My most recent post was about the cat card I made for my neighbor’s birthday over the weekend. Turns out, she received yellow roses from her sister. And then an identical delivery of yellow roses due to florist error. Instead of keeping all that glory for herself, my generous neighbor offered me one of the bouquets. I just collected it from her and decided I wanted to document it on this ol’ blog, so set it on the floor in a patch of natural light.
Marcel immediately came to investigate.
October 12, 2021
“The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose.” – Kahlil Gibran
And Marcel? Well, he sees the rose and its thorns, then proceeds to snack on the surrounding foliage.
Tracy Abell 
Oh, they’re so beautiful. Your cat too. How nice of your neighbor to share her bounty.
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The roses are opening up more, increasing the beauty quotient! That particular neighbor is a gem.
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Lol at Marcel checking out the roses. You’d think it was catnip. Thanks for sharing this slice of your life!
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HA, Stuart. Now that you mention it, his reaction did seem like a catnip thing. 🙂
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Wonderful photo! As a care taker of several cats I am quite aware of the potential loss of foliage that may happen with any plant that enters the house. It can sometimes be a challenge.
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True that re foliage damage. They just love to chomp on green stuff, don’t they?
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Yes! We even have some plants in behind gates to my protect them. A little odd when you think about it.
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That is kinda funny, a gated community for your plants! 🙂
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I love the picture! I hope Marcel left the eucalyptus alone. Its toxic to cats. I myself am allergic to eucalyptus, even though I’m not a cat, but it would be pretty cool to have a tail though, I think.
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Marcel only ate the big leaves which is WHEW because I didn’t know the other stuff was eucalyptus….and poisonous. Yikes. Sorry you’re allergic to it and also sorry you don’t have a tail, Melanie. I bet you’d look awesome!
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Hahaha, Thank you! Evolution is looking out for me though. If I had a tail I’d probably get it caught in a door or something and end up with it being bobbed. Maybe Marcel had good common sense not to eat the eucalyptus. What a smart kitty!
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Good point about tails and doors. Ouch!
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