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After a lifetime of owning cats (like anyone really OWNS a cat!), I've come to realize that they're much like people. Some of them are incredibly sharp.....others, not so much.
Ozzie is one going to be one of the brighter ones, for sure!
We have a cat door in our front storm door, that can be adjusted so that Leo and Stella can come back inside if they're out, but once they come back in, nobody can push back out.
This keeps the cats that are not allowed out in, and let's me keep track of Leo and Stellas whereabouts.
The only problem I have ever had with this arrangement through the years is when I end up with a cat that is smart enough to figure out how to flip the cat door flap backwards from the inside and snake their way out. I've only had a handful that have been able to do this.
Alex, May and Stella...and I don't worry about her, because she doesn't wander far........and now, guess who??
I'm working at my laptop on the diningroom table the other morning and happened to look up just in time to see Ozzie trotting across the front porch with Leo! OMG!!!!!
Thank heavens he's not spazzy, and I was able to walk outside and just scoop him up. I figured maybe it was some fluke and somehow somebody opened a door and he slipped out .
The next morning, same scene.......I look up and there's Ozzie playing in a snow drift off the front porch!
Thank heavens he came running right to me when I called him, and dashed right back into the house.
Now the cat door is completely locked!
Stella doesn't care......she says she's not even interested in going outside until it warms up, but Leo is having a fit. He's used to me letting him out and he comes back in a hundred times each morning it seems, until he settles down for his late morning nap.
He obviously is annoyed at the inconvenience of not being able to come back in precisely when he wants.
I tried to explain to him that in the old days this is how it worked. People let their cat's outside and when they wanted to come in they had to sit at the door and meow until somebody opened the door! He does not seem to want to grasp this new concept!
A cruise fown the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo is one of the higlights of a visit to China. It has been a draw to tourists for many years making Yangshuo something of a laidback traveller hangout. Guangxi Province.
Guilin (Chinese: 桂林; pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Li River. Its name means "forest of Sweet Osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant Sweet Osmanthus trees located in the city. The city has long been renowned for its unique scenery.
(from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilin)
Here is a really good piece covering our trip by by Ibrahim N. Abusharif: nawawi.org/eventsandtrips/ch_travel_log_d9_10.html
He writes: "We next flew to the city and region of Guilin in southern China. The most remarkable aspect of this trip was the breathtaking scenery, one of the most celebrated in all of China. The name “Guilin” literally means “Cassia Tree Forest.” The landscape in and around Guilin contains a mixture of terraced rice paddies, bamboo groves, and water buffalos all over the place. To the periphery, peg-like mountains dart up from the earth with no slope to speak of. The mountains are green with pine trees. Guilin rests on the banks of the Li River. The slow boat ride winding down the Li River was the high point of the Guilin visit. The peaceful cruise brought us up close to the amazing mountains that jut out from the earth and take on shapes that have inspired Chinese artists for millennia. We also saw fishermen with their cone hats along the shores of the river. We visited a cavernous cave known as an "Art Palace of Great Nature," because of the remarkable natural shapes of the stalactites, stalagmites, stone pillars, stone curtains, and other cave phenomenon that take thousands of years to form. "
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Li Lolghi is a prehistoric gallery grave, erected during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civilization. These graves are called "Tombe dei giganti" (= "Giants' graves"). Hundreds of them have been found on the island of Sardinia, all dated to 2.200-1.600 BC.
Li Lolghi is 27 meters long - and the central stone (here seen from the back) is about 4 meters high.
I really like Ozzie's tabby markings.
He has such a solemn little face.
LOL......there is NOTHING solemn about him!!!
Li Ling is wearing "Amande douce" an handknitted outfit from me, including dress, jacket and headband.
En la cena de honor ofrecida a la delegación de México, por el Embajador Eduardo Medina Mora, previa a la LI Reunión Interparlamentaria México - Estados Unidos, en la ciudad de Washington D.C.
Two of my nieces wanted to go play on the playground during Roni & Steph's wedding shower in Shanksville. Being the middle of the northeast heat wave, they played hard, and I kinda just melted into a puddle and waited for them to wear out.
Li Ling is wearing "Amande douce" an handknitted outfit from me, including dress, jacket and headband.
My granddaughter stayed with us last night. She is much more active and speaking short sentences. "I dancing!"
Li Ling is wearing "Amande douce" an handknitted outfit from me, including dress, jacket and headband.