Hey, Chippy, old fellow, I'm Baaa-a-a-ck!
Something happened to the Google account, Green Thumb tells me, and so I had to just look and not send messages to you. Where have YOU been? In here they talk about making a sign "Chippy Crossing" to put on the path in the woods, but I don't know what that's all about. You must have moved to the woods!
Here it's getting Christmassy. I actually could walk across the whole mantlepiece a few days ago, but they trashed it all up again with green vines and red apples and beaded pears. No good -- why would you want a plastic pear, I ask you?
Waiting to hear your news. It's pretty lonely here at the window. Come see me!
KC
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Your Front Door
Dear Chippy,
Things are getting sparse out the window. Makes watching easier, actually, and I hear my tail whipping against the leather chair sometimes when I watch the activity under the tomato plants.
It really really rained last night and where were you? If you were in that rain spout, I hope it was turned downward, not upward. And loud? I'll bet it was like being in a Calypso steel drum inside that thing.
They keep talking about getting me a downstairs litter box for the winter. They like to close up my room to conserve heat in winter, and as far as I'm concerned, they can keep it closed as long as my food service is willing to deliver to a downstairs address. But it would be nice to have a second bathroom.
A litter box on the landing I can put litter all over the downstairs as well as the upstairs. And scratch loudly when they are watching TV. I can hardly wait. Maybe they will forget about putting me in my room at night and I can do a little night hunting around here.
On the other hand, it is really a cozy thing to go upstairs on a freezy night and find that room service has placed a hot water bottle inside the blanket of my igloo. Green Thumb wraps the top of it with a down sleeping bag and the whole effect is like a night in the tropics. And I would like to be able to get up for a nibble now and then during the night.
And winter means they will turn on my tv again! That nice dancing picture with the heat coming out. I love it.
Feeling pretty good now in the cooler weather, -- how about you?
your buddy, KC
Things are getting sparse out the window. Makes watching easier, actually, and I hear my tail whipping against the leather chair sometimes when I watch the activity under the tomato plants.
It really really rained last night and where were you? If you were in that rain spout, I hope it was turned downward, not upward. And loud? I'll bet it was like being in a Calypso steel drum inside that thing.
They keep talking about getting me a downstairs litter box for the winter. They like to close up my room to conserve heat in winter, and as far as I'm concerned, they can keep it closed as long as my food service is willing to deliver to a downstairs address. But it would be nice to have a second bathroom.
A litter box on the landing I can put litter all over the downstairs as well as the upstairs. And scratch loudly when they are watching TV. I can hardly wait. Maybe they will forget about putting me in my room at night and I can do a little night hunting around here.
On the other hand, it is really a cozy thing to go upstairs on a freezy night and find that room service has placed a hot water bottle inside the blanket of my igloo. Green Thumb wraps the top of it with a down sleeping bag and the whole effect is like a night in the tropics. And I would like to be able to get up for a nibble now and then during the night.
And winter means they will turn on my tv again! That nice dancing picture with the heat coming out. I love it.
Feeling pretty good now in the cooler weather, -- how about you?
your buddy, KC
Friday, October 5, 2007
Were you looking?
Hello, Chuttering One,
Were you looking?
The monster birds came to see us-- did you see them? Then Brinks and Pimmy went ballistic and away they went. These big turkeys take their time "beating it." They just saunter away unless something is really on their heels. One of them flew away -- wow! Good thing they don't like to take chipmunks for a ride. We are called GROUND squirrels, after all. I never did like the idea of flying.
Did you know that I am featured on a special website? With a great photo. I'm pretty famous (although no where near as famous as Puxatawnee Phil-- he and Mickey Mouse have pretty much taken up the top billing for rodents, I think)--but what I want to know is how they found out about my housing? Who has been snooping around in my house??? I don't like it.
Anyway, here's the report. Go ahead and step on the mouse! You'll see that it's genuine info!
Chippy the Sort of Famous
BURROWS: A chipmunk's burrow system is quite amazing. They dig an entrance
hole 1½ to 2 inches diameter leading to a working tunnel 10 to 30 feet deep,
which they excavate through the soil. (see that? They say I'm AMAZING!)
Off the tunnel they excavate chambers for sleeping, storing food, defecating, and a nursery chamber if the burrow belongs to a female. (REALLY-- did they have to get so personal as to even snoop in my bathroom?? maybe it was someone else's burrow -- some chick-chip. )Some observers have determined that chipmunks often store different kinds of foods in different chambers. (how many "observers" are they talking about? grr.)
Once the chambers have been completed the chipmunk tunnels outward from one of the chambers, using the dirt to plug the working tunnel and making a new entrance hole. As a result, the entrance hole, which is usually located under stonewalls, fallen trees or rocks, has no mound of dirt around it to attract predators. (…probably is the reason I don't get bitten by rabid summerbeaches.)
Anyway, there you have it. And I know for a fact that it was not a cat who did the research for this. I mean, look at the information about the narrowness of the place! Now I know your whiskers would tell you NO WAY if you poked your pink little nose into my front door.
Cheerfully, Chippy
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
No Place is Too Small for KC Quantum
Dear Chippy,
Don't you know that? I mean, one has to realize that cats have a special rule. People try to make rules for cats, of course... my humans try to make rules for me in here. Silly creatures, humans.
There is ONE (1) CAT RULE: Break any rules you come across.
When I was rummaging in the forbidden(so-called) library the other day, I ran into a paper with rules for Stray Cats (whatever that is...cats never call themselves "stray.) Here's what it said:
What do you make of all that?
If you think your place is "too small" for me to come to see you, try me. Where was it that you said your place was, anyway? I would like to come to dinner sometime, for sure.
With a delicious chutter, KC
Don't you know that? I mean, one has to realize that cats have a special rule. People try to make rules for cats, of course... my humans try to make rules for me in here. Silly creatures, humans.
There is ONE (1) CAT RULE: Break any rules you come across.
When I was rummaging in the forbidden(so-called) library the other day, I ran into a paper with rules for Stray Cats (whatever that is...cats never call themselves "stray.) Here's what it said:
STRICT, UNBENDING RULES FOR DEALING WITH STRAY
CATS
1. Stray cats will not be fed.
2. Stray
cats will not be fed anything except dry cat food.
3. Stray
cats will not be fed anything except dry cat food moistened with a little
milk.
4. Stray cats will not be fed anything except dry cat food
moistened with warm milk, yummy treats and leftover fish
scraps.
5. Stray cats will not be encouraged to make this
house their permanent residence.
6. Stray cats will not be
petted, played with or picked up and cuddled
unnecessarily.
7. Stray cats that are petted, played with,
picked up and cuddled will absolutely not be given a name.
8.
Stray cats with or without a name will not be allowed inside the house at any
time.
9. Stray cats will not be allowed inside the house
except at certain times.
10. Stray cats will not be allowed
inside the house except on days ending in "y".
11. Stray cats
allowed inside will not be permitted to jump up on or sharpen their claws on the
furniture.
12. Stray cats will not be permitted to jump up
on, or sharpen claws on the really good furniture.
13. Stray
cats will be permitted on all furniture but must sharpen claws on new $114.99
sisal-rope cat-scratching post with three perches.
14. Stray
cats will answer the call of nature outdoors in the sand.
15.
Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the
three-piece,
high-impact plastic tray filled with Fresh'n'Sweet kitty
litter.
16. Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the
hooded litter pan with a three-panel privacy screen and plenty of head
room.
17. Stray cats will sleep
outside.
18. Stray cats will sleep in the
garage.
19. Stray cats will sleep in the
house.
20. Stray cats will sleep in a cardboard box lined
with an old blanket.
21. Stray cats will sleep in the special
Kitty-Komfort-Bed with
non-allergenic lambs wool pillow.
22.
Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed.
23. Stray cats
will not be allowed to sleep in our bed, except at the foot.
24.
Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed under the
covers.
25. Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed
under the covers.
What do you make of all that?
If you think your place is "too small" for me to come to see you, try me. Where was it that you said your place was, anyway? I would like to come to dinner sometime, for sure.
With a delicious chutter, KC
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