Family and Friends
DAVID:
I've been fooling around with genealogy lately, and have put together a wide-reaching (rambling) family history (a descendancy chart
and index of persons).
When I get a chance I'll include pictures.
Also, this might a good place to display pics of me wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes (yes, I do know how to play them!)
- Likes: Warmth. Peace.
- Dislikes: Cold. Noise.
JOSEPH:
nuttin' yet... (Don't take the photo too seriously -- I was just clowning around!)
- Likes: Antiques, especially fine porcelain, timepieces, Empire and Federal
furniture. Vintage Volvos. Vintage Buicks. Classic films.
- Dislikes: Christian zealots. Muslim zealots. Shoddy service. Clematis. Pears.
Binkie:
Our Christmas Kitty, asked to be let in on Christmas Eve, 1998, and hasn't
been outdoors since. Well, aside from numerous trips to the vet to flush
out at least three kinds of intestinal parasites and the regular
assortment of vaccinations. Oh yes, he did wander out once while the telephone
repairman was making a house call... He was fixed while very young, before
he arrived at our door.
- Likes: Eating. Sleeping. Being picked up. Spiders. Mice
(the kind found in traps). Warm water in the bowl.
- Dislikes: Moving cars, whether inside them or within earshot
of them. Outdoors. Snakes. Unfamiliar inanimate objects.
Oleo:
The last of his litter, his Momma being a tiny neurotic Russian Blue in her first heat,
and his Daddy a huge (25 lb) and very sweet Maine Coon Cat called Cujo, who was still woozy from
the anesthetic after being spayed, but still had enough in him to nail her within
hours of returning from the vet. She got very pregnant, and seemed to not
understand what was happening to her. Saturday night the day before Easter Sunday
1987 she climbed into my lap asking for comfort -- uncharacteristically, I might
add. She was in labor, so I quickly rigged up a box with blankets in the closet and
the kittens (all SIX) were born on Easter Morning.
- Likes: Watermelon and Canteloupe. Playing "Fetch" with cough-drop wrappers.
Kittens. Drinking from coffee mugs. Drinking from the sink faucet. Parakeets (but
just to purr at). Warm places under blankets next to sleeping humans.
- Dislikes: Being combed. Being left alone.
