Tonight I found part of a mouse in my hallway. Head, shoulders and one leg, for the curious. I have no idea where the rest is. Ugh.
Let me guess. We're in a hurry.
Inara ,'Serenity'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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Sue - Dec 19, 2013 5:23:01 pm PST #15043 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Kat - Dec 19, 2013 5:27:09 pm PST #15044 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Sue, Thank you kitties?
Sue - Dec 19, 2013 5:31:05 pm PST #15045 of 30000
hip deep in pie
At least they're catching them, I guess. They've gotten lots of praise. Well Clio has, because I'm pretty sure she's the hunter. But she still won't give up the location of the rest of the mouse.
And, I've checked my bed already.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2013 5:31:55 pm PST #15046 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Tonight I found part of a mouse in my hallway.
A few years ago, we were participating in our neighborhood's program to give people light bulbs for their porch lights, with the idea that houses with porch lights on after dark are less likely to be burglarized (though I don't know if that's true, and that's not my point anyway).
We found on the steps of one house -- just a mouse head. It was like a tiny Godfather tableau for, say, a dollhouse.
-t - Dec 19, 2013 5:35:44 pm PST #15047 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My mom once found a headless mouse laid out on a stepping stone in her front yard like a sacrifice. Cats have creepy aesthetics.
Aims - Dec 19, 2013 5:45:16 pm PST #15048 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Same mouse. Got splinched trying to apparate.
brenda m - Dec 19, 2013 5:47:03 pm PST #15049 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My elderly cat got accidentally locked out on the deck two summers ago, and disappeared for four days. She had never been outside in this city/neighborhood before so I was really scared she wouldn't find her way back.
On day 2 I found a headless mouse behind the building and knew I didn't need to worry.
sarameg - Dec 19, 2013 5:53:51 pm PST #15050 of 30000
Just offering you the best bits!
I'm not so sure my current crew would be any good at mousing. They kinda suck at even killing bugs. Counting on their scent to strike fear in rodential hearts.
Devi was my predator. She never ate one, just played with them to death. And brought me their corpses when they got boring. Including to my bed. (I was supposed to toss them like her toys, I guess?)
Pumpkin is snoring-purring tonight. I am so thankful we found her and my mother gave her a damned name. She came at the right time. And in ways, she's ...not filled, but put buffers around, holes that Devi left. She's a conversationalist and definitely a demanding cat (not that Loki isn't, but Loki is puppy-dorkus-pushy. Pumpkin and the late Devi are fuck-you-selfish-cat pushy.)
Ginger - Dec 19, 2013 5:56:43 pm PST #15051 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
A friend's cat would neatly line up squirrels' tails on her front porch.
Burrell - Dec 19, 2013 6:01:40 pm PST #15052 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Poor mousies.