Are you thinking of "Highway 61 Revisited"? Whole different road, though just as famous in its way since it's the route down into the delta south of the legendary bluesmen.

If you walk out the front door of Dylan's childhood home in Duluth, and drive four blocks to the southeast, you can take a right onto Highway 61 and follow it all the way to the delta.

Bowls: The cats free-feed kibble, and get a little bit of wet food 2-3x a day. They won't eat a lot all at once, so if I don't spread it out, it goes to waste. Every time I run the dishwasher, I put the food bowls in, and usually the water bowl too, especially in summer, because it's humid and I don't want invisible mold to grow. Neither of my cats is interested in people-food at all, even meat. I use ceramic bowls. When they're being washed, the cats eat off antique china saucers. Because I have lots of unmatched china saucers and plates.

Water: Mine like to drink from glasses. I keep glasses of water beside the bathroom sinks (removed when guests are here!) and sometimes Leo comes and tells me that one of them is empty! Plus a bowl of water near their food. Not too near, or they drop their food and toys in it. I change the water every day, sooner if it's dirty. They both seem to drink a good amount, plus they get wet food with water in it, so I think they're well hydrated.

I cannot bear the thought of scrubbing out cat pans. When they get bad, I toss them and buy new. I know; it's horrible. But I scrubbed out cat pans twice in the driveway and I can't stand it. I clean the pans out once a day, more often if something especially aromatic is deposited. I have a covered pan sitting in an old plastic washing-machine-overflow-protector-thing in the little storage area in the downstairs bathroom, and another pan in my office, in a large plastic storage bin that I cut a door-hole in. The cats have room in the bin and on the plastic thingy to walk a few steps and get some litter off their paws, then they exit onto a doormat that pulls most of the rest of the litter off. It keeps the litter-tracking to a minimum.

Calli, what kind of litter box do you have, and where did you get it? That sounds very handy!

Zenkitty, it's called the roll away self-cleaning litter box. The "self-cleaning" part is overstating it a bit, but it does make it easy to keep the litter scooped. [link]

Kate just posted on FB - she's okay and the house is okay, but they have no power.

Calli, I love it and I think I'm gonna buy it. Thanks!

My cats prefer outside to their litter boxes, which has allowd me to get very lazy about scooping and cleaning the boxes. I got an automagical self-scooping box that is pretty sweet and the cats don't seem to mind, and an old-fashioned plastic box that they occasionally use. I remember to scoop that one out a couple times a week, probably. I use plastic liners under the litter, and that seems to keep actual scrubbing of the box from being necessary.

One of these days I will set up the pet waste specific worm bin and the whole system will change, but I'm not there yet.

My cats don't seem to like the plastic box liners. They scratch right through them. Maybe they like them too much.

Interview~ma, Hil.

I'm glad Kate is ok.

For those of you with noisy neighbors - try opera. I understand that "Ride of the Valkyries" at top volume will scare off just about anyone.

I understand that "Ride of the Valkyries" at top volume will scare off just about anyone.

Nah, go for the Queen of the Night's aria from The Magic Flute. The aria that eats sopranos should be sufficiently intimidating.

Speaking of which, I must find that and listen to it again.