Last on the card of my mobile phone. – Ever since we’ve moved into our current flat we’ve been feeding the neighours cat, Johnny. When our Henry moved in eight years ago he was already an elderly gentleman of 10 years. For both those cats it was distain at first sight. Johnny was the larger cat, also the established lord of the gardens. Henry was young and is generally with a more slightly build and when he came home occasionally licking his wounds. Instead of becoming friends and supoorting each other, they didn’t. Whenever we feed each other’s cats, we take photos and send them. – On this latest photo it is obvious that Johnny is now an old gentleman, he has become visibly thin and gaunt. And both cats are now more relaxed in each other’s company which seems to me a sure sign that the balance of power is shifting. I’m just sad that they both have wasted so much time which they could have spend together.
Last on the card in the camera. – I drove past our old neighbourhood a couple of days ago. We lived in the Odenwald, the operative word here is “Wald” (e.g. “wood”). I was very shocked when I saw all those dead trees. Mainly spruce which are not really native to the area but have been thriving in these parts for at least 200 years. Climate change has really affected these trees because they cannot handle the higher temperatures and have very shallow root systems. This stress allows pests like pine or bark beetles to attack the trees and this is the result.
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Johnny is such a pretty boy. Shame he and Henry did not get on. They could have been lords of the neighborhood!
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My words exactly! Such a lost opportunity.
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Johnny is showing his age that’s for sure. The dead trees are always sad to see even if they are non-natives. Good last photos Elke.
Thanks for joining in 😀
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My pleasure – to join in. Not so much the photos, particularly the trees.
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Cats and neighbourly relations? Some hopes …
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It would have been nice for them.
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Well, quite. But cats don’t think like that. My daughter’s cats have lived in a state of mutual intolerance for about 10 years now.
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When we had two cats in Zimbabwe, we lived in a “house divided”. During the day they left each other alone, but at night I had to close the passage between bedrooms and living / dining room, or they would have woken us up with fights. It worked out fine, though. When the burglars came they ransacked the living room but never came to where we and the children were sleeping, I’m sure partially because of that door.
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Well,, cats as Security. Who knew?
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