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once he trusted me enough to let me touch him, i knew it wasn't gonna be long before he'd move in, but #8 is quite intrepid as it turns out, and now follows me anywhere, even when scared. it's kinda endearing, but i know my place; i am The Purveyor of Food. though he does like the petting too; he even occasionally interrupts the eating to butt his head into my leg.
i am amused. bacchus is not. two new cats in his house! but he's remarkably peaceful with both the new toms. just the way he walks around and casts glances shows that he's enormously put out. i am petting him a lot. and i'm gonna build a cat tower; we need more places for cats to settle on. shadow dug up my grey shetland roving yesterday (which is in a bag); luckily i discovered her kneading it before she had felted the lot.
#8 looks in better shape in this picture than he is; he's basically skin and bones. he turns his face away when i try to look into his mouth, but i expect what i'll find once i get to see is not very many teeth, and quite possibly some badly infected ones. his fur is matted in several places, and his tail looks ratty, but today he is cleaning himself, so getting some food which he could eat easily into him was probably the main thing needed. he doesn't seem to have any fresh injuries; the missing ear healed before we saw him for the first time.
guess he needs a name now. the paramour doesn't like "ear". don't understand why not.
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on 2009-10-27 04:17 (UTC)no subject
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on 2009-10-27 04:48 (UTC)We are at one cat and likely will be for a while- bouncy energetic Golden pups are not very popular with cats who don't know them already. And I haven't got the brain space for another baby animal right now. Molly wouldn't mean to hurt a kitten but she's such a galumph at this stage.
Spinning is one of those things I learned just enough about to understand someone else talkling about it. I learned to use a drop spindle but never got enough practice to be any good at it.
I could see it being zen for someone who is not me. Very simple basic crochet is like that for me. I may lay in a stock of machine washable yarn and start turning out scarfs and lap blankets for local charities.
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on 2009-10-27 17:29 (UTC)yeah, same with the drop spindle for me. i never got to the stage where i didn't have to watch it. so much of spinning is feel though that i think i'll get there with the wheel, and fairly quickly too. which is nifty. but i also like that there is a lot of tech to it, my geeky self delights in differences between staple and crimp, and the varied techniques for getting different yarns.
vincent? see my question to semperfiona.
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on 2009-10-27 05:49 (UTC)Daww what a lovely cat, even if he's not in the best shape right now. Dawwwwwww
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on 2009-10-27 17:21 (UTC)he's very fluffy up front with that tomcat mane, and not so much towards the back right now. but hey, he's cleaning himself, he already looks much, much better than a couple days ago.
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on 2009-10-27 17:23 (UTC)they all love raw fleece; i had to put the one i got a couple years ago way up high so they didn't dig in there.
(love that icon!)
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on 2009-10-29 19:20 (UTC)