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30 Mar 2025 07:54 PM
30 Mar 2025 07:54 PM
I've been busy that it doesn't even feel like I've had a break. I'll also be away this coming week too. @Appleblossom
Also, I've been sick so I'm still recovering, but I feel well.
It's so amazing to see you on the forums more lately. It gives me this warm bubbly feeling that I can't really explain 🙂
30 Mar 2025 07:58 PM
30 Mar 2025 07:58 PM
Hugs Bella
look after yourself, don’t push yourself too hard
make the most of time off… but keep up R&R
love apple
30 Mar 2025 08:02 PM
30 Mar 2025 08:02 PM
Mine are quite opposite to each other. Bartok's full of beans and Olaf is a very chilled out little cat @Appleblossom .
30 Mar 2025 09:45 PM
30 Mar 2025 09:45 PM
@Abner I love a call called Bartok. Played him a bit on piano and recorder. We have a cat named after Ravel but my son wanted to feminise the spelling to… Ravelle.
Our cats have differences but like to hang out together.
30 Mar 2025 11:37 PM
30 Mar 2025 11:37 PM
Ravel is also a lovely name. Bartok is black, what colour is Ravel? I was thinking of calling Bartok Bartok-Prokofiev, but thought that might complicate things
31 Mar 2025 06:10 PM
31 Mar 2025 06:10 PM
@Abner Black sounds right for Bartok. I played the Romanian dances back in the early 1980s….
Ravelle is a white and tortoise shell tabby. More chilled than her sister.
We had a ex lab rat called Voltaire in 1970s. My uncle brought it home from Monash…. Then I did a little philosophy…. Lol
01 Apr 2025 12:04 AM
01 Apr 2025 12:04 AM
I have yet to play the Romanian Dances @Appleblossom . And Ravelle sound beautiful
01 Apr 2025 12:06 AM
01 Apr 2025 12:06 AM
And rats are very beautiful animals @Appleblossom .
01 Apr 2025 12:07 PM
01 Apr 2025 12:07 PM
Yep. My uncle pointed out it was cleaner than rats in drains. Much maligned species. Lol @Abner
My cats are gorgeous Ravelle just plopped on my lap. I have been playing Sad Birds by the other Ravel. Lol. Maybe that influenced my son's choice of name.
Btw I like birds too... And volunteered in a zoo for 5 years, so am aware of speciesism. Lol. I also tend to anthropomorphise, a bit. Lol
01 Apr 2025 08:15 PM
01 Apr 2025 08:15 PM
I watch documentaries about animals. Did you know flies are more prolific pollenators than bees? We really only appreciate bees because they pollenate our food. Flies pollenate everything.
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