You've all heard me mention Bandit the Obnoxious Yard Cat. Here's a photo of what he looked like as a kitten.
Here's one of him from last summer.
And, here's how he looked this past Sunday morning.
On Sunday I woke up, headed downstairs and found C staring out the porch door howling hysterically. Bandit the Obnoxious Yard Cat was standing on his hind legs peering in the blinds of the back door; typical since it was morning nugget time. But, what was unusually stupid about this morning was that the little fucker had a plastic solo cup around his neck. The bottom half the cup was missing and the wider top half circled his neck like a giant red cat collar. At first glance it looked like it was tight around his neck, but considering he's a lean pussy and mostly fur, it actually wasn't tight at all. Even though it was not tight around his stupid little neck it was a bit of a snug fit pulling it back over his head removing his newly found jewelry.
I'm sorry about the quality of these photos, but its quite difficult purrrsueding a cat to pose for a photo when the only thing on his mind is breakfast. He didn't seem to mind wearing the cup and he certainly seemed far more interested in breakfast. I have no idea how he got the damn thing around his neck in the first place! I don't even own any red solo cups! Someone had to have put it over his head. But, it's not like we live around a lot of people, and the cat would have had to do some traveling to find someone to stick it on him. And even odder is that it would have had to have happened in the middle of the night, considering I saw him laying on the porch around 11:00 PM.
He generally spends his time asleep on the porch - day and night. But evidently he had his own little kitty rave on Saturday night. I also noticed he had a tiny patch of fur missing on his ear; as in "I was on the winning side of a cat fight!" Other than the ear (and of course the cup around his neck) he looked none the worst for wear!
My Saturday night was rather tame in comparison. I feel asleep on the couch watching a SNL repeat. Bandit cut loose. Most strange! And for anyone who may be concerned he's just fine. This pic was taken moments ago!
Its taken awhile, but I'm pleased to report the pool is finally finished! Well, at least the interior is finished. The steps are done, liner is in and it's been refilled. The decking hasn't been refurbished yet, but all in due time. The pebble liner with no border was some what of a risk but, I'm really glad we did it (thanks Ron)! Its amazing how blue the water looks in a pool lined with a tan pebble pattern. In fact I really believe the water is bluer than before! It even looks a more natural Mediterranean blue. Very crisp! I love the wide steps in the shallow end and the 'party ledge' hanging just below the water level in the deep end. Now if it was only heated!
