MORNING ROLL CALL L JUNE 2026

@SummerOnTheWay1 , if it says you owe $0, then that means you owe $0. 😊 Yep, think you're off the hook.

Also, I see Mister claimed the most comfortable spot in the house. 😸

@LaDolceVita , I always offer to buy the eggs.  I do see signs peeps put up in their front yards advertising they have fresh eggs to sell. But I'm glad your hubby loves them.

Not too long ago, I went over to the chickens' coop with some leftovers and the chickens came bopping across the yard to meet me. 😲 (They are kept in a big enclosure with hen house because of all the critters around here -- foxes, etc.)  I texted the neighbor and I wanted try and herd them back, but Giorgio was following me and I didn't want to make a situation worse. The cats don't usually mess with the chickens, but I didn't want to see what would happen when they're free roaming.  Giorgio was a good boy and didn't do a thing.  Anyway, the neighbor came out and we got all the chickens herded back.  They had gotten out a side door of their house that apparently wasn't securely locked.

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We are getting up to the high 60s in my neck of VA, but tomorrow will be warmer.  Planning on an SNP adventure for tomorrow. 🚶 It will be nice to not have to wear 1 million layers. 🥶🧤🧣

Furkids are definitely getting friskier and loving flip-flops/rollovers in the sun.  Love their bellies rubbed.  Just gotta remember the Willie Mae stick or risk a shredded hand. 

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@catwoman500  Thanks for "Ms Austen", will keep an eye out, none of my emails from PBS have mentioned it.  @SummerOnTheWay1  Sounds like you are having fun with your gardening.  My hubby does all the gardening and I just listen to his troubles.   We grow mostly veggies.  BTW the trumpet vine from last year are still alive.

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@SummerOnTheWay1   Most perennials will go dormant in the winter.  Will post pictures when in bloom, I hope!

@SummerOnTheWay1 , I get the kids' food from Chewy.  Used to get it from Walmart or Petsmart, but when they got picky and during Covid and there was a shortage of certain cat foods, went to Chewy.  Kids love Friskies shreds, but can take or mostly leave the poultry or beef varieties.  I am on auto-ship.  I don't get it as often since it's only Willie Mae and Giorgio now.  My own sweet Delilah (indoor) and Stellar and Armani and BUC are now only precious memories.  They eat a variety of dry food and love the crunchy treats, not so much the chewy ones like Temptations.  And to think when I first discovered a feral mama and her two babies living under my deck, they were ecstatic over the stinky cheapie DG-brand food I got them.  Their tastes have definitely refined over the years. 😼🙄

Yes, I did go on an adventure in Shenandoah NP yesterday.  We returned to an old cemetery that we visited over twenty years ago!  The reason for the return was I had an old picture of an inscribed fieldstone that we found then, and no one else had seen or found it nor was it documented in the updated cemetery files of the NPS archives (although I was informed that my picture was added to the file with the year found -- 2005).  So we were determined to find it again.  Sadly, we did not.  Probably covered over, trees might have fallen on it, greenbriar might have made it inaccessible (not that we didn't try, got plenty of scratches to confirm and a couple of new tears in my pants).  We did discover a few new fieldstones in a corner that we hadn't seen before, none of them inscribed.  So not a total loss and it was a good day for a walk in the Park.

@SummerOnTheWay1 , Mister is bringing you a gift!  Most sources I have read agree that the predatory instinct in cats, even domesticated and well-fed cats, is strong.  Since Mister views you as part of his social group, he is bringing you a live critter to teach you to hunt, since in their minds, humans suck at it.  A dead critter is providing for you, bringing you food.  Cats will often bring their prey to a place they are comfortable at.

Stellar (Giorgio's brother) was the hunter of the family.  But he didn't like to share.  He would parade around proudly with his prey in his mouth and then, he would hog it all to himself, although I did once observe him drop a live mouse in front of his mother (Willie Mae) and the chase was on, including me who was actually trying to give the mouse a second chance.  Willie Mae and Giorgio don't seem to be that much into stalking and hunting.  They will go after a critter they see, but I think it's mostly for the chase.