Sale!

[imwalde]

Donors Choose is having a sale! Sort of. Some foundation has funded a bunch of projects down to $98 provided other people donate the rest. Ends tomorrow! If you have a little something to send their way (or know someone else who does), here is the link.

If that is of no interest, here are dogs dressed up as Lady Gaga or a slo-mo Pedigree commercial of dogs catching treats. Something for everyone!

So usually the cats are far more reliable than an alarm clock on any given morning -- they start their campaign to wake me the second I show signs of life and are usually relentless. Not this morning. They had some halfhearted attempts, but really, the effort was far below their usual. To the point where I was vaguely worried that something was wrong with them. Nope, just at last a squirrel clever and/or agile enough to get onto the balcony. And far smarter than the birds, because this squirrel was not scared off by the cats, even when they thumped the glass.




I know some people hate squirrels eating from their birdfeeders (side note: the lady I bought the condo from subscribed to all sorts of crap, and now they come to me the current resident. This one catalog of crap sold a bird feeder that came with a remote control so you could ELECTROSCHOCK SQUIRRELS AT WILL. She also still gets pamphlets from a psychic hotline!) but I don't. One, I like squirrels, they are cute. Two, if I leave food outside, really, it's fair game to anything in nature. And three, it's all tv for the cats as far as I'm concerned, and their entertainment is the whole point for me.

I continue to listen to Sleepwalker on constant repeat. I think part of what makes this song so irresistible is not just that it is catchy but that it is soooo fun to sing along with, the chorus especially. Too many songs that I love don't love my vocal range in return. I hope it is popular enough to become part of karaoke machine choices, because then it is ON.

Comments

[niennah.livejournal.com]

Haha, the third dog down actually looks like Lady Gaga! So cute. And I love the atmospheric polaroids.

if I leave food outside, really, it's fair game to anything in nature.

I agree. Birds are lovely, but so are squirrels, so it's fine with me if they get their paws on some food. :)

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

I love how serious they made the dogs look. Heh.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

There is no need to torture squirrels to keep them out of the bird feeder. (And if you want to feed birds, you do have to keep squirrels out. There won't be anything left for the birds to eat.)

just use one of these. I hear great things about this feeder.

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

I just want to have the cats be entertained, so any creature small and prey-like is fine by me. So far the squirrel like to eat all the black seeds (sunflower?) but leaves all the others for the birds. There is enough for all!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Cool! Usually they are not that fussy.

As for me, as long as they don't eat my flowers, I'm happy. (they are pretty funny to watch racing around my deck. They are like mini Olympic gymnasts.)

[imwalde.livejournal.com]

Heh, I guess the reckoning comes when the feeder runs out of his favorite flavor!