The Horror Of Old Cat Food

 

Ever since he was a kitten, Albert has been fed on the window ledge in the kitchen.
Like most cats, he’s a faddy eater, so at any one time , foul smelling , pieces of meat, licked clean of gravy , sit in his bowl like some nasty witches’ brew. 
I have to remind myself to empty and clean Albert’s bowls and in an attempt to recycle any old food, I tend to hurl the contents over the garden wall, and lane into the Churchyard where the rooks from Well Street swoop down to consume it.
Now a while ago now , I once flung a bowl of wet left over pasta into the graveyard only to pepper the side of a farmer’s land rover as it passed unexpectedly and I’ve narrowly missed shaving the top of village Leader Ian’s electric “Creeping Jesus” car, with a stale hard half bagel 
Today I peppered neighbour Mandy with two day old kitty Kat as she hurried past, but at least she was laughing as I belted out an apology. 
It’s a beautiful day today.
It’s the vicar’s meeting this afternoon outlining the possible future of the church, he’s meeting on the grass near the prayer cross
I won’t tell him I’ve been chucking kitty kat into the cemetery 



68 comments:

  1. Five steps to cross the road before you hurl would keep your friends in the village!

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  2. I remember the smell of old cat food, and wouldn't thank you for being splattered with it. Glad Mandy has a sense of humour. You must check the coast is clear before offloading over the cemetery wall in future! xx

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  3. Canned cat food shortage here in the states. I dole it out sparingly...!

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    1. Same here in NZ... we keep getting told.... packaging issues.... mostly from China, pity they never kept the bloody virus!!

      Jo in Auckland

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  4. i love the details of ordinary things we do each day and then silliness of it all sometimes.

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    1. Sometimes that’s all we do have …the silliness of an ordinary day xx

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  5. You should erect a warning sign. "Danger. Low flying cat food."

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    1. I shouldn’t really be let out…..

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    2. I love this idea ! A sign would just seem to be a normal day for you and your village.

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  6. You are a blessed one John I am most certain-Feeding the Lords creatures-Peace be with you x

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  7. Having 5 cats we get quite a lot of rejected food and put it into the fox food, so no waste.
    Briony
    x

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  8. You've hurled food to people.
    It took me a minute to stop laughing.

    XOXO

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  9. Warning signs could be fun to create

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    1. When I had Boris, I erected a sign on the field gate
      “ beware hormonal turkey ! “

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    2. Anonymous4:25 pm

      You should open the field again ..

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  10. Hoping the church finds a way to hang on. It seems a sort of anchor to your village. As so many churches often were.

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  11. ? It's all biodegradable.

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  12. I have my cat trained well. She has one wet treat in the morning which she will paw me out of bed for, and eats dry food the rest of the day. The wet treat is not much of a meal. The dry food never smells, and she is not a fat cat.

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    1. Hummm Albert therefore is badly behaved x

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    2. No...he has you firmly under his paw

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  13. Waste not, want not, I guess.

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  14. Hope smething positive comes out of the meeting.

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    1. Just comeback from the meeting .a good turn out

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  15. Surely there has to be a solution for keeping your church. Will you consider: a small coffee/tea/sweet cafe, 2nd hand shop or some sort of venture to bring in revenue? Oh my, a surprise bagel flying over the wall.

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    1. We looked at the options which the vicar outlined

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  16. That wet garbage must attract rats? What is a Creepy Jesus car?

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    1. The rooks long before rats I expect Lizzy. We also have many rooks around us and they will not miss an opportunity to swoop on any offered food.

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    2. Lizzy the rooks clean up EVERYTHING , and a creeping Jesus car is my name for Ian’s ELECTRIC car, which you never hear coming

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    3. The rooks sound like our sea gulls! And the silent car is LOL!

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  17. Hope the church meeting is good news. Never been splattered with Kitty Kat but I've had smoked mackerel sneezed over me.

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  18. Barbara Anne4:20 pm

    Still chuckling at the hazards of walking or driving down a particular village lane in Trelawnyd!
    I so hope that the church will stay open for village use. Just now I cannot think of the word for that. Would it be called a Pilgrim Church?

    Hugs!

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    1. Yes but would hold its name of st Michael’s

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  19. Hope your back is better and nothing bad happens to the church.

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    1. The church story will be on tomorrow’s blog x

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  20. No wonder church congregations have dwindled when churchyards smell of old cat food and stale bagels.

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  21. Is there never a possibility that there might be someone on the other side of the wall, perhaps lying like you do, looking up at the clouds, peacefully meditating, until chunks of old cat food hit them in the eye?

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    1. Hopefully not lying in the road

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    2. Oh, but you said "into the churchyard" so I presumed over the wall. Confused.

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  22. Your neighbours need danger money. Or tin hats :)

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  23. Our cats on a special diet one where meat absolutely stinks. My husband says it smells like pate. It really doesnt.
    Not sure I could be so gracious if someone slung cat food at me.

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    1. Mandy is used to it
      She’s used to me lying prostate in the field,
      Asking her for spare knickers to cope with winnies periods
      Etc etc

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  24. Had to say snorted with laughter at it.

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  25. The villagers deserve danger money for living anywhere near you! But I did laugh!

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    1. I once flung a bag of dog poo into the back of a truck which nearly hit me on the zebra crossing

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  26. keep everyone on their toes and keep on chuckin'!

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  27. Waste not! But be careful where you throw!

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  28. You gave me a good laugh.

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  29. It's a bit like crossing the street -- look both ways!

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  31. You're not as bad as my neighbour : she regularly chucks dead birds (victims of her soddin' cat) onto the Cornish hedge across the road. I used to look forward to the blackberries that grow on there . . .

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