Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]We ended up just tying the bags into knots. Worked. But you still heard that "scratch, scratch, scratch" in the middle of the night. On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Foodbags? > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > mark at rabinergroup.com > > >> From: Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:42:11 +0200 >> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Warning cat picture >> >> Igge isn't "tame". He or she is extremely near-sighted. I wrote >> "porcupine" before, but its a "hedgehog". Same sharp needles, just not >> as long. >> >> If you get too close, it turns into a pin cushion, with the pins >> pointing out. The cat knows that. Our other two do too. I've seen when >> kittens have their first experience of hedgehogs. Serves them right >> with all of those sharp claws they have themselves. >> >> Ewa and I took a bike vacation this summer and spent two weeks tenting >> around the south of Sweden: >> >> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100707-_DSC2416-1.jpg.html >> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100704-_DSC2308-2.jpg.html >> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100705-_DSC2385-2.jpg.html >> >> You can imagine how it feels to wake up in the middle of the night and >> here this rustling through your bags in the dark. These things might >> be part blind, but they can smell food a mile away. The first two >> nights they actually crawled into our foodbags to hide when they heard >> us go up to chase them out. We'd have to dump out the whole bag to get >> them out. Ewa used to think they are cute. She thinks they're little >> stinkers now. >> >> Google has some better pictures of them: >> >> http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=hedgehog >> >> They hibernate and live in our yard. They like quiet, unkept spaces. >> >> Daniel >> >> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at >> lighttube.net> wrote: >>> Hi Daniel, >>> >>> Pretty girls always trump food! >>> >>> How tame is Igge? ?He/she looks like an interesting critter. >>> >>> Jim Nichols >>> Tullahoma, TN USA >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <daniel at >>> dlridings.se> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 2:16 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] Warning cat picture >>> >>> >>>> We bought a whole collection of doormats :-) >>>> >>>> But now it's evening here, and as always, Igge comes to eat up the >>>> left-overs: >>>> >>>> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100826-IMGP0416-2.jpg.html >>>> >>>> He really, really, likes Rebecca. It's uncanny. He just waits and >>>> waits for her. I'm the one who gives him food, but she's the one he >>>> adores. >>>> >>>> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100826-IMGP0410-1.jpg.html >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Now you need to get a doormat for the door. >>>>> >>>>> Enjoyed your cat story. >>>>> >>>>> Robert >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 26, 2010, at 3:03 AM, Daniel Ridings wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The placement of the door mat was slightly impractical and has been >>>>>> adjusted: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/s2010/20100826-IMGP0406-1.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >