April 18th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, CritterTalk, Photography
108/365 (April 18, 2010) – Yeah, I know he’s cute, and photogenic, and all that other stuff. And he’s loveable and everything else.
But he’s horrible.
He’s a Monster.
Really!
Why?
Because he’s driven by his stomach. And he can read a clock and tell time. He knows that breakfast is around 6am, and dinner is around 6pm. And he starts working on you about an hour before that. Which isn’t too bad in the evening…but 5am? C’mon!
He moans, and cries, and whimpers. All in your ear. And if that does’t work, that cold wet nose finds its way into your ear, or your nose, or your mouth.
Yuck.
He’s horrible. In a lovable sort of way…..
February 16th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography
47/365 (February 16, 2010) – We have a monkey off our back.
Finally, Canada has taken a gold medal at home.
Two in fact.
In the meantime, I have loved the American male figure skater (Evan Lysacek – what a skate!), the Swiss downhill skiers, the Korean speed skaters…etc, etc, etc. I particularly loved the American bronze medalist in the women’s freestyle moguls. To me, she epitomized the nature of sport. Inclusive, supportive, and fun. She hugged everyone, even the athletes who knocked her from first and second. How cool is that? And then there was Alexandre Bilodeau, his inspiration is his brother, who is disabled and living with cerebral palsy. I love his completely down to earth attitude.
I wish everyone could let go of the "we are better than you" attitude and embrace the spirit of the games. Sure, many things could be better…many things could be much worse. It’s not so bad, despite what the media would like us to focus on.
I wish good luck to all athletes of all countries. It’s about the person and their skill, not where they are from.
Get over it everyone.
February 5th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Random Musings
Poor little Loki. His life consists of a pretty regular routine of sleep, love, eat. And when I say routine, I really do mean a set pattern. This is the only cat I’ve ever encountered that can tell time. He absolutely knows when it is 6 am and 6 pm because those are the two times each day that he gets a smidgen of wet cat food. The rest of the time food is always available, but he’s ambivalent about kibble. Unlike Milo who is the exact opposite.
January 26th, 2010, posted in 365 Challenge, Photography
Feeding Time at the Zoo — If there is one thing Loki loves (other than me) it’s food.
Those radar dishes on the top of his head make it difficult to sneak a treat to Milo sometimes as even the slightest clink of his food dish or the cookie jar brings him flying from a dead sleep.
View other Loki shots in my Flickr Photostream
April 18th, 2009, posted in CritterTalk
Loki, Milo, and Gizmo. Our collection of two syllable, multi-faceted, pain in the patootie, critters.
Kirk was away this week, in Toronto on business, and so I was “in charge” (not that anyone is really in charge of these creatures) for the week. Easy, right….? Well, yes and no.
Loki has one talent, he can read a clock! He really is a little pain because of it. I’m getting the morning wakeup call because Kirk is out of town. Mind you, it’s not as bad as the one he gets. At least Loki is letting me sleep a little bit more…although it’s been less every day Kirk is away. Today we battled at 6:20 am until about 7am before Loki conceded that I had one the day’s round. At 8am I had to use the washroom…so at that point, once you’re already up…well, might as well feed him. Usually he wakes Kirk up at about 5:45 am. He’s insistent. He starts by sitting next to your head. If you don’t “feel his intent” psychologically…. you’re going to feel it physically shortly. The next step is usually his very wet nose stuffed into whatever orifice happens to be most convenient…eye, nose, ear, open mouth…any will do and all usually generate the same reaction. You’ll flip over. But he is not deterred. He merely hops over you to the other side and begins again. If he still doesn’t get you up, he’ll up the ante and start his sad little Loki cries in your face. Next up is the “Loki shower” Remember that wet nose? Well, since he’s thinking about breakfast, he’s also salivating a bit and he has these massive ears that need a good shake. So he winds up and shakes his head and flaps his ears and all that moisture in his nose and mouth spray down on your upturned, sleepy face. And if all THAT doesn’t get you up. He will jump off the bed and start leaping up from the floor onto your chest, stomach, groin…whatever. And if you haven’t been up yet, you’ve probably got to pee, and that just makes it worse…so you get up…and he follows you to the bathroom and sits and smiles at you….and you go to the kitchen and feed him…because….well, you’re up anyway!
