Modern Miss Muffet

Marcus -

I know that yesterday was officially June Tattle on Jan Day, but I just have to add my two kibble worth to the tattle.

No, it's not revenge because Jan put me in my Private Dining Car to eat my dinner.  I actually LOVE my PDC.

Do you remember the nursery rhyme of Little Miss Muffet from Mother Goose?
Little Miss Muffet, sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider, who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Jan is terrified of bugs.  A spider is a bug.  (In case you don't believe it's a bug, click here.)

Saturday night Jan sat down in front of the tv to eat her dinner.  She picked up her fork and -

public domain spider photo

A spider rappelled from the ceiling and plopped onto her food.  No, not the spider in the picture.  We never met him.  Hers was a very small spider.

Jan almost threw the plate across the room.  But instead - since she only has four plates - with rapid reflexes, she used her fork to toss food across the room.  Not just any food.  Messy food.  Potatoes au gratin to be exact.  On the carpet.

Oh, did she regret that!  She had to clean it up.

The next time Jan wants to throw food, she should make sure it's cool enough for me to eat.  I would have helped her clean it up but, after all, I didn't make the mess.  This time.

Have a Blessed 2013

Our message is simple - thank you for being our friends.  We have enjoyed several years of blogging and hope to be around for many more, but as 2012 draws to a close, we thought we'd have some fun with rhyme.

It's hard to believe it's already New Year's Eve.

We've been blogging so long we've run out of song.
So we'll just post a banner cause Jan lost our nip nanner. 
(oh, sorry, our mistake - we never had one)

To friends far and near, we consider you dear.

Many blessings we purr and our woofies concur.-

At midnight we'll drawl, Happy New Year to all!

Oh, & we're at a party over at the Tabby Cat Club.  You don't have to be a tabby to come by and say hello.

Have a happy, healthy 2013!

Funny Farmers -
Merci, Cyndi, Percy, Cameron, Buddy, Rusty, Sam & Micah
- and Jan

Be Safe, Dry and Warm

Hey, Merci, Sam & Buddy here. The felines will be back on Friday, but we wanted to say we hope you all had a great Christmas with lots of family, friends, love and laughter.  Or maybe one like ours, quiet and cold ... we mean, cozy.

And we don't want you to forget what handsome dudes and a dudette we are. 

We're sorry we can't get around to visit as often as we like.  You know what a computer hog Jan is.  So we try to visit different blogs so we spread our handsomeness around.  But we are amazed at the number that are still turning on word verification.  Inevitably, we go by to leave condolences or well wishes and we can't leave a comment.

When humans invite other humans over to visit or to share a meal, they don't lock the gate and then issue an invitation, so the poor sucker ... um, guest has to climb a 6' fence to reach the door.  No, they want the guest to feel welcome, so they unlock the gate and throw open the door to greet them.
So how come so many blogs are inviting readers to come by and then when they click "publish," SURPRISE!!  Up pops word verification. This is one mean time consuming unwelcome mat!

We know we've said it before... and before ... and before.  But it bears repeating.  And as long as no one speaks up, Blgoger's illegible word verification will continue to spread.  So, if you have a problem with it, don't just battle through to leave a comment.  Help those who can't read it by speaking up against word verification when you leave a comment.  There are other ways to stop spam!

There is a lot of severe weather in the US, so everybody and their furries be safe, dry and warm!

Oh, and we almost forgot -

For those of you who enjoy poetry, we met a non-pet blogger the other day you might enjoy.  The blog is called Today Someone ... and it's written by Doreen Hardie of South Africa. She writes lovely inspirational poetry and articles but hasn't had many visitors.  It's a shame to let such talent go unnoticed, so we hope you will stop by and say hello.