Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Drac, prayers for your step-daughters partner. Pedicure and lunch out with a friend today, Trivia at CVI tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning Gerry Hagatha Draclvr Connie Fogfighter OldBroad Mad and all that follow. The coffee hits the spot this morning Gerry and I'll bet you're looking forward to the weekend sunshine. Will keep Tom in our thoughts and prayers Draclvr. Hope your power is back on Hagatha. Happy Thursday to one and all.

Good morning Gerry Hagatha Draclvr Connie Soot OldBroad Mad and all...

The DDWAB was great as usual. Even the Sun briefly appeard and nodded approval. However already cloudy again.Time for venturing outdoors to try to grab some eggs. They are getting eggspensive, but still available in the local supermarket.
Also been working on a new crossword puzzle for the upcoming weekend.
Happy day of Thor everyone.

Good Morning and Welcome to Friday! Wide Awake dark brew awaits you all. Lots of chores today so I have the weekend free to relax...with some gaming and getting out in the fresh air with hopefully the sun shining!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Still no sunshine. But no blizzard and DDWAB in the cup. Not to mention it's Friday.

Happy Friday Gameboomers

Good morning! Hope you get sun, Gerry! We are sunny andf 65 degrees F today. Feels wonderful... Especially because it's Friday, Fogfighter!

Just date night tonight... not sure where to go tonight, but we're grilling tomorrow night!

Happy Friday!

Good morning everyone.

I'm going to put up some more pictures and art today, try to get this place more or less finished. I have some room in the garage now, so I can start to set it up properly. I really miss my basement, though. I have a massive crawl space, but it's only 3 feet high, and although it's bright and clean and dry, and I can easily manoeuvre down there, I can foresee it being an issue when I'm 80.

Good afternoon everyone. I see there's still some wide awake dark brew and bagels ... today must be my lucky day ... thanks Gerry and Connie. Hope you get some sunshine this weekend Gerry and Fogfighter. We are enjoying nice weather too Draclvr. It'll be nice to get more pictures hung Hagatha. Have a great weekend everyone.

T.G.I.F.

Hagatha, this made me think of you!

Catio

Good Morning and Welcome to the Weekend. Lots of dark Wide Awake Brew is ready to start your day Connie, Fogfighter, Draclvr, hagatha, soot and all who join us this morning.

I'm sorry to say we did not see the sun yesterday...I think that makes 12 days in a row without sunshine or blue sky! Today the local weatherman said we will see it! I envy you such nice weather Draclvr! Hagatha, I am 80 so I can say I think it will surely be a problem to walk around bent over with only 3 feet of head room!

I hope to walk in the sunshine today...my weekend walks are 3 miles each day and during the week 4 miles a day...weather permitting. I love getting out in the fresh air even when it is cold!

Have a fun day everyone!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. A Sam's trip is on the agenda today. Dinner and Trivia at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. The coffee is wonderful Gerry ...fhope you find sunshine on your walk today. I'm up for a Danish today Connie, have fun at the Eagles tonight. Have a great Saturday everyone.

Good morning everyone. We've had some sun lately and I'm looking forward to resuming my daily walks after all the snow and rain.


Draclvr, a couple of weeks ago Dude resumed the pacing and howling to go outside. He chirps or howls every three or four seconds, and jumps up and down off the windowsill with a loud plop every 30 seconds or so. It gets so bad I literally can't think and the simplest mental task becomes impossible. I had a cat flap installed in the garage man door last week, but the lock doesn't work and I'm not letting them out without an escape hatch that can be used to lock them in, too.

I've given up on the catio idea. The big metal one I put together just makes them frantic. They both see it as a cage. I'm going to take my chances with them as outdoor cats. I'm at the end of a road with very narrow streets and people drive slowly because there are deer on the road.

Hagatha, i was wondering whether part or all of your crawl space could become new territory for the feline duo!

Now there's a thought, Lex!

Hagatha, would something like this make you feel better about letting the little rascals outside? We have a similar one for our Bloodhound.

GPS Tracker for Cats.

Lex, the crawl space would be a novelty for about five minutes, but the biggest problem is that the metal hatch is very heavy and difficult to open and close. It literally has to be hauled up and over the rim of the hole. I only go down there to store things and to let the HVAC guys in.

Both my previous cats were outdoor cats in a coyote-infested neighbourhood. Both of them lived to 18 and died of old-age-related diseases. There are no coyotes on Vancouver Island. I have heard that there are racoons around here but I've never heard or seen one. The biggest problem would be other cats, and there is one that comes into the garden regularly. I think if it was two against one it would stay away. Willow won't stray far from her food bowl anyway, and Dude will do what Dude does. There's no way he's been an indoor cat all his life.

I'll ask the vet what she thinks about those tracking collars but I don't like collars on cats; I'm afraid they'll hang themselves.

I kind of feel the same way about collars on cats. None of mine - indoor or outdoor - have them.

Good Morning and Welcome to Sunday Connie, soot, hagatha, Draclvr, Fogfighter, Lex and everyone! A fresh brewed double dark Wide Awake Coffee is ready! That first cup is so good!

It was a beautiful sunny, but chilly day yesterday. I was able to get in a nice long walk...about 4.5 miles. I try and walk 3 to 4 miles every day.

Hagatha raccoons can be vicious when it comes to cats...one of my neighbors cats was attacked and killed by a raccoon. If you let your cats out just don't let them out at night...not usual to see raccoons in the day time.

Hope you all enjoy your day.

Gerry

Good Morning Connie, soot, hagatha, Draclvr, Gerry, Lex and everyone!

Sunday but no sunshine. Could be worse. No arctic blizzard and warm coffee in the cup.

Happy Sunday

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Going to be a stormy day here today. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone.


Coffee ☕️ and Bagels 🥯!!! Thank you Gerry and Connie.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Good Sunday morning! Our lovely warmish days are over for a while!

Gerry, you are so right about raccoons. They are beautiful and cute, but they are also deadly. They killed a couple of my neighbor's chickens night before last. I wonder if Hagatha even has raccoons on her island.

A good day to be lazy and maybe do some gaming.

Good morning all. It's another nice day, but the sun is bringing the cold temperatures back with it. Still, it's a nice day to go for a walk.

We do have raccoons on the Island, though I have never seen one in the years i have been here. In the old coyote-infested neighbourhood in North Burnaby we saw and heard raccoons all the time. As a side note, when my cat Rachel was still young, she used to play with a raccoon kit, which was pretty darned cute. But wildlife is one of the reasons I want a cat flap with a locking system, so when the cats arrive for their dinners I can lock them in.