Knowing cat proclivities, it was obvious I could restore Andy’s fan spot by tossing a couple magazines where the fan had been, more or less.
Andy immediately took to the change.
11Nov22: making Andy comfortable…
Knowing cat proclivities, it was obvious I could restore Andy’s fan spot by tossing a couple magazines where the fan had been, more or less.
Andy immediately took to the change.
If I could name those photos, I would call them “A work in black ombré.”
An interesting concept! Yes, I see what you mean!
Glad you found a solution. Thank you for your service to our country.
Thanks on both. I gained a lot as a member of the US Army and have no regrets for signing up when there was no enthusiasm for a Vietnam war or participating in military service even if you didn’t end up in that war. I lost a few friends because I voluntarily went in yet serving as a US Army motion picture photographer stationed in Kaiserslautern, then-West Germany gave me an opportunity to represent my country in a positive way to people only 25 years away in many cases from serving their country under Adolph Hitler. It led to some bizarre encounters! Mostly, though, it was a time where the economic recovery of that country was within 10 years of being complete and just under two decades of reunification. I was witness to little steps toward that process – Willie Brandt’s Ostpolitik, which led to his Nobel Peace Prize, and the opening of the access road to the exclave of the village of Steinstücken, an event I was there to film on the day it happened. All Germans weren’t pleased with Brandt’s work, amazingly, yet that simply highlighted the rebirth of a lively democratic process, where a wide range of political thought was again possible and had solidly taken root in the western part of postwar Germany. As a lower-case democrat at heart, it made me feel good about the French, British, and American occupation forces that helped guide the defeated 3rd Reich restore itself economically, politically, and physically, with an obliterated Berlin, in particular, rebuilt and once again a vibrant (and fun!) city. I came after the hard work was done in the west. Restoration of the country in the east still is ongoing, though the amazing Angela Merkel came from the DDR (east) side of the restored Germany, and she undeniably was about the best, if not the best Kanzler the country has had. She served from 2005-2021, so the Bundestag representatives elected by the German people thought she was suitable to lead her country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinst%C3%BCcken
Plus, he can become much more knowledgeable.
Yes! Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
Andy looks very comfortable!
Beats me how, but it works for Andy.
As always in our new home I prepared special places for them, there are their baskets and blankets, etc. But they make me crazy, they sleep or lay down incredible places in the home that I didn’t make for them… They are very dominant, they say me whatever we like, wherever we like it is ours… Thank you, Love, nia
LOL! Cats!
New reading material for Mr Andy.
Happy Veterans Day, Doug!
Thanks! One of my best decisions was to sign up for the US Army in 1969 instead of letting the draft snatch me and send me to Vietnam. I got a lot out of the experience as a motion picture photographer stationed in Germany!
I am sure you did; I can see it in your photos and videos.
I also gained in appreciation for the benign approach the three occupying forces helped West Germany restore democracy, the economy, and the destroyed nation after 1945. If the brutal approach after WWII lead to factors that made Hitler possible, even inevitable, the policies after WWII lead to a much better and safer Europe for generations of Europeans. Yeah, Putin’s war in Ukraine is anomalous to that generalization, yet the EU and NATO, along with the US show the strength of decisions and alliances made in the post-war years.
This lets me think Andy is an intellectual cat loving paper! 🙂
In friendship
Michel
He is a smart kitty for sure!
Just like older people, Andy doesn’t like change. 😻❤️
As you know, that new television was a hassle for me and I am old. Hmm. Hmm. And when I had to adjust to the new laptop….
I don’t like change either, Doug. It sometimes makes me mad!
Amen, John! After the tantrum, I generally see the light of a solution.
Excellent workaround!
One does what needs to be done!
It’s funny how cats like to lie on top of things.
That it is. Andy would settle for a piece of paper as soon as those magazines or a box.
That was a result
Very predictable, too!
aaah a new library… that’s a good compensation…
LOL! Car magazines are his favorite.