30Sep24: an exciting bug…

“Don’t catch it, Andy!”

He spotted the wasp and nearly caught it on the end table.

He thought it flew over to the recliner side of the room.

He was wrong but kept looking…!

Inevitably, Andy had to take a nap! The wasp is a nasty stinger, so he lucked out not catching it.

(It ‘s on the ceiling, Andy.)

Yes, after his nap, Andy continued the search for the wasp.

29Sep24: Doggone it!

Friday, Andy was a bit concerned about me cleaning up because that usually means he’s an orphan for a few hours.

Of course, had he known I was getting together with friends for our monthly luncheon, he would have guessed I’d come home with lots of pictures…many of which would be of Tootsie!

Yeah, Andy! Tootsie greeted me at the door, too, and we played tug-a-war!

We had lots of fun, then Tootsie did something you approve of, Andy. She took a long nap.

28Sep24: Andy takes it easy…

Just cruisin’…on his stomach.

LA, la, la!

Back to cruisin’.

That’s exhausting work!

Off to Sleeplandia.

Snoozin’, not cruisin’.

Hey! There were lots of Greenies over there. Andy returned to finish the Greenies off.

=(^+^)=

Neighbor Bret came over for rolls and coffee. There was lots of talk, a “gemuetlich” time, and coffee the way we like it.

Just when Bret was leaving, Andy hopped up on the cat tree by my bedroom door. That’s his way of “asking” you to run your fingers up and down his spine and to rub his head and ears.

I let Bret know he had a new job and what Andy was “asking”of him.

He gave Andy the full treatment! Bret is officially “OK,” per Andy!

27Sep24: on the blue carrier…

Andy’s taken to roosting on the blue carrier lately.

Check the left ear. Andy’s a little annoyed I’m bothering him on his new favorite roost.

= BOOP! =

That lightened the mood!

26Sep24: a very busy morning…

Andy hinted that it was time to feed the kitty.

As grim as it looks, it smells pretty good.

Well, maybe he wanted something else

My car’s message center indicated there was tire leakage. My air compressor works when I turn the car on.

Turned out the tires all were a little low. I took care of it. Apparently I have no puncture to take care of. That’s good news!

My car was filthy so I headed out to the car wash to run it through the wash.

That little VW Golf SportWagen icon on my message center “drives” from left to right as the gasoline level in the tank drops. I had this car seven-ish years before I noticed that! I think the VW programmers had too much spare time on their hands.

I took a little road trip to help dry my car off. Going north out of Alliance on US 385, it is very flat farmland…

…so this time of year – harvest time – one is bound to get behind sugar beet trucks and machinery like this corn harvester. Thanks to lots of traffic coming toward me, I got to drive 21 mph/ 34 kph till the traffic thinned out enough for me to pass this thing.

Up by the 16 mile corner, there’s this long row of rural mail boxes…

…and, on the opposite side of the road, this Historical Marker.

I live in Box Butte County, named after about the only sort of prominent topographical feature, Box Butte. The main street in town is Box Butte Avenue.