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Two cats and a flower
The Matrix Security guy came today to service our alarm system and had to check the control box in the harness room (a large cupboard in the carport called that because the previous owners hung their tack there). When he left, I thought I'd better check to make sure he hadn't shut a cat in there. There didn't seem to be anyone there and I was about to lock the door again when I saw a stripy face appear in the gloom below a pile of cartons. She refused to come out at first--and Jasmin was very worried and trying to get in after her--but I lured her out with a play tube (an old cable outer). They were both quite happy once they were running about on the deck chasing it. :-)
While out there I found my little pohutukawa potted tree has a flower! That seems very early for pohutukawa, but maybe the miniature varieties bloom early. Either that or it's going to be a killer summer!
Two cats and a flower
A photo of Ashley looking like a seashell.
Jasmin on the new kitchen mat we bought in the weekend. She must like the texture, but it looks as if she knows that the colours match her own. :-)
My first pohutukawa flower! It's an iconic NZ flower; see, well, icon!
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I'm glad you thought to check the harness room! I lost Muffin for an hour or so at the weekend, when it turned out that he'd slipped through the (usually closed) garage door while I was getting a ladder out. What is it about a door that makes cats desperate to be able to get through it?! :-)
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Cats are so good at getting through doors without us seeing them, and getting shut into rooms or cupboards. Jasmin was in the spare bedroom all evening last month. She was very forgiving when we let her out though. :-)
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Jasmin seems to appreciate the mat you bought. I'm sure in her mind it was purchased just for her. hehe
Ashley has such lovely coloring. She does look very spiral-like when she's all curled up like that.
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Of course she likes the mat, you bought it for her didn't you? :¬D
Ashley is lucky you checked, she could have been there for Hours! Aww cute that Jasmin was worried.
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:-)Oh Ashley, with her pattern, really, a seashell:-)
Now I am wailing here again...for pohutukawa!
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And Jasmin looks just wonderful on "her" new rug.
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My pohutukawa is very small, about 1/4 the size shown. Big trees grow along the coast, as in this icon (drawn about three years ago) and bloom in summer. :-)
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The normal trees grow along the coast and bloom in summer, becoming covered in red: the "NZ CHristmas Tree" (see icon).
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I always check straight away for cats after tradespaople have been here--and their vehicles too before they leave. It's just lucky she showed her face before I decided she wasn't in there. It's where I'd have looked though is she hadn't turned up.
I think Jasmin was worried, and Ashley was grateful for being found. She was probably hiding form the guy.
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My pohutukawa is about 1/4 the size in the photo. The normal trees grow on the coast and bloom in summer (see icon), with big flowers, and the red and green make get it called the "NZ Christmas tree".
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The earliest photo I have of her she was already starting to look better, though.
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I got my Petra from a bankrupt pet shop which was going to kill her; they gave her to me free, along with bowls and other stuff. Poor little thing, she was full of worms, but otherwise adorable from the start (dark tabby with a white nose and tunny). She got on really well with Sigi, the two-months-older kitten I'd found starving. Damn, but I still miss those two. I miss all of my old cats.
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When you move, you could get a kitten. :-)
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I have a wee southern rata in my garden, and I'm waiting for its first flower :)
I heard something on the radio recently that said (if I recall correctly) that they are expecting an El Nino summer again this year, so we should have an early spring, but there will probably be droughts in some areas. Right now, it's raining heavily, but the tui is back :)
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But el nino means rain, rain rain! Aaaugh! It's la nina that's a decent summer, isn't it? :-( I'll keep an eye on the local big pohutukawas; they're usually pretty accurate.
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