January 16, 2009
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It’s bad enough…
…the wind and sun damage things well before ‘their time’ .
But, damage from a very unwelcome feral cat … BIG FAT GRRRRR!
That grey cat really wants to take over Dat Bugga’s home territory and food.Before the house was finished, Steve planted Oleander at the side of the garage to slow down the high and sometimes damaging Trade Winds. It works, so it stayed. We have found nothing as a replacement.
He had been cleaning up the leaf litter under the oleander and using a blower to round them up.
Thoughtfully, he blocked the opening under the gate so that the leaves would not be covering the patio (the space between the house and the garage )
*****Oleander is #1 for toxic and a NO NO! and can kill pets and people.******
Steve tucked that piece of cardboard at the end of the sidewalk. Neither of us thought to take it away..
Looks good Steve!Recently, one evening we were having our coffee and dessert on the lanai ( the porch area under the house roof) and we hear this horrible cat screach! Everybody jumped up and ran.. Bugga for the hills and Steve and I to rescue some cat out of what sounded like a life and death situation.
We were both thinking that that grey cat was doing great bodily harm to another innocent house cat. At the scene, all we saw was a cornered grey cat and his fangs..
He had obviously jumped onto the door and down on the shade of the swing. Already weather beaten, it gave way ~
The shade in tatters, cat scratches and wet paw prints bear witness to the crime.Alas! and lost the battle to the cat
These shades are so hard to find that it appears that I’ll have to sew a replacement.
On warmer days, this is a favorite reading/knitting/visiting spot. Hours and hours~
Comments (5)
Oh you are kinder than I would be to that cat. It would be gone if I had my way!!! I know you are much nicer and I do hope you can find a replacement or can sew one to offer shade.
Tonight we are having some mighty cold weather for the south, everyone is worried about broken pipes!
That swing looks so nice… so inviting but so sorry to hear about the cat tails…
That does look nice and clean! But, I don’t recognize where this is!!!
Damn cat. Grrrr. I *hate* for things to be destroyed. There’s so many things on both our to do lists, didn’t need one more added. Argh!
We had to have ours replaced last year. An awning company could make one for you but it isn’t cheap. The replacement awning cost more than a new swing! (But we’ve never found another swing we liked as well.)
That darn cat needs to go!!! He is a pain in the patoot!!! Can’t the city do something about him? To bad you can’t trap him some how and take him way out in the country somewhere— oh wait is there any place like that there?