Oh Yoshi Week.
This week has been an ‘Oh Yoshi’ week. Yoshi is my three year old orange and white cat. He is loving, playful and really cute, but he is also a cat that likes to attack things including me. He has ripped the screen in the screen door to allow him to enter and exit as he chooses. An ‘Oh Yoshi’ week means that he has been up to mischief and destruction.
In the past, Yoshi has played in the forsythia bushes chasing and stalking such deadly animals as dragonflies and frogs. He did actually kill a frog, mostly because he laid on it when it wouldn’t stop hopping. I was fine with this level of inability and hoped it was going to be how it was. Yoshi has moved beyond it. I even had direct evidence of it (picture Yoshi running across the driveway with frog legs hanging out of his mouth). This week, Yoshi used his cat door and stopped and got a bite of food (I heard it crunch) and then went over to his overflowing basket of toys and seemed to take a toy out. He then began to throw it in the air and pounced on it. I watched thinking that the toy was very realistic, when it struck me – it was real. Luckily he was so proud of it, he let me scoop it up and I removed the dead animal from my house.
In the past Yoshi played like most cats jumping up on things and knocking items off. This week however he has entered a new phase. He is sitting in the rafters in the barn. He is sitting on the lights in the bathroom just watching. Scared me half to death when I realized someone was watching me and it was him. Just sitting. I hesitate to wonder what is next.
For those of you who aren’t in the know. My recent hospitalization and recovery is all due to Yoshi attacking my leg while I was getting in bed after I stopped playing with him. Now after all this time, I can sleep in my bed again and he is back cuddling up to me as much as possible – I know you are thinking how cute. I have poison ivy on my arm, hand and chin all thanks to his cuddling. Oh Yoshi, again playing in the poison ivy…
This week, Elise sent in an interview with Sara Foster and her newest book, When She was Gone. Elise said it was a suspenseful novel that was hard to put down. A mother and detective band together to find a missing daughter and the children that she was an au-pair for. There is also a new review of Mary Alford’s book, Amish Country Killer. A police chief is dealing with a cold case tracking down Amish girls who have disappeared.
On top of Elise’s additions, there are two new book reviews from me. If you like historical fiction, check out Martha Hall Kelly’s news book, The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club.
