MelissaJKelly 2,121 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Not snowing here yet but been told it is in Grantham so I'm sure it won't be long! Hope your cat is okay Margie! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,719 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Rain turned to sleet here. The snow flakes are getting a bit bigger and more plentiful. Kai has retired to his bed as we aren’t going for a walk giving me the sad eyes! Fingers crossed your cat turns up Margie. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 @margie Cats are strange creatures with strange ways as you know. We have an elderly black cat who will sometimes take herself off at night to sleep in the hay in the field shelter. Our security camera alarm just sounded and I spotted on my iPad a neighbour’s cat happily trotting down the drive in the falling snow when it could have been snug at home. You can’t understand cats! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I am the cat who walks by himself and all places are alike to me.   Kipling  They are inscrutable creatures and that's why we love them.  1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Second Christmas card today. Must empty the shredder! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Inscrutable certainly.... but I wish his mum (who is still in the house) would go and look for him!  She’s just sitting on the windowsill staring out into the garden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 If it is time,  he will not want to be found and his mum probably knows that instinctively.   I hope he returns to you, Margie, but when the moment comes, many cats like to be alone not surrounded by fussing humans and certainty not at the vet's.  I can understand their reasoning. That would be my preference too.  We are too fond of imposing our will on pets and relatives/friends when the time comes to move on. It makes us feel better but it really isn't about what we want. It's what they want. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, philmayfield said: Second Christmas card today. Must empty the shredder! Bah! Humbug! Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 @Jill Sparrow  I totally agree with you about their ‘holing up’ somewhere to get better (or otherwise). One cat we had about 20 years ago was not well and I kept trying to spoon salmon in her mouth because she was refusing to eat!  Eventually she escaped and just disappeared.  She was found about 3 days later curled up dead in some long grass in an unkempt garden a few doors away.  Since then, I’ve never tried to force feed any of our cats.  I just want Zippy to be found (whatever) I just hate not knowing what’s happened to him.  Loads of people on our local village Facebook page are keeping an eye open for him ....  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 People who go around saying, "Merry Christmas", should be boiled with their own pudding! (A famous Scrooge quote). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,307 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 You missed the bit about having a stake of holly through their heart.  I mention it only because I know it will appeal to Phil! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I just don't see the point of all the glitz although I must confess I would like to brighten up the enforced dull life I'm leading. I'm starting to get brassed off with mask wearing and not chatting to friends. Yes, I do have friends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 It's been a hard day pick axing roots out and shovelling soil into the wheel barrow. Then wheeling it around to the skip and shovelling it in. It was too slippery trying to walk the barrow up the plank into the 3/4 full skip. Everything was so heavy, being wet and the soil sticking to the wheelbarrow and shovel. I was freezing and stiff to start with this morning but but soon warmed up and took the waterproof coat off. Then the freezing drizzle got the better of me later on. I must be mad taking this project on but hey, only another 3 cu metres to move. The tree stump is still there. Standing proud from the metre of soil that has been removed to level off the courtyard. It is impossible to chainsaw the roots because they have a lot of stones and rocks embedded in them. Each main root is the size of a decent tree and they have encapsulated next doors concrete fence posts and footings. I'm leaving it for a while until the fence is removed when the legal docs have been sorted (a small parcel of land is changing hands). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 8 hours ago, MelissaJKelly said: Not snowing here yet but been told it is in Grantham so I'm sure it won't be long! Hope your cat is okay Margie! Not snowing in Grantham close though Melissa. Just dull grey sky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 What are you doing in Grantham BK? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I live here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 There’s no Grantham in Sussex. Have you moved? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 There's a Grantham CLOSE. as mentioned in my reply to Melissa. But to please you, I will move Grantham or move myself up there. How does that suit.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 You don’t want to move from Sussex to a shitty place like Grantham. You should have typed ‘close’ with a capital C. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Didn't realise it was that classy and upmarket. Hope no natives are reading this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,080 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Beekay  come and live atThe Orchards were very classy here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,080 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 NA!! honestly Gov we are normal folk. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 @Beekay Not many in Grantham can read! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, mary1947 said: Beekay  come and live atThe Orchards were very classy here. Hiya M. The pity is, we can't even get to visit the bloody place ! Is it true, " you can drive through Jacksdale at 60mph and they can still whip your hub caps off ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,146 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Phil, many years ago, my old dad ditched his 20 ton coal lorry, after slipping on ice, just outside of Grantham. When they went to pull it out the following morning, there wasn't a scrap of coal left. All disappeared overnight. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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