DoodleBug

I have this toy that I like to play with. It's really a toy, attached to a string. Didn't come that way, 'D' made it. The other 'D' calls it a 'doodlebug'. He pulls it along the floor and I pounce on it. When he holds it high in the air, I jump for it. It's really fun! I do like that game.

But is DoodleBug really a word? I do know what a bug is. An ant, a beetle, a bee ... they are all bugs. But for the life of me I don't know what a doodle is. I know what a noodle is - but I think that it is something entirely different. Besides a noodle is sloppy and wet. Don't think I could bat that thing around.

Oh, and a Doodle is something you humans draw on a piece of paper. You know - doodling. But I don't think that is what is meant by 'D'. Because a drawing on a piece of paper and a beetle, wouldn't be a DoodleBug.

Maybe it's a made up word. Like 'tarnation' is. I'm sure you have heard that expression. "What in tarnation are you doing?" And we know that 'tarnation' isn't a country made of tar. It's just a silly word.

Most words are silly, aren't they.

A piece of advise. If you are out on a blind date, and your blind date uses the word 'tarnation', you best beat feet to the door and leave them in the dust. Who knows, what other words they may utter.

I've seemed to have gotten off the track.

Doodlebug.

I do love playing with my doodlebug.

Countdown to Spring

Well. It's February. And according to 'D', spring is just around the corner. Well, I know what that means. 'D' will be spending a lot of his free time outside in the flower gardens, and less time with me playing.

Well, I guess I really don't mind. The backdoor to the outside is left open, and I can feel the breezes through the screen door, and the smells. And I can sit on the counter and look out the door and watch 'D&D'.

And as far as 'D' is concerned, it's all about the flowers. Oh, he has pretty flowers and a lot of them. He takes a lot of pictures of them. And I must admit they are pretty!

And it will be warm! So I can lay in the window and drink up that sunshine!

Oh, does anyone know if cats tan?

Mmmmm I better check on the suntan lotion!