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Harri, see this!:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/178305097/178306112IzItfZ Harri was very amused! That's just what I was waiting to see happen, and what she barely avoided. Dan |
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Jo Firey wrote:
We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties so should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri Jo Excellent! I'm glad to hear that. We would only be there the few minutes it takes to grab the new trailer, but with it being the site of a a previous enjoyable kitten walk it would be a shame to not take advantage of the opportunity. I like Marysville. I hope to be able to spend a couple of days there some time to look around a bit. Dan |
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Jo Firey wrote:
We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties so should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri Jo .... and if you should happen to be passing by the 1300 block of Furneaux Road around 5 PM tonight, you just might see a stripey orange Harri Roadcat on her kitten walk! Dan |
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"Dan M" wrote in message ... Jo Firey wrote: We haven't had any rain for a week and it should be sunny and low sixties so should be good walking weather this evening. Go for it Harri Jo ... and if you should happen to be passing by the 1300 block of Furneaux Road around 5 PM tonight, you just might see a stripey orange Harri Roadcat on her kitten walk! Dan Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do that. Jo |
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Dan, I love reading your stories about Harri
Ann -- read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos "Dan M" wrote in message ... One of the first places that Harri and I visited when we first got her to California was a furniture company in Marysville. We ended up sitting there (unnecessarily, it turns out) for half the day, and did a nice, long kitten walk. We didn't cover much territiry, just the trailer parking area and the small adjoining patch of grass, but it still lasted well over an hour and was *fascinating* for Harri. We're returning there this evening. We're to pick up a load of unassembled furniture to deliver to Henderson, NV (next to Las Vegas). Since we'll be there in the hours right after sunset, we might be able to experience a dark walk there as well. That could be interesting! We had an interesting dark walk last night. We got to the Sacramento yard around 10 PM and did a kitten walk as soon as arrived. We walked all around the yard, and when we walked along the south fence Harri was fascinated by the sounds of frogs - lots of frogs - coming from the field next door. Since she wasn't having any luck figuring out how to get over or under the fence I picked her up and carried her out through the gate and over to the edge of the field. As we walked I warned her that where you find frogs you generally find lots of water as well, but she didn't pay a lot of attention to what I was telling her We reached the field and I set her down to explore. She led us off down the edge of the field until we were directly opposite where she had stopped to listen. She then led us into the field. We came to a large puddle of water, and Harri was a bit frustrated. She would stick a front paw into the water, pull it out and shake it off, then try with the other paw. She finally stepped daintily into the water and got all four feet wet then returned to the dry land. Finally she decided that if she dashed across, maybe it wouldn't be too bad - she readied herself then made a quick dash for the other side. Her resolve faltered as the water got a little deeper. When the water reached her tummy her resolve disappeared entirely. She attempted to pirouette without touching the water (and almost succeeded, I swear!), raced back to dry land, and kept going until she reached the fence around the yard. She does NOT like getting her tummy fur wet! We kept going down the road, making occasional brief forays into the edges of hte field. We finally returned to the truck an hour and a half later. Though it had it's traumatic moments, it was a quite enjoyable walk. |
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What a great update! Thanks, Dan.
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "Dan M" wrote in message ... One of the first places that Harri and I visited when we first got her to California was a furniture company in Marysville. We ended up sitting there (unnecessarily, it turns out) for half the day, and did a nice, long kitten walk. We didn't cover much territiry, just the trailer parking area and the small adjoining patch of grass, but it still lasted well over an hour and was *fascinating* for Harri. snip |
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Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do
that. Jo If you do and you happen to see a red US Xpress truck with "20487" on the nose, that's us. Dan |
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Not sure but if I have to take grandson to Marysville to work, I may just do
that. Jo We arrived almost an hour early, got our loaded trailer, and parked on the street. I had some paperwork to finish off, so did that. Harri spent the time "ack-ack"ing at some birds across the street. Finally about 4:45 I hooked Harri up and took her into the large green field we were parked beside. I guess she doesn't like grass that comes up to her tummy any more than water that comes up to her tummy - she spent about 5 minutes walking around then made a bee-line back to the truck. I decided to check e-mail and Usenet one more time, and I was getting the wireless internet connection set up, Jo pulled up! Perfect timing. Unfortunately Harri is terrified of anyone except Nancy and me, so I had to pick her up off the back of the seat and hold her for Jo to get a picture. Jo was kind enough to bring Harri a great big shrimpie! It's now on the dashboard while it finishes thawing, and Harri is meatloafing right in front of it. As soon as I take it out of the plastic bag I suspect she's going to make short work of it. We're now off to Sacramento to scale this load, then headed for Sparks (Reno) where we'll spend the night. |
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What a character! I love these stories, Dan.
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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