Animals – you gotta love ’em.
After their breakfast this morning I took The Girls for their walk down the lane to do their thing, and exercise their olfactory senses, at least. Their delight was manifest in every squirming fibre of their being and we were enjoying a companionable time together, when I heard the strangulated vowels of an unhappy cat.
There was Princess Podi, standing at the open gate, yawling as though we’d taken off for Outer Mongolia. Even The Girls looked up, momentarily, from their ecstatic snuffling. I called and spoke to her, of course, and she came bounding down the lane after us, but stopped at the letterbox, four feet drawn together at attention, body arched in a bow, and began voweling again. No amount of coaxing her to join us on our walk would convince her to venture beyond the letterbox, but as long as she could see us, and hear my voice, she did subside a little, sitting within her tail, at the foot of the tree, shielded from view by said letterbox.
Apparently she was unhappy about running into the neighbour’s cow, grazing on the bright monsoon-fed grass growing on the side of the road.
The girl herself, displacing the bills on my desk
You would be forgiven for thinking things were on the up and up here since my Six Sixes on a Friday meltdown back at the beginning of May. And indeed they are.
Maid’s gone, room emptied, left debt. Ads placed, feelers out, high hopes.
Dog’s been sick, washing machine broken. Vet says Girls OK, machine fixed.
Car’s with the mechanic, need wheels. Awaiting parts, sitting idle, growing mould.
Calling for help useless, phone’s fried. Phone’s fixed, the world’s within reach.
And what seemed like the last straw at the time:
Camera full of images, can’t download. Just a faulty cable, et voila!
I won’t show you a photograph of the mould hanging off the steering wheel like moss in the enchanted forest – gross! But look at what’s happening at the Gene Pool today:
The Wanderlust Gene 
hmm.. cows and cats. Can’t say I’ve ever seen them get close to one another!
Me neither, but I’m sure if we had any friends with a dairy we’d hear of best friends down in the barn:)
“. . . the strangulated vowels of an unhappy cat.”
Oh, Mere, this was sublimely described. I could almost hear the plangent meow of this beauty. I have always had an appreciation for cats, or maybe I should say a fondness for the creatures God made them to be. They are quite independent, and their personalities vary like a handful of grapes. I am allergic, however, and as they don’t tolerate my squzzling, I most definitely am, and always will be, a dog mom.
Poor Cara, confined to puppy motherhood, deprived of the joys of a mixed species household:)
Do the June bugs count?? 😉
Do they give you pleasure, Cara?
Most certainly . . . flushing one down the toilet after I have captured it inside an empty water bottle gives me the utmost pleasure indeed.
Na. June Bugs don’t count then, sorry! 🙂
I am really not a cat person at all so can’t empathize, but I too am strangely afraid of cows!! So I guess I can. We also have two crazy dogs, also known as “the Girls.” They are supposedly sisters – or half sisters – and one is much crazier than the other…
A well adjusted family then! So good to know more about your world … 🙂
oh brilliant post, love your rich descriptive writing, all so clearly pictured, and good news column, hurray!
What a difference taking control can make! I simply decided not to become a slave to the housework and voila, I seemed to have time to think again. Ok, so I haven’t swept the garden since then, and I could dust more frequently, but at least we’re having fun again!
You have to love cats….always have to be in the middle of what you’re doing; although, I have a small dog that likes to do the same thing 🙂
Don’t I know it! The dogs would be up pushing me off the desk if they could get up here. As it is, I’ve two at my feet and Podi disrupting the bills pile, or knocking the phone of its perch, she quite likes it there, too:)
Thanks for dropping by. Hope to see you some more.
Good idea, let Podi deal with the bills, bothersome things 😉
Perfect. Why didn’t I think of that. Thanks Ella!
Those monsoon rains certainly produced a lovely flower. Princess Podi doesn’t look very approachable there. Best let her do as she pleases with those bills. 😉 I’m sure the creditors will totally understand.
You reckon if I put her on a lead and march on in to their offices they’ll jump on their chairs and do her bidding? What a lovely idea:)
Interesting and funny writings, Am following your blog from now on. 🙂
Thank you Loner. I’m sure you can relate to my life with the animals …:)
Just love your vivid and descriptive writing as much as the story! Good to know things are much improved, despite the mold growing on in your car 🙂
I love this post! It has everything a reader could want, including a cute pic of a gorgeous cat.
Really? Am I getting the hang of it at last, Tilly? That’s great feedback – thank you.
Love the way you listed the troubles of the day, then the resolutions to the side.
Very visual!
Thank you – I love making word pictures 🙂