Cats... oh they are just SOOOO fucking clever

It's frustrating when your cat is just so much cleverer than you. With my puppy it's like AWW how cute this and ISN'T HE JUST THE SWEETEST that and whatnot. with this cat of mine...


grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

he's too stinking smart. he can open all of my doors no problem as long as they're not latched completely. he can open my counter oven door. all he needed was that ONE time i stored something in there for safe-keeping and he could smell it and then he got it and now he makes it daily practice to check if there's anything in there.

new plan. i'm gonna leash the sucker. when i'm cooking or eating i'm gonna leash him so that he can't interfere. little bastard acts like he's never fed or like he doesn't steal my dog's food on the DAILY. poor dog... he's too stupid to know how much he's being bullied by this little terrorist.

plus i think he needs to go on walks. don't cats need walks?

The New York Times thinks yes. and what a handsome little leashwalker he IS!

Preparing for Winter

Did I ever tell you all about my 'choke?

last spring (two growing seasons ago now) i planted little artichoke seeds. yep. seeded the chokes from scratch baby. and three of them grew into beautiful spiky little seedlings. but i was stupid. oh so stupid. i thought you just plunk them in the ground and then that becomes their forever home....

beginner mistake: if the seed grows then doesn't that mean they're able to grow in this temp. region?

lesson learned: just cuz something germinates doesn't mean the plant is hardy to that zone.

Artichokes can grow in my zone (6-7)- no sweat. but to winter in my zone is another story. that's like hoping plumerias (native to tropical and subtropical regions) will be able to super-bulk up and bunker down for the heavy snow of the Pacific Northwest.... No, what will actually happen is they'll be thinking "WTF IS THIS COLD?! gaahhhhhhhhhhhh" {wither away.... die}.






poor plumeria... they're sooooo pretty! from wikimedia

though artichokes are not that sensitive to cold, there does need to a be a LITTLE bit of coddling to make sure these little guys grow up to be the big strong edible flowers they need to be. 

Coddling which I absolutely did not do. yay me. but i didn't know! (ugh it's getting exhausting to constantly create mass destruction of some kind because "i didn't know")

No more.. this year the snow is yet to arrive and the coddling (though late) will happen. and my 'chokes will flourish!! you'll see!!