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20100619 - cats broke our window to escape - IMG_0999 - Oranjello leaving, Lemonjello about to jump down

Lemonjello's raised paw == funny!

 

You can see the window that fell out on the ground, underneath our telephone box.

 

(Yes, we filled out foundation crack with Great Stuff. That should hold the house up.)

 

(P.S. FUCK KUDZU! But it does stop landslides... a problem with my next door neighbor's property.)

 

Lemonjello the cat, Oranjello the cat, brick wall, broken window, foundation crack, kudzu, peeling paint, telephone box.

 

side yard, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.

 

June 19, 2010.

 

 

... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com

... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com

 

 

 

BACKSTORY: We staged some photos to re-create The Great Cat Escape Of 2010. Lemonjello, the inferior cat, is superior in a select few ways: And one of those is warning Clint that something is up. When Oranjello was trapped in the crawlspace, Lemonjello literally meowed and led Clint, 5 feet at a time, to the door of the crawlspace.

 

This other morning, he meowed with similar alarm and tone -- a meow that is even worse than his normal annoying whiny meows. He led me to the living room, where I immediately felt the heat coming in from the missing pane. It fell 4 feet, but did not break (SLACK!). Being a cat-related endeavor, it fell to Carolyn to deal with the consequences. It was all of $3 to fix.

 

Yes, this window is in terrible condition, as is the sill. It looked especially worse when we put new siding on the house (the rest of our house had looked like that). I don't really see a point in upkeeping them (Repair? Yes. Upkeep? No.) since they really need to be replaced with 2-pane energy efficient windows anyway. It could definitely use a fresh coat of paint. In the interim, we simply put pillows over the hole. This kept the cats in and the heat out. Fortunately, they never go too far when they get out... But right before fixing it, we decided to take some pictures of the unique situation!

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