Saturday, April 05, 2014

The Tale of Two Orchids and Two Cats

My in-laws went to Longwood Gardens earlier this week, and they brought home some gorgeous orchids, and I was the lucky recipient of this gorgeous yellow orchid:

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 And this absolutely beautiful magenta orchid:

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 My friends laughed at me when I asked whether orchids were poisonous to cats (they aren't) - but you see, we have an intrepid hunter in this house. Nothing is safe - Piper's little stuffies, hair scrunchies, yarn...

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 "Mama, they look so pretty! And they move in the wind!"

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 "I will smell them a little bit. They smell so pretty!"

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 "Why am I licking my lips? No reason..."

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 "Hey big brother, come here! Check out these things! Mama calls them 'ORKIDS.'"

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 "Come on! You have to smell these things!"

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 "Chomp! Mine!"

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 Hermione is going to even lessen the survival rate of any plant brought into this house. My Christmas cactus has teeth marks in it. I don't even get why these are things she would want to bite!

2 comments:

mom said...

she likes to smell pretty things....but doesn't realize that you smell through your nose - not your teeth???
love & hugs

Addicted2Heroines said...

Beautiful pictures, Jo! I would have asked the same thing because of my cats. They feel the need to taste test everything.