Alma & Topsy And Jack.

29 December 2013 //

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languagehat says:

29 December 2013 at 10:54 pm

A wonderful image — now, that’s togetherness!
A. J. P. Crown says:

10 January 2014 at 3:07 pm

Thanks for that comment, Language. It’s inevitable that some posts won’t be commented on, probably nothing more than chance, but it’s still a bit disconcerting. – I think I remember your saying something similar.
languagehat says:

10 January 2014 at 3:11 pm

It is disconcerting, and frankly I’m surprised — it always seems like when you put up a new post, it has dozens of comments within a day or two. Are your regulars still sleeping off their holiday binges?
A. J. P. Crown says:

11 January 2014 at 5:55 pm

Maybe they all went back to work, or the houses of the ones in the Northern Hemisphere have been damaged by bad weather, or maybe they just ran out of things to say.
languagehat says:

12 January 2014 at 1:40 am

So, since it’s just the two of us, here’s the latest news: Jim and Robin were over for lunch today. We fed them the fettucine with bolognese sauce they were supposed to have last night (the drive took longer than expected, so they just crashed at their hotel), and a good time was had by all. Jim got to hold Pushkin for a bit (Lyuba hid out the entire time, as is her wont), and we got to see Champ bound around the front yard for a while before he was bundled back into the car for the long drive back to New Jersey.
Siganus Sutor says:

12 January 2014 at 1:23 pm

Hat, how’s the little cat doing? (What was his name? Something like “Muntz”, no?)
languagehat says:

12 January 2014 at 1:41 pm

What a memory! (Although Muntz is a pretty unforgettable name.) We didn’t see him, but he’s said to be doing well.
Ø says:

12 January 2014 at 3:51 pm

I’m one of the ones who couldn’t think what to say, but I’m here. How long was Alma home for?
A. J. P. Crown says:

13 January 2014 at 3:00 am

Ø, how kind you are to ask. Alma left yesterday afternoon (Sunday). We’ve talked before about how hard it is to see them go. I can’t quite put my finger on why that is. She spent the past two weeks working in the out house, and took back with her an A1-size portfolio (24″x33″) that I could hardly carry. It must be very hard to see Asa go back after all your experiences in deepest Guatemala.

Language, great to have Jim & Robin come by. I have an image of you discussing the Bible with Jim.* I haven’t heard a word from him for ages, I should write. Pushkin’s very brave, although I suppose Champ doesn’t get over-excited at the sight of a cat. Our dogs would just about explode.

* I just had an urge to write that, in any other but recent literary circumstances, the world’s most unlikely phrase.

Sig, I’ve been trying to remember Muntz’s name for a while now, so well done and thanks for that.
Siganus Sutor says:

13 January 2014 at 3:47 pm

Memory is a funny thing. Sometimes you can’t remember your own cousin’s name but you remember the name of a kitten you’ve never seen in your life, save a few times on the internet.

But I wonder why Muntz is an unforgettable name. It sounds Germanic enough to be easily forgotten by any Martian!
jamessal says:

14 January 2014 at 6:56 pm

This is a late reply to the Muntz signal (we were traveling), but at least they’re good recent pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theclumsycook/sets/72157639771381123/. He is, as always, thriving.
languagehat says:

14 January 2014 at 7:33 pm

And, as always, he gives the impression of a cat one would not want to cross. At least one of those photos could be labeled “The Grand Inquisitor.”
Ø says:

14 January 2014 at 11:49 pm

He does look like a serious fellow. Does he ever get silly?
jamessal says:

15 January 2014 at 4:56 am

Absolutely. It’s his combination of vicious and silly that makes us love him so much. Whenever he greets our dog Champ — his older brother, surrogate parent (however you want to look at it) — he licks Champ’s head and then rolls over onto his back. And if I can pet him long enough for him to forget his feral nature, he’ll sometimes pass out in the most hilarious, compromising positions — once, recently, right between us, directly on his back, so that as he sunk deeper and deeper (both into sleep and into the bed) all four paws brushed against each other sticking straight up in the air. I’m not sure if I described that sufficiently, but we couldn’t stop laughing.
A. J. P. Crown says:

15 January 2014 at 6:50 am

I love that bottom left picture. So earnest.
jamessal says:

15 January 2014 at 7:10 am

That look . . . he makes us feel jejune daily.
Catanea says:

31 January 2014 at 12:12 pm

late to the party?
I saw the photo of Alma and the dogs.
It was obvious it must be Alma home for Christmas.
It seemed too intimate and familial to comment on.
Lovely. Made me wish the sun actually came in to any part of our house where I could roll about with the dogs.
And I thought of Ø and your common experience of having children gone away to University.
And now it is lovely to see Muntz again. What a handsome cat.
Yes. It’s been a sad array of winter holidays here as they’re all anniversaries of K’s mothers death at Christmas 2012. So: apologies.
I envy you all who have lovely bright snow, and sun to shine on it!
May the continuation of 2014 only get better.
mab says:

18 February 2014 at 7:24 am

I’m very late to the party but wanted to send this — it was billed as “the best goat video youll see today,” and that’s true. It is actually the best goat video I’ve seen in several days.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/17/goats-play-on-metal-sheet_n_4805908.html
Love this photos…
M
languagehat says:

4 March 2014 at 1:47 am

Goats in Sweaters.
A. J. P. Crown says:

14 March 2014 at 11:33 pm

Mab, thanks for the goats on metal sheets. We may order them something like that for the summer.

Language, I love the goats in sweaters, but doesn’t anyone ever think to give them new clothes? Our goats don’t get hand-me-downs.