Andy stopped by for treats, I am certain, but…
…he kept looking at the ceiling.
This fuzzy mass is some sort of moth. It has been moving around the front room for a short time. Andy sees it and hopes to do something about it!
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Personally, I wish he’d work on the flies. Thanks to his damage to the screens, the flies are a real problem this summer.
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Guess what landed on the lamp shade when Andy was on the end table?
Yes, the moth!
It kept Andy busy for a few minutes.
Eventually, though, Andy succumbed to the veil of sleep! The moth was left to enjoy the warmth and light of the lamp. (Do you see it on the lamp shade?)
Hope springs eternal, eh? Andy woke up and began searching the ceiling for the moth.
My rusty and Rudy love hunting flies, but they destroy a lot in the process.
That’s how it is here, too!
the bog box stores sell screen patches. We’ve had to ise them beacuse the cats like to try to open the screen door. they just stick on.
It’s a matter of just doing it. It’s close to the end for flies. They’ve been exceptionally frequent this year for some reason.
Less for us than normal this year…maybe Sabrina and Marcus hunting them. Andy is interested in bigger prey – the moths.
Do you have a handheld vacuum, Doug? Suck that bug up! Put some tape over the holes in the screen if they are small enough. Will your landlord replace the screens for you? Screens can be repaired at some hardware stores here.
I’ve taken screens down to a local hardware store. For less than $12, they repaired four screens, two of which need to go for repairs again. When you have to load and unliad an oxygen tank and walker every time you go some place, you tend to accumulate as many tasks as possible for the places you need to go before you go there. That’s why I haven’t done a screen repair run yet. The taps idea is what I will do as soon as I have a task to do where I can buy it without having to negotiate steps. Sounds like another Amazon purchase next time I order!
I see. I saw a TV ad about a portable oxygen device called Inogen I think. It makes oxygen and goes over your shoulder so you don’t need a tank. I really wish I lived closer to you Doug. I’d love to help you! 😊😊
I appreciate the thought, John! I’d enjoy getting to know you in person. The portable device is one I looked into. It generates oxygen in short puffs as opposed to the tanks, which give a continuous flow. If it turned out one converted to the portable device, Medicare no longer pays for the tanks or the oxygen I get at the dialysis sessions. There’s always a catch when it comes to medical care inAmerica!
I see, that’s not good. I think we should convert to the system that Canada and the UK have. It’s not perfect but still better. Maybe we will meet sometime. 🤙🏻😊
Andy all tuckered out from observing the moth, and the moth got to live another day. Our best fly catcher was Abby, essentially blind in one eye, but that eye was good at homing in on flies and she was quick!
Wow! Without stereo vision, that would be nearly impossible!
Her good eye used to scan back and forth. She also caught a mouse in the old house.
He went to sleep under it! 🤣🤣🤣
That’s his thing!
We had a cat that would catch any moth that got in and eat it. My daughter was afraid of them, so it worked out well.
Andy pattycakes them till they stop moving, then loses interest.
That shows Andy’s self-control, that he didn’t knock the lamp over and rip the shade going after the moth. Great pictures, Doug!
Yes, Andy is a reserved kitty boy, unlike the late Dougy. He would have torn the house down to get the moth!
I could do it with stealth and a setting set for 10 times magnification. Andy had to deal with it one on one, a trickier proposition. He did manage to bat it down once, but there wasn’t enough prey there to be more than an occasional plaything. He let it go. Of course, all of that action happened top fast to photograph.
Yes. You made a better job of catching the moth than did Andy
I did see that moth on your lamp! We have some really tiny moths distracting our kitties lately. I finally caught a brief glimpse of one. They’re usually too small to see, but now that I know what they are I know one’s around when I see cats looking upward and moving their heads in certain ways. We’re buggy here!
This was a small moth, too, unlike the millers that invade annually. I think it is a moth that lays eggs on grass so its caterpillar stage has food.
Hello, Andy. 😄😄
Always great to hear from you in India! Andy sends cordial greetings to you, as do I!