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It has been a small forever since I last took Roy for a "walk" in the backyard. Last time we went out, he smelled something that made him aggressive. Shortly after that, I had to have surgery. So it's been awhile. Today seemed nice and I realized I had put it off long enough.

The garden of potted vegetable plants on the deck was new, but didn't merit much investigation. He sniffed a bit, then carried right on down the stairs.

It was bright and I couldn't see my phone screen clearly, so we ended up with a random assortment of pictures.

While sniffing all the smells, Roy often stopped for a rest. This might be the one good pic of his face.

Today's (re)discoveries include flowers, wind, shadows, and...

A grasshopper. (Not pictured: the grasshopper Roy found. He kept seeing it jump, but lost it the moment it landed.)

We ended where we started, on the deck, but this time Roy caught the scent of something underneath. Probably a chipmunk. He couldn't get to it, so eventually he gave up and asked to go back inside. Overall, it was a good walk.

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We haven't been outside in awhile because the weather hasn't been all that nice. It's still not great today, but at least it's not raining, so I figured I owed Roy one more walk before the snow starts to fly.

Squinting against the wind, Roy checked out the new smells which had cropped up in the past week. It didn't take him long to choose his destination.

He fluffed up and went to investigate this plant. After thoroughly sniffing it, he marked his territory, then asked to go back inside. Roy is very much not a fan of the changing seasons. Me too, Roy.

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Sulphuric Saturday

is on hiatus this week (at least here on my blog) because between work and back to school and fostering a feral kitten, I haven’t even had time to think about what to post. Sorry to all three people who actually look forward to Sulphuric Saturday. The usual “whatever I felt like reblogging” will appear on my blog today, and our regularly scheduled barrage of Crowley will return next Saturday.

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Roy faced the ultimate betrayal today. We got outside and I took the obligatory glamour shot while he stared, trying to figure out what he was seeing.

The gate was closed! Roy was barred from the thrilling new world of driveway, passing cars, and a different evergreen bush!

There was still a backyard full of sounds and smells though, so we explored.

We went around this tree several times while Roy sniffed the ground, trying to track something that wasn't there anymore. I'm pretty sure there's a rabbit living in our neighbor's yard, so while it was fun for Roy to track, there's no way he could've found it.

My spouse decided to chop up the snow on our deck earlier today and tossed it around the yard so it would melt faster. This was a puzzle for Roy. He decided (not for the first time) that snow is best ignored.

It was a short excursion today, undoubtedly due to the disappointment of the closed gate. We're supposed to get some colder weather for the rest of the week, so we likely won't be going outside for a few days. Hopefully the great outdoors is more exciting next time.

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Due to my becoming gainfully employed, I’ve lost all track of time and forgotten to schedule my usual Sulphuric Saturday posts. Sorry to anyone who looks forward to such things, but it’s been A Week. I’ll do my best to make it happen next week. In the meantime, please enjoy my usual queue of “whatever the hell struck my fancy.”

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Me, pairing two unmatched socks from the laundry basket: lol arranged marriage

Also me, 30 seconds later: ah fuck, I ship it

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Some time ago, my Smol had the bright idea to buy a harness for our indoor cat so he could explore the things he kept staring at outside. This has turned into me taking the cat for a "walk" every day after dinner. I say "walk" because cats don't go from point A to point B. No, cats spend five minutes staring at a leaf before tapping it to see if it's alive.

Behold, a dumbass.

I've been out here for an hour and a half and he's discovered a leaf, a spider web, a stick, three trees (which he stared at and did not interact), and for one thrilling moment, a squirrel on our neighbor's fence.

Granted, on previous "walks", he's found grasshoppers, mice, and a toad out here, so he has good reason to be hopeful. There's just nothing to play with today. I think I'm bringing a disappointed cat inside.

Because we found nothing, I'll share last week's toad with you all.

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Roy has already forgotten how much he dislikes snow. He wouldn't stop begging to go outside, so finally I decided he needed a reminder.

He stared outside, unsure what to make of this cold, wet disaster. I made up his mind for him.

Yeet.

It took him a sec to register what happened. As soon as he figured out he was standing on snow, he moved to the bare patch of deck where the recycling bins were just a few minutes earlier.

He sniffed around and investigated the area, but he was clearly not having a good time. Not two minutes later, he asked to go back inside.

You'd think this would have been a clear lesson for him. Snow is bad, right? Yeah... he got his dinner, then asked to go back out, because if there's still snow out there, obviously I should fix that. This just in: local cat thinks owner is all powerful deity.