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Uppies

Eleanor update!

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Being big is so exhausting

Igor is not growing into her ears.

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Eleanor update!

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She's being taunted by a squirrel.

Slow but steady progress on my summoning circle yard. Most of the grass outside of the circle is dead, and I'm putting hosta, oakleaf hydrangea, and hellebore in because I already have them for free. The fence is the biggest hurdle and will make a huge difference when I get there...

Malice is definitely a fan.

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Slow but steady progress on my summoning circle yard. Most of the grass outside of the circle is dead, and I'm putting hosta, oakleaf hydrangea, and hellebore in because I already have them for free. The fence is the biggest hurdle and will make a huge difference when I get there...

Malice is definitely a fan.

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Malice is yet again recommending that you go out and touch grass

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Malice is yet again recommending that you go out and touch grass

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could you post captions of the calcifer construction video? thanks ❤️🔥

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What's that face about, little guy?

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As a note, I know I've posted in the past about not playing with your hands with cats in the past, in the context of teaching them not to bite or claw you. Still true! But once they understand the rules you can get in there a bit, so long as it's immediate disengagement if they have bad manners. Thrashy time for Vice involves a lot of claws and teeth but I never get scratched. Well mannered little monster!

Meatball Malice requested some grass time, and Vice has a case of the thrashies.

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Meatball Malice requested some grass time, and Vice has a case of the thrashies.

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Eleanor update!! Sleepy.

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Man, so much has changed in the last six months...

The hellsite is eating my posts again. We'll see what gets through.

Edit: this one made it! You've asked for a house tour, I hope this isn't boring. There's some rooms that I don't include because I'm working on stuff and don't want to show the mess. This is still not that tidy but it's... tolerable mess. The audio is just Clair de Lune, no narration. I can answer questions if you have them; I'm always happy to talk about my million hobbies and the house is...definitely one of them.

I could also do a photo post for anyone who doesn't want to watch the whole thing.

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Who told him cats could be this color?????

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so your cats don't try to wake you up, but do they ever come join you for cuddles while asleep?

All the time! Malice especially is very cuddly. They can snuggle all they want so long as they're not being obnoxious about it. And they do!

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Then you really overtly respond to the alarm before you pay attention to them. They'll eventually learn that the alarm is what wakes you, not them. Mal and Vice actually do react to my alarm before my eyes open, they usually get cued up when they hear it because awake/petting time is right after.

How did you train your cats to not wake you up?

By rolling over and stubbornly feigning sleep if they did.

Their brains are little cause-effect engines. If standing next to your face and yelling until you feed them doesn't actually produce that result, they'll eventually stop doing it. You just have to outlast them.

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How many cats do you have?

Just two! Malice and Vice. They're getting rained on.