Did you ever hear the song, or read the book, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly?

The birds are at my feeders this morning. (This is a west coast day, so it’s the apartment patio, instead of the house deck.) A pair of red finches, a pair of yellow, two grey doves, an assortment of sparrows, and the occasional blue jay have appeared so far.  It was difficult to achieve!

A neighborhood squirrel noticed the bird feeders.  The squirrel scared away the birds, so I added a huge abalone shell full of bird seed on the ground at the bottom of the feeders for the squirrel.  Happy squirrel. Happy birds.

Then came the cat. A neighbor’s white cat was hiding under the patio table one day.  My husband thought it was watching the birds, until the cat leaped for the squirrel! Hmmm.

I’ve invited my friend’s dog over for a “play date”. He can’t wait to meet the cat.