Ashton being cute
It's a wild Saturday
We are at the beach house
Mr. Boatman has secured the deck
That means that the cats can paw around
Without getting out
Everyone but Riley that is ...
Yes, he got off the deck and into the front yard
The front yard is on a sort of busy street
This area gets very busy for the 4th
Indian Reservation sells crackers
a mile or so away
Everyone comes here to blow them off
The local beach association
even hires security guards
They block off the entrance to their community
Which means that everyone comes by my
normally (sort of) quiet street
So, imagine me not so happy
When I find my orange striped boy
Chewing grass in the front yard
It took two sort of grown men
(Mr. Boatman and teenage son)
to help me in my adventure
We had the green feather toy
The bag of special food
We sang the Kitty Food Song
(doesn't everyone have one)
He went up the hill
Teenage son circled around
We opened the garage
We had someone by the street
(in case he made a run for it)
I had Mr. Boatman
looking under the deck
Not an easy task
I needed a drink
(too early for that)
So, teenage son got my coffee
I sat on the deck
Singing the Kitty Food song
While shaking the green wand
Sipping cold coffee inbetween
Mr. Boatman was giving me updates
As to which part of the deck
Riley Andrew was under
After about an hour of this
My boy went for the food
Mr. Boatman says he has fixed the deck
We now have Riley out testing it
I'm in the room that looks out
And, so far the new fix is working
My Boy is sitting in front of it
Looking
Trying to figure out
How to squeeze through
or jump off
~ ~ ~
As I was typing he did
figure it out
I sweet talked him
while his orange behind
was ready to jump
He has tasted freedom
He is an indoor only
cat for now
Mr. Boatman has gone
off to figure out another
way to trap
my orange baby boy
Just call him
Houdini
I'm worn out and it's only 9 am
Happy Almost 4th to All of You
~ JC ~
