"Pat" wrote in message
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I woke at daybreak today. It happens.... The cats were already up, doing
their zoomy rituals. It's so hilarious to watch.

Beatrice makes odd sounds - somewhere between growling and screaming -
while wrestling with Billy, which brings Eli running to make sure nobody
is hurting her.

Even Abelard, who loves to sleep in, is awake. He and Baby Eyes are most
interested in me at this hour. They follow me around, positioning
themselves so as to catch my eyes and give me the look that says "Hey, you
lazy slave, when are you going over to the store for some proper kibble
for us?" Yesterday they feasted on their favorite hoomin foods because I
felt guilty about giving them puppy chow but didn't have the time or
energy to make it to the store. But Baby Eyes does more than look; she
asks direct questions. "Mrrrrow? Meaaah-yea, mrph?" whilst staring
*straight* into my eyes. None of the others are quite so bold, but she is
The Queen.

Lily decided it's a good day to shred and has torn a large sheet of
construction paper into approximately 45,000 pieces, which meowmie must
now sweep up.

Tommy, as always, is most interested in being in the bathroom. He always
has to follow me in, and then won't leave easily, so I left him in there
this time until he told me to let him out.

The funniest thing this morning was watching Beatrice ATTACK the little
plot of grass in the flowerpot on the floor, treating it like it was her
favorite toy.

I simply *must* get started on fencing this yard for the owners. I've been
hoping to learn that the neighbors with the three dogs are in fact buying
the house next door, which would probably mean they will be fencing their
yard, which would mean then I'd have fence on all three of the longest
sides of the yard.

My plan is to just put in posts with insulators and a wire near the top of
the existing fences. I already have the posts and insulators, and enough
welded wire to cover the space that the neighbors' fences don't, and two
gates. If the dog people do put up a fence, all I will need is a roll of
wire for the top.



I'm sure you already know this, but you would need to get permission from
the neighbors if they build the fence because it will be "theirs" and not
"yours" (especially if they build it a couple of inches inside their
property line -- which is the norm is this area, just to avoid questions of
ownership). It's possible that they will not want to see wire attached to
the top, but they might give permission to attach it down a few inches so it
would not be visible to them.

MaryL