unexpected (but not unwanted) dinner guest shows up.

https://i.imgur.com/whOo1Bl.jpg

10. A cute kitten post: some people take pills for antidepressants, others use these, more effective methods.

https://i.imgur.com/DZAoUSG.jpg

11. When store security is asleep on the job.

https://i.imgur.com/cQdpfFF.jpg

12. All the kitty needs is a phone.

https://i.imgur.com/4BRgYbP.jpg

13. Wonder what he said?

https://i.imgur.com/Cn7qQHn.jpg

14. The cat mantra. Something that humans ought to try.

https://i.imgur.com/JK0VgsT.jpg

Great pictures today. :)

Oh, like you could do better, Chesney. On another note, saw lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!) at the zoo today. Also saw otters playing, and heard a kookaburra laugh. (You know that sound you hear in old jungle movies? That’s a kookaburra.)