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Jun. 9th, 2009 08:27 am
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I'd have guessed ecru was a shade of blue. No very good reason except that it sounds that way. Ailz is back doing cross-stitch and the pattern she's working on calls for certain little twirly bits to be done in ecru. Anyway I looked it up and it's a cousin of beige- only more yellowy. Beige sounds like beige but ecru doesn't sound like ecru- if you see what I mean- which is why I'm unlikely to put the word in a poem any time soon.

I think the rat was in the kitchen again early this morning. The evidence is suggestive rather than conclusive- noises, a spice jar knocked into the rubbish bin, a meaty piece of string dragged to the middle of the floor. Since s/he keeps coming back I think s/he needs a more than generic name. The rabbits are Tish and Tosh. The rat can be Trash. Ailz suggests getting a cat to complete- or deplete- the menage.

We took my father in law to the doctor's last night and then to fill a prescription. I was the fittest of the party and got to do all the leg work. The nearest out-of-hours pharmacy was in Sainsbury's. I still find it slightly weird that prescription medicines are being dispensed in supermarkets. One of the guys in the pharmacy queue was also buying carrots - and the white coated assistant put them through the till for him.

Re: I have a cat...

Date: 2009-06-09 04:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
I'm considerably less sold on the idea of getting a cat than Ailz is- and so long as we have the rabbits I just don't think it's on.

Re: I have a cat...

Date: 2009-06-09 09:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daisytells.livejournal.com
I dont think the rabbits will have a bad time with a cat. If anything, it could turn out the other way around. My oldest friend's father used to raise rabbits. Every so often rats would get into the rabbit's hutch and eat an entire litter of bunnies, which was ugly. As for the four family cats -- they ignored the rabbits and kept the house rodent-free.
If you have not already guessed, I am a cat-lover. I agree with jubal that (as with lions) the female cat is the greater hunter.

Re: I have a cat...

Date: 2009-06-10 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
I've heard of rabbits who stood up to cats and made them back down. Rabbits can be quite fierce- and their claws are formidable weapons.

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