{"id":136,"date":"2009-01-14T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2009-01-14T23:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.wordpress.com\/?p=136"},"modified":"2009-01-14T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2009-01-14T23:19:35","slug":"and-its-not-even-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"And It&#8217;s Not Even Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We came home from our little trip down the hill to the mail box, Netflix movie in hand for this evening, and when I walked in the front door, Terry announced in no uncertain terms &#8220;Want a bath!!!&#8221;\u00a0 Well, her wish is our command.<\/p>\n<p>I started the shower and popped her in.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_137\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137\" title=\"terry\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/terry.jpg\" alt=\"Splish, splash, I was taking a bath....\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/terry.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/terry-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Splish, splash, I was taking a bath....<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She looks rather like a drowned rat, in short order.\u00a0 Mishkin was watching this activity closely from the safety of the dry side of the sliding glass doors.\u00a0 Whenever Terry would spread her wings and squeal, Mishkin would jump back and run into the other room.<\/p>\n<p>Since Terry was having such a grand time, Oro and Opal needed to share in the joy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_138\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138\" title=\"wet-oro1\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/wet-oro1.jpg\" alt=\"Rain drops keep falling on my head....\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/wet-oro1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/wet-oro1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rain drops keep falling on my head....<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oro LOVES a bath, and gets almost delirious with joy when the rain is falling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_139\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139\" title=\"wet-oro2\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/wet-oro2.jpg\" alt=\"Happy, happy, happy\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/wet-oro2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/wet-oro2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy, happy, happy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Opal, on the other hand, thinks she&#8217;s being ax-murdered.\u00a0 Run the vacuum cleaner, and she&#8217;s ready, willing and tries hard to be able to jump into her water dish for a bath.\u00a0 She will fling water all over the floor.\u00a0 But point the squirt bottle at her, and she says in an aggrieved voice, &#8220;GOOD birdie?!?!?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_140\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-140\" title=\"opal\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/opal.jpg\" alt=\"Why's everybody always pickin' on me....\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/opal.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/opal-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why&#39;s everybody always pickin&#39; on me....<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve never been able to convince her that baths are fun.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_141\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-141\" title=\"worried-cat\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/worried-cat.jpg\" alt=\"But, it's not even Saturday???\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/worried-cat.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/worried-cat-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">But, it&#39;s not even Saturday???<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mishkin was one very worried kitty.\u00a0 He wasn&#8217;t sure what his birdie siblings had done to deserve such punishment as being drowned, but more importantly, he was worried that he was next!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_142\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"size-full wp-image-142\" title=\"safe\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/safe.jpg\" alt=\"Safe AND dry \" width=\"335\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/safe.jpg 335w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/safe-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Safe AND dry <\/p><\/div>\n<p>I finished the first sock in my pair of plain wool socks, but I haven&#8217;t gotten around to fixing the pattern instructions.\u00a0 I have, however, figured out how to make the sock, and will get around to fixing the pattern later.\u00a0 Where have I heard this before?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143\" title=\"finished-sock\" src=\"http:\/\/mtnmacaw.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/01\/finished-sock.jpg\" alt=\"One down, one to go\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/finished-sock.jpg 500w, https:\/\/redmeadow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/finished-sock-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One down, one to go<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was thinking about decorating this pair with knitted leaves, flowers, maybe some beads.\u00a0 The good thing is it only takes a few evenings while watching TV to make one of these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We came home from our little trip down the hill to the mail box, Netflix movie in hand for this evening, and when I walked in the front door, Terry announced in no uncertain terms &#8220;Want a bath!!!&#8221;\u00a0 Well, her wish is our command. 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