Dis Old Fogies Clubhouse – Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other. Makes No Difference!

[franandaj]

Oh....and we may not have our tags.

Oh well. Easy come, easy go.

Well I'm nit groveling through all that again.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Well I'm nit groveling through all that again.

I love it, can you see a new avatar of you dissing from the potty room….

Hope you are feeling better

We would be groveling for months

 

[ACDSNY]

Good morning fogies!

Darn no Dis during the Super Bowl I guess we'll have to find something else to do. I could start packing.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Morning everyone. Sunday here and it's drizzly and a little wet outside. Oh well. I was hoping to head outside and get some weeding done. I guess that means more inside time today.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Outside Catification Project



This week, we had someone come in to net off and catify one side of our house. It's the blind side of the house and has all the services as well as leftover roof tiles here. It was the perfect opportunity to tidy it up.

This is about as tidy as it's been for the last 15 years.







See that little 'ditch' by the side of the fence? Well....I dug out some of the sand that was there and filled it up with some garden soil. It's not very deep; but I planted some mondo grass and herbs there. We have garden mint currently growing in the sand and I figure that I might as well try some camomile as well. I'm hoping to seed some catnip in that area. And cat mint; if I can find some.







The paving down this side of the garden was a weekend job. We did it about 15 years ago and when we ran out of bricks, we dumped the rest of the sand in this section. It's a natural cat 'pit'. That fresh sand? I emptied out DS' sand pit from under the cubby house. He's long outgrown the sand pit and it was great to be able to repurpose the sand for a good cause.














It took 2 days for the man we hired to complete this job. The biggest amount of work was in the paling fence. It needed to be fixed up and the gaps all closed up. He also cut away all the overhanging bushes from the neighbour's garden.






The metal poles might not look great but they raise the enclosure up to a minimum height of 2 meters. We also got a metal gate frame to close this section up.






The net is a low visibility net and it really is quite unobtrusive. I have to look hard from the front to spot it.







We had a dead apricot tree in the backyard. We repurposed as much as the trunk as possible to make natural scratching and jumping posts for the cats.


























And our bengal cat? Well! She took to the area with squeals of delight.







Although.....with the light rain this morning, she completely chose to stay indoors instead of heading out after breakfast!



I also bought some small planters and have cat grass and more herbs growing. I also got a small bamboo plant and a dwarf lemon plant. I need to head out to the garden shop to get more potting mix today so I can finish the pots! We might get a water feature in here as well but will need to get an electrician in first to put in an extra power point. And a outdoor table and 2 chairs would be nice in here as well. And DH is considering bricking up that sand pit so that it is neater. And I would like to put some ground cover in that back section....And that old laundry cabinet is full of firewood we need to empty out this winter. After that, we'll probably move the cabinet out of here....and get something that will keep the cats undercover for when it rains....and...and....


Aside from that, it's pretty much done now.

 

[bobbiwoz]

WOW! How wonderful, PIO!

 

[PrincessInOz]

WOW! How wonderful, PIO!

Thanks Bobbi!

 

[usnuzuloose]

That person did a great job! It looks like the kitty is going to enjoy it when it is nice outside. I like the repurposing of the tree.

 

[PrincessInOz]

That person did a great job! It looks like the kitty is going to enjoy it when it is nice outside. I like the repurposing of the tree.

He did do a fantastic job. I hope the kitty likes it there but I suspect we are going to have to work hard at making sure that she doesn't get too bored in there.

 

[franandaj]

The yard looks great! You're just going to have to make sure the sandbox stays clean. Im sure she will find plenty of stuff to amuse her out there. Our kids are still amused in their yard. Although they do have a tad bit more space, but still they make do.

 

[ACDSNY]

That's a wonderful spot for the kitties.

 

[franandaj]

I love it, can you see a new avatar of you dissing from the potty room….

Hope you are feeling better

We would be groveling for months

At least the tag fairy doesn't change your avatar...

 

[franandaj]

Angela,
I'm eating the cod recipe that you posted on FB a while back. Fran is having hers naked. It's really good! And since my Dr. is putting me on a diet that makes me want to cry every day. It's something tasty that I can eat with no regrets.

 

[ACDSNY]

Angela,
I'm eating the cod recipe that you posted on FB a while back. Fran is having hers naked. It's really good! And since my Dr. is putting me on a diet that makes me want to cry every day. It's something tasty that I can eat with no regrets.

I'm happy you like it and it's meeting the Dr.'s requirements.

Keeping up with the boys today almost made me cry.

 

[mvf-m11c]

Good evening Fogies.

We won our basketball game tonight and won the Sacramento City League championship for 8th grade boys. This is a back-to-back year where it is the first time in years since we won back-to-back basketball championships.

Your backyard for the kitties looks very nice PiO.

 

[usnuzuloose]

Awesome to hear Bret!

Don't feel bad Alison, I have been giving up sugar. I am doing okay so far. I don't mind taking off weight slowly. Better than no weight. Keep it up!

 

[ACDSNY]

Congratulations, the boys must be playing great to win B2B.

 

[ACDSNY]

Jo, how are you?

 

[franandaj]

Congratulations, the boys must be playing great to win B2B.

And here I had to read back..."who won a B2B cruise?"

 

[ACDSNY]

And here I had to read back..."who won a B2B cruise?"

Don't we wish!