What Rover did this weekend.

[Elaine]

What a stunner

[Snoof]

Abyssinians are among my favourites, he's absolutely stunning!

[Donna]

He is gorgous. Great photos.

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Hreow

Sweet: I managed to dodge in and out between the showers. Not that Rover minds the rain, but the camera does.

My Aby was the only cat I've ever lived with that didn't mind the rain...the others always acted as if it were raining sulphuric acid!! Sultan was leash trained; I used to get weird looks from people seeing me walking a cat with a harness up & down the street, but none weirder than when it was drizzling & he was stalking around with his ears back looking sulky: he hated walking in the rain, but hated missing his daily walk more My friend is getting a flatbed scanner soon, so maybe I can get pictures from the past...would love to show you Sultan walking with his harness! Abys are wonderful. aren't they? Well, ALL cats are wonderful!!

[Hreow]

I would love to see your Sultan-pictures! And yes, they're *all* wonderful. But for the better half, I'd live in a huge house (with my budget - old, decrepit barn...) with a garden and as many cats as will comfortably fit themselves in.

[dandysmom]

I will gladly do so when Carolyn gets the scanner; Sultan was a majestic Aby with PRESENCE...one of my neighbors used to call him The Emperor of Benton Street...he was that imposing; meeting dogs when we were walking never bothered him; he figured out that most dogs expect a cat to run, so his strategy was to walk SLOWLY toward the dog with his tail straight up & ears just a bit flattened...worked every time (except once, another story!!!). On another thread, you mentioned that you had planting rights to some tubs...how many? What"s in them? You also mentioned chili peppers: are you another spicy food lover? I'm back to Cayenne this year, did Thai Hot last year & they didn't bear as heavily.

[Hreow]

Clever cat your Sultan, even for an Aby. Rover was born into a cat-and-dog family, so he rushes up to make friends instead. Have to hope age teaches him the proper dignity of a cat.

Five tubs. One with potato, one huge with spring bulbs (croci in flower and tulips on the way), one with soft-fruit - a raspberry-blackberry cross, some strawberries that won't happen : / and a wild bramble also some herbs and a catmint, one tub jasmin, one tub elder (love the flower and berry cordials). Three pots of chilies from a magnificent collection of about twenty (Last place had a huge bay window that sprouted chilies as if they were weeds. New place - no window-sills). The rest couldn't hack the winter - no surprise there then.

Love chilies. Favourite is probably the Lemon-Drop I have. Fiercely hot and still freshly lemony. "Winter Warmer" off a magazine and not found since is close second. Had some lovely Habs as well - Scottish winter definitively not for them. : / Cayenne grows outside here. A friend of mine has some and we trade. Food-wise - either painfully hot or subtle as sashimi. My between taste-buds never developed. Probably why I don't particularly fancy cakes and sweet things. Bar Rover, then.

[dandysmom]

Lord, I haven't thought about elderberries in years!! Used to spend the Summers in the country at my Grandma's & we picked wild elderberries by the railroad tracks & she made elderberry jelly...yum!! (you understand that we lived on ther RIGHT side of the railroad tracks..snigger...!!) Have never tried potatoes, thought they needed a lot of room & rather loamy soil, not our fairly heavy clay ...must be delicious to dig little new ones...much as I love fiery food, must admit that Habaneros are too hot for me!! (Emma, don't read this!!) Pat Rover for me; I love all my cats, but must admit Abys are kind of special! Do you ever go to cat shows...ever seen Singapuras? My log-in name, Dandysmom is after my little Singapura guy ...they are super cats also

[Hreow]

Bet the elder-berries tasted better from the other side, though.

I've been to one whole cat-show! They did have Singapura. Lovely, and those eyes.... They look somehow fragile to me, in a way Siamese etc never did. Met a gorgeous Mau who lives with Rover's brother as well. Did like what I had seen and read about them as well, but since I had never met one in the flesh when I finally got the go-ahead for a cat, I went for an Aby (friends have had) instead. Thought I would get one pedigree kitten in my life, just to compare to the moggy cats I've had and I have no regrets at all. Next one will be a rescue again, as I'm planning on keeping Rover for the next twenty-five years or so, and I'll be too old to get a kitten then.

Spuds don't need much more than a bucket (I get three-four meals for the two of us from that), and I'm sure there are kinds that like clay soil, but the climate may be wrong. Think most like colder weather than I gather you have there in DC.
Hab-peach ice-cream...yummy! But you can't stop eating because if you do, the heat catches up with you. Can't say I eat them whole as a snack, but a little here and there. Won't be any more until we move South, or at least find that house we've been saving for. : /

[whiskey]

great pics of such a beautiful cat