Alien Encounter

[muninnhuginn]

The hens have taken to hanging around the back door. It's a shady enough spot and it's where people bearing food appear from. The cats, unsurprisingly, have taken to hanging around the opposite side of the back door or by the open, but screened, dining room window. I opened the door this afternoon and Jack--always the braver of the pair--stuck a foot over the threshold. Fred followed. Little stared: if a cat's jaw could drop, it would have done. Since I draw the line at hens inside the house, I gently removed the chickens, extracted the child who was also in the doorway and shut chickens out and cats in. They're now eyeballing one another through the window.

I'm beginning to wonder if Big's return to shitting behind the front door is due to his displeasure at the new occupants of the back garden (the indoor cats do regard it as theirs even if they don't go into it). Little is definitely annoyed by the new inhabitants, but she simply comes and tells me about it--repeatedly.

Comments

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Boof! loves chicken TV.

Can you tell me about getting screen doors?

[muninnhuginn]

Can you tell me about getting screen doors?

Well, I could lend you M who made our screen for the window. I do keep thinking about a screen door for the back but have no idea where one gets them--they're kind of USA-ian, aren't they.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Ah! They're quite expensive over here, I think. Ideally, I'd like to relocate my back-door and get an integrated triple-glazed sustainable hardwood one with screen option - Scandanavian, and astronomically expensive :-) But with hot weather and indoor cats...

[muninnhuginn]

Well, yes. We have only the side window that we can open downstairs without the penalty of extra noise and fumes, the price you pay for living on a main road. I do keep meaning to fix the kitchen window so it can be locked open a tad. But really a decent screen door on the back door would be the solution. If we ever build the extension, we can add it to the plans....

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Oh, my!