Frisbee had been ill for almost a year, not that anyone seemed to have told him. We thought we’d lose him in early 2011, but with treatment he perked up and was right back to his old tribble-purred self. And then, right smack dab in the middle of the holidays just passed, his health took a major nose-dive. But, being Frisbee, he held on a while longer, and quite enjoyed sitting under our first Christmas tree.
We didn’t even get Frisbee until a few years ago when his people had to move away. I didn’t complain. I’d known him for years, and he was more than welcome. He was originally supposed to join them when everything got settled, but I was selfishly pleased to keep him. He enjoyed play fighting with Sam, our tabby. He kept my MIL company during the day. He had the most amazing silent meow that he would occasionally use if extreme cuteness was required. The most laid back and mellow cat I’ve ever met was our Fris. I mean…he let small children use him as a pillow and had none of the traditional vacuum fear. Mind you, woe betide anyone who didn’t wake up when he wanted them to. He’d go from batting your face to licking your eye to just curling up on your head, depending upon the situation.
I’ll miss his habit of curling up on anyone lying down long enough. My iPad isn’t quite as much fun, now that he isn’t constantly trying to sit on it. My kitchen is empty in the morning when he’d normally be begging for treats. I even miss the “claws-in-my-thigh-pay-attention-to-me” thing.
We miss you Mr Frissers, and we hope you’ve found a nice warm vent to sleep next to in Heaven.
The request for this Haiku was “Chocolate! Or cats.” So…I combined them. Hope that it works. Of course, it also comes with a bonus video for a bit more added value/explanation.
Here’s another rogue unposted post…now posted. Meow.
This cat looks a lot like Frisbee. If he really is like Frisbee, though, you’d better look out. He’s only interested in your flavor right before he tries to nibble you.
One morning, a couple of weeks back, I was standing blearily in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to magically appear in the coffee machine. I had with me my shiny new ipad…and Frisbee. For his part, Frisbee was sitting there staring at me, seemingly willing me to do something interesting.
…And then I remembered seeing a video of a cat playing with a music program on the original ipad, and I wondered…Do they have a cat toy app for the ipad?
Answer: Yes they do.
When I got home later that day, I filmed him in action. (see below)
As an apology for being away for so long, I bring you the super cute Maru! He looks a bit like my Frisbee (but with shorter fur) and today I discovered that they sound rather alike, too.
(The last couple of weeks have been mega stressful, and caused much in the way of sleeplessness…also? My coffee machine broke. *toddler fists!*)
But I’m too tired to do anything about it right now.
My cat will demonstrate for me:
Yep. That’s me. I may be up walking around, but I’m not actually awake. Sorry. On the bright side, I’ve place a hold on a book about poetry and I hope to start my MasterWork (that is to say, writing poems in as many different of the traditional forms as possible) soon. Not that this will all happen this month. But one must start somewhere, and when better than National Poetry Month?
In the meantime, I would like to request favorite poem recommendations. Comment away!
