Geronimo....

[Daniel Meyer]

From my blog.

We were apparently assigned two...

Well, in the end, we only got one.

See, two, is too many. Two, is nearly as many cats as I've owned in my lifetime (3)...and I still have one of those.

Okay, well, 4 cats if we count the one that came with the house...

My cats tend to last a while.

Lesseeeee...."Fruitloop"...the tortoise shell that my sister brought home from the pound for my mom...like when I was 12.  She hid in my room until I moved out. Came with me then too. Had that cat 21 years. She survived a house fire (the only thing besides the shirt on my back) and she drank Jack Daniels.

Then there was Motocat <-link ...the acquisition of that cat involves desert motorcycle runs, the cops, the military, and is a story all it's own (at the link). She only made it 8 years...probably because she didn't drink Jack Daniels.

Casper (pic at the link) is the 22 pound Maine Coon...when I got him he would fit in the palm of my hand. He's 15 or so now and still going strong. If, that is, he survives the heart stress test the kitten is providing by randomly mock-attacking him from every conceivable location, direction, and angle.

Gina came with the house...and she lasted till we killed her with poisoned defective cat food. She made it 15 or 16 years with us. Her story is here.

So, my Mom had a surplus of kittens. They had progressed to the "lanky" stage instead of the "cute fluffball" stage, so she was having problems finding homes for them all.

My Mom...conspiring with my wife determined we needed a new kitten...Since we were down to "only one" cat...indeed, "only one" pet at all since our ancient black lab (yeah, our dogs tend to last a while as well), Zerbert left us. Sad day...that.

Anyway, you probably didn't really need the 40 year history of pets in the Meyer Casa...but it is partly to point out that we don't take our acquisition or maintenance of our pets lightly...

So...the kitten...a pound and a quarter of long legs, big feet, boundless energy, and the rest is made of "Absolute No Fear Whatsoever" came with the name "Geronimo". After taking him with us to the Old Vic this weekend, we feel he may have earned an update.

Meet, "Geronimo Caffeinated Banzai", captured here in the only time I've seen him still since we got him.

[Jack]

Cats, they are hard not to like.  My two give me sneezing fits.

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

If worse comes to worse I hear they taste like chicken 

[Skinhead]

You never see them around Chinese restaurants... Why is that?

[DavRed]

We got 3 that run when I walk into he room. NO, NOT MY FAULT.... One loves ME... But 4 dogs that that think I spin the world... I will take dogs anytime. Maybe they are just dumber....lol

[hubcapsc]

Mine's my pal and helper...


I was out eating muscadines earlier... she likes to chase them... then she started
chasing the dog, then the dog started chasing her, then it got too dark to pick muscadines...

-Mike

[Daniel Meyer]

It took three days of romping around the 4000sq foot Old Vic, and several hundred miles of car trips...but we finally tuckered him out...





Apparently, they stretch like taffy...how can a little bitty kitten be that long!

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Mine's my pal and helper...


I was out eating muscadines earlier... she likes to chase them... then she started
chasing the dog, then the dog started chasing her, then it got too dark to pick muscadines...

-Mike

Mike you have wild  muscadines ? When I was a kid they was everywhere around here on the ridge behind my house. I've not seen any in years 

[hubcapsc]

Have you looked hard? I find the best vines by looking at the ground looking for fallen ones... it's like
the producing vines move from year to year based on how much sun they get or something... I hunt
them hard every year and eat as many as I can get. Me and the kitten were knocking them out of a
tree with a stick up on the driveway earlier... great big almost black juicy ones 

The tree I'm getting them from this year is right about here:



Now it's Valk related 

-Mike

[franco6]

hey Daniel, we had a red stripped cat just like that one, he desappeared a month ago .we called him samba .see if it ll respond! 

[Daniel Meyer]

hey Daniel, we had a red stripped cat just like that one, he desappeared a month ago .we called him samba .see if it ll respond! 

If he does, he's not a cat, right? (cat's never listen, right?)

[Skinhead]

Pardon my Yankee ignorance, but what are muscadines?  Do you have a picture?

[Michael K (Az.)]

From my blog.

We were apparently assigned two...

Well, in the end, we only got one.

See, two, is too many. Two, is nearly as many cats as I've owned in my lifetime (3)...and I still have one of those.

Okay, well, 4 cats if we count the one that came with the house...

My cats tend to last a while.

Lesseeeee...."Fruitloop"...the tortoise shell that my sister brought home from the pound for my mom...like when I was 12.  She hid in my room until I moved out. Came with me then too. Had that cat 21 years. She survived a house fire (the only thing besides the shirt on my back) and she drank Jack Daniels.

Then there was Motocat <-link ...the acquisition of that cat involves desert motorcycle runs, the cops, the military, and is a story all it's own (at the link). She only made it 8 years...probably because she didn't drink Jack Daniels.

Casper (pic at the link) is the 22 pound Maine Coon...when I got him he would fit in the palm of my hand. He's 15 or so now and still going strong. If, that is, he survives the heart stress test the kitten is providing by randomly mock-attacking him from every conceivable location, direction, and angle.

Gina came with the house...and she lasted till we killed her with poisoned defective cat food. She made it 15 or 16 years with us. Her story is here.

So, my Mom had a surplus of kittens. They had progressed to the "lanky" stage instead of the "cute fluffball" stage, so she was having problems finding homes for them all.

My Mom...conspiring with my wife determined we needed a new kitten...Since we were down to "only one" cat...indeed, "only one" pet at all since our ancient black lab (yeah, our dogs tend to last a while as well), Zerbert left us. Sad day...that.

Anyway, you probably didn't really need the 40 year history of pets in the Meyer Casa...but it is partly to point out that we don't take our acquisition or maintenance of our pets lightly...

So...the kitten...a pound and a quarter of long legs, big feet, boundless energy, and the rest is made of "Absolute No Fear Whatsoever" came with the name "Geronimo". After taking him with us to the Old Vic this weekend, we feel he may have earned an update.

Meet, "Geronimo Caffeinated Banzai", captured here in the only time I've seen him still since we got him.

Always thought this sums it up fairly well.
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
-Robert A. Heinlein

[Gear Jammer]

Pardon my Yankee ignorance, but what are muscadines?  Do you have a picture?

Hear ya go Skinhead,,,,, 
Muscadine
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Muscadine

 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
 
Division: Magnoliophyta
 
Class: Magnoliopsida
 
Order: Vitales
 
Family: Vitaceae
 
Genus: Vitis
 
Subgenus: Muscadinia
 
Species: V. rotundifolia
 
 
Binomial name
Vitis rotundifolia
 
Muscadines (Vitis rotundifolia) are a grapevine species native to the present-day southeastern United States that has been extensively cultivated since the 16th Century. Its recognized range in the United States extends from New York south to Florida, and west to Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling hours than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.

Muscadine berries range from bronze to dark purple to black in color when ripe. However, many wild varieties stay green through maturity. They have skin sufficiently tough that eating the raw fruit often involves biting a small hole in the skin to suck out the pulp inside. Muscadines are not only eaten fresh, but also are used in making wine, juice, and jelly.

Muscadine grapes are rich sources of polyphenols and other nutrients studied for their potential health benefits.[1] Reports have indicated that muscadine grapes may contain high concentrations of resveratrol — a polyphenol with reported beneficial health effects — and that wines produced from these grapes, both red and white, may contain more than 40 mg/L of resveratrol.[2][3] However, subsequent studies have found no or little resveratrol in different varieties of muscadine grapes.[4][5]