“What?!”
Andy does a touchup on his face first….
“Just wait, Douglas! I had a treat and can’t play till I’m spic and span!”
“Scrunchy and mouthable. I like it!”
Andy enjoys Coban after Doug takes it off his arm.
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Andy caught his second miller yesterday. He patted it till it wobbled away. Andy let it take off to behind the recline, where he followed to continue his abuse of the poor insect. He doesn’t eat them, just beats them to a frazzle. Good kitty!
“John Garfield (the cat?) and Maureen O’Hara…I just want to see the sparrow!”
“What does this ‘canary‘ have to do with sparrows? Wish she’d stop that caterwauling!”
“This movie is a bust. No sparrows, no kitty!”
Andy checks out.
Of course, he comes back a short time later for a catnap.
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“The Fallen Sparrow” isn’t about sparrows, of course, except metaphorically. Andy got it wrong.
Garfield was intense, probably acting at the best I ever recall him acting. Too bad he died of a heart attack at 39 because he easily was one of the top actors of his time.
As for Maureen O’Hara…whew!.. she was very good in this film, too, and the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen! She almost stole the scenes she was in, as long as she wasn’t acting against Garfield. The two were intense, easily as matched as Bergman and Bogart in “Casablanca” or Bogart and Bacall in any film. [“If you want me, just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow.” – my favorite scene from “To Have and Have Not”!]
The film was shown as part of a film noir series on TCM Channel, though it had a spy aspect, noting the Garfield character fought Franco’s fascist nationalists as a member of the Lincoln Brigade. Captured, tortured by a Nazi who flew in from Berlin to Spain once a month, he escapes to America, suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. He gets – mostly – over PTSD at a rest ranch in Arizona, returns east to spend the rest of the film trying to unravel the murder of a friend… and to find and kill the torturer he can identify only by the fact he drags one foot when he walks.
But no sparrows! Andy got that much right. On the other hand, it was very entertaining. I always enjoy a Garfield film and will remember Mauree O’Hara for being her most beautiful in this film.
Andy’s on the alert again!
See it?
Andy does and he’s prepared to go on a RAWR!
Andy’s losing interest in the miller invasion.
Mostly…wait! There goes another one!
Andy’s got one more hunt in him.
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I don’t recall Andy catching many millers. They are good practice and exercise for him, though, so I guess I am ok with the dang insects showing up each year. Naw! Not really, They are nasty.
What cheek!
A miller circumnavigating the lampshade…right above Andy!
A miller’s gotta do what a miller’s gotta do.
Yeah, fly over to the wall to taunt the cat even more!
“Nyah! Nyah, kitty boy!”
Everyone knows millers are nasty. This just adds to that sense of it.
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Andy never did wake up to swat that bug!
The miller sits there, tantalizing, yummy, RAWR-able!
A strategically poor move on the miller’s part!
Andy missed; the miller survives for another hour!
Of course, maybe this is a stupid one, relatively speaking. Yeah! “Stoopid-duh” stupid.
Uh….
…or not.
Andy pretends he wasn’t moth-hunting.
Better yet, he pampers his precious!
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Andy’s kill total stands at zero. He’s had lots of fun trying, though, and it sure beats artificial bugs!
Andy tolerates no stray stuff on his end table!
“You know my rule, Doug!”
Yeah, I do, yet Andy was out of the room when I put my remote there.
Remote off the end table, Andy can take a stretch!
Did you see, Andy?
Of course he did!
It’s the first miller of the season and Andy’s chasing it!
Andy’s in for an eventful day.
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Millers are the adult form of a garden pest, the so-called “cut worm”. In the home, they are entertainment for cats.
The movie is the medical thriller, “Coma”.
Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas…
What’s not to like?
Andy has a different opinion. I thought it was a fun film myself.
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I missed this film when it came out. I think Andy wanted more car chases and less romance!
Andy has Sundays mastered!
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Yippee! Today is the day the whole town will be back in the Dark Ages while city crews work on the electrical system. Nine hours – 1:00 PM till 9:00 PM – for the fix is anticipated. I ordered the taco pizza yesterday so have pizza left over for today’s lunch, which I’ll probably eat around 11:30 or noon.
Homebody.
I have a full charge on both my laptop and smartphone, so can piddle around a bit on either or both for some part of the dark times. After that, I will take a nap, my usual afternoon “activity” anyway.
I decided against driving out of town to the Twisted Turtle, leaving the trip for some time I’m not doing it alone. The hassle of carrying air, too, is a factor since I’m a novice at handling the small bottles, let alone the large ones! I’ll be safer at home, where I can navigate my apartment easily.
I don’t need to wash clothes until Monday, if then. I think I have a couple shirts and changes of underwear, the only things I would likely need anyway. If I work it right, I’m not going anywhere till Tuesday, dialysis.