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I made my morning tea, watered the garden, then sat on my deck soaking in the beauty of it all. It's one of my favourite things to do to start my day.
This morning, I'm watching the birds and squirrels cooperate over the bounty of the bird feeder. I have Aldina by my side on the bench. She enjoys watching Critter Theatre, as well. I happened to glance to my right and, lying quite primly on the grass just below the deck next to my Japanese maple, I find one of our neighbourhood cats, the black one. We make eye contact. I greet the cat and wish it a good morning while giggling a bit because, there, immediately to my left, is Aldina. Aldina, you see, is the biggest, baddest of the Arctic Pygmy Wolves and she has a particular fondness of asserting her bad-osity on the regular cast of yard invaders like cats and raccoons.
I just sat and laughed aloud to think what would happen should Aldina notice the cat and wonder how long the three of us would sit together, in seeming harmony, watching the birds and squirrels at the feeder. Mind you, the birds and squirrels have no performance anxiety at all with some of their natural enemies around 2 meters away from them.
Aldina jumped down from the bench to sit on the top deck step and sniff the wind. It was then that she noticed the cat and the chase was on! I about fell off the bench laughing as I watched the expression on her face change as realization dawned upon her and she sprang into action. It was beautiful. Fear not, gentle readers, for the cats. They average about twice to three times Aldina's size and weight. My fierce predator hasn't a chance of catching them. They actually take great joy in taunting my poor girl.
What a great way to start my day!
This morning, I'm watching the birds and squirrels cooperate over the bounty of the bird feeder. I have Aldina by my side on the bench. She enjoys watching Critter Theatre, as well. I happened to glance to my right and, lying quite primly on the grass just below the deck next to my Japanese maple, I find one of our neighbourhood cats, the black one. We make eye contact. I greet the cat and wish it a good morning while giggling a bit because, there, immediately to my left, is Aldina. Aldina, you see, is the biggest, baddest of the Arctic Pygmy Wolves and she has a particular fondness of asserting her bad-osity on the regular cast of yard invaders like cats and raccoons.
I just sat and laughed aloud to think what would happen should Aldina notice the cat and wonder how long the three of us would sit together, in seeming harmony, watching the birds and squirrels at the feeder. Mind you, the birds and squirrels have no performance anxiety at all with some of their natural enemies around 2 meters away from them.
Aldina jumped down from the bench to sit on the top deck step and sniff the wind. It was then that she noticed the cat and the chase was on! I about fell off the bench laughing as I watched the expression on her face change as realization dawned upon her and she sprang into action. It was beautiful. Fear not, gentle readers, for the cats. They average about twice to three times Aldina's size and weight. My fierce predator hasn't a chance of catching them. They actually take great joy in taunting my poor girl.
What a great way to start my day!