It was actually a few moments ago. About 3 AM local time. I hadn't seen the kitties on the web cams very much today except for occasional glimpses of Blackie getting a drink or a hard food snack. After the morning offering of can food yesterday they all kind of went to off camera spots.
I have a dehumidifier that I've never gotten around to installing a drain hose on so that I wouldn't have to keep draining the bucket. It's Florida. It gets humid, sometimes even at night, especially when I'm not running the air conditioner. I was just thinking of going out to see the kitties when I heard the beep, beep, beep of the audible bucket full alert.
I detached the bucket, grabbed the handle, and opened the front door and there it was - dead silence. Not even a cricket was chirping. Then came the sudden crisp snap of the bug zapper. I looked around for the kitties usual hiding spots. I could see Hairy's legs under the truck but he didn't stir. That's so unlike her. She usually comes running up to me every time I go out unless she's on one of the boxes by the door the brown chair.
I proceeded to dump the water onto the lawn. Hey, it's free water! In Florida fresh water's not so cheap. Plus there's that whole conservation thing. So it's like free water just hanging around in the air waiting for something to do besides make me feel miserable.
As I returned to the door there was Blackie strolling up. I guess he was nested down in the grass somewhere. After all, it's not so easy to see a generally all black cat at 3 AM. But what surprised me is he didn't let out a peep. Not the whole time. That's so unlike him! He stopped, sat down on 2 legs and did nothing. Nothing at all. I grabbed the bag of hard food by the door to refill the hard food dish. Still not a sound from Blackie. Then Hairy came strolling up and she too was silent. Meanwhile Brownie was nowhere to be seen. It was becoming quite clear by now that I was getting the silent treatment.
So I scratched Blackie behind the ears and gave Hairy a little petting. Hairy just sat down on all fours like a little lamb and Blackie slowly walked over to the food dish and began eating at a leisurely pace. It was now all now quite certain in my mind that either one of the neighbors must have filled their tummies fairly recently or else this was payback for spending so much time indoors yesterday.
As I turned to go back in there was another snap of the bug zapper. "One less pesky mosquito I hope," I thought to myself. Aside from that was all silence still. I wonder how long I'm going to be punished?
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
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