WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: DANTE AND FRIEND

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THURSDAY IN THE GARDEN WITH DANTE

It's been quite a while since Dante has done a gardening episode.  In case you don't know, he is Secretary of Fertilization for The Society of Feline Gardeners, masterminded by Jonesie of "The Cory Cat" blog.

Now that the ground is in decent condition, Dante will demonstrate for you for the first time this year, how to properly fertilize a garden.  Caution, though -- this is not for the faint of heart.

First you must sniff out the best place in the garden to perform the fertilization ritual.  Note:  This is a good shot of Dante's pantaloons, which are often obscured by his uber-floofy tail.

Once you have located just the right spot, you can begin to dig.

Carefully position your butt end over the hole.

Then concentrate, and allow things to happen naturally.

The real work begins with the cover-up operation.

It is very important to cover the fertilizer well, so that other animals, like those evil squirrels won't disturb it.

You must come at it from every angle (leave no turd uninterred).

You can also do a little dance on top of it for good measure.  It helps to pack down the earth.

Dante is a purrfectionist and will go to extremes to get a more-than-adequate amount of coverage.

And you must give it a final sniff test to make sure that the scent isn't detectable.

Ah!  Satisfaction at last, in a job well done.

Wait for the applause.  Wait for it ...  Ah, there it is!

And take your bow!

(Note the size of those large front paws -- aren't they simply pawsome?)

For any of you who haven't quite seen enough, today we also have a video version of the fertilization process.  Just click on "Dante Does His Doody" to see the show in action. 

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY: SILLY DANTE!

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WORDLESS WEDNESDAY WITH DANTE: THE VISITOR

TWO TAILS ON TUESDAY WITH DANTE

The topside of Dante's tail and the bottomside are two completely different animals, or else his tail has multiple purrsonality disorder -- one or the other!

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The top side has long hair, about 6 inches in length, which hangs down on either side of a middle part, much like a feather.  We shall call this side the "Nom de Plume" (which is "Lacocoon Dante", by the way).

When Dante lifts that tail, it becomes a poof of floof without any kind of delineation.  The floof of his pantaloons runs right into the floof of his tail to create something eerily reminiscent of "Cousin Itt".  And so "Itt" shall be named!

I must say it always makes me smile when I see "Cousin Itt" walking away.  There's no ifs, ands (but certainly some butts) about it!

Here's "Cousin Itt" of "Adams Family" fame.  What do you think?

Of course, Dante's "Cousin Itt" doesn't have sunglasses or a hat!  Yet.

CHILLING WITH DANTE ON AN EASY SUNDAY!

Before everyone starts to ask "you still have snow?", these pictures were taken two weeks ago.  Today, there is no snow in either our front or back yards, though I hear it's going to turn colder again -- and who knows if the white stuff will return.

I chose these pictures because Dante was actually "chilling" (the snow helps with that, too).  There was also a bit of a breeze and it ruffled Dante's considerable furs exposing his pale underbelly.  I also love how some of his longer fur hangs over the front of the bench in a couple of these shots.

I take so many pictures that I can never possibly put them all on my blog, but I like to select the best ones, so sometimes I go back in time a little.

May I present, Lacocoon Dante as he actually appeared on March 6, 2010.

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Have a wonderful and relaxing Sunday efurryone!

DANTE: THE WEARING OF THE GREEN

Hooray!  We won "First Place for the Best Use of Green" in the St. Patrick's Day Contest hosted by "Brian's Home".  Just click on his name to go and see all of the winners.

Here is Lacocoon O'Dante wearing the Green in honour of St. Patrick's Day.  There's nothing like a bright orange tabby cat against the green of the grass and patches of clover to brighten your day and make you feel every bit Irish.

Here's a bit of trivia for you from "Wikpedia":

"The diminutive version of the Irish word for "clover" ("seamair") is "seamróg", which was anglicised as "shamrock", representing a close approximation of the original Irish pronunciation."

So, O'Dante's wearing traditional Irish as befits the occasion.

And Irish, or no, there's nowhere like the green, green grass of home!

Happy St. Paddy's Day Efurryone!