01-25-2024, 11:46 AM
More tales of Aoife-dini.
I blocked off all the lattice. I don't have to worry about Aoife getting out anymore. Case closed.
I was surprised to find Aoife waiting for me on the back porch this morning well outside her completely secure garden compound. She was sopping wet from spending the night running through the long grass. She was also thrilled to be back in the house. If I hadn't had locked the bedroom door, Aoife would have awoken the Queen to tell her how excited she was to be back in the house as well as sharing copious amounts of water.
We left on our morning walk during which I spent the entire time trying to figure out how she had escaped. I was leaning towards the terrible conclusion that Aoife had used the boards I attached to the lattice to climb the fence. That was nightmare fuel. Another possibility was egress through the garage. If I don't close and lock the door between the garage proper and the mudroom, Aoife will open that door and get into the garage. I leave the garage door up about eight inches so my oldest cat can get in and out of the garage. Aoife is able to get out through that narrow opening.
When I returned from the walk, with the Queen now having arisen, I asked her if the door to the garage was locked when she went to give mama cat her breakfast. She couldn't quite recall. But she did mention that the dog door to the garden was still blocked from yesterday. I had blocked that door to keep the dogs out of the garden while I did fence work. Good news bad news. Aoife didn't jump the fence but she was still out and about.
Later on, I walked by the garden fence and saw another present from Aoife. I guess she was frantic to get back inside the yard so she completely destroyed another section of lattice, something she can no longer do from the inside because the boards keep her from doing that.
I hope tonight she remains in the yard.
I blocked off all the lattice. I don't have to worry about Aoife getting out anymore. Case closed.
I was surprised to find Aoife waiting for me on the back porch this morning well outside her completely secure garden compound. She was sopping wet from spending the night running through the long grass. She was also thrilled to be back in the house. If I hadn't had locked the bedroom door, Aoife would have awoken the Queen to tell her how excited she was to be back in the house as well as sharing copious amounts of water.
We left on our morning walk during which I spent the entire time trying to figure out how she had escaped. I was leaning towards the terrible conclusion that Aoife had used the boards I attached to the lattice to climb the fence. That was nightmare fuel. Another possibility was egress through the garage. If I don't close and lock the door between the garage proper and the mudroom, Aoife will open that door and get into the garage. I leave the garage door up about eight inches so my oldest cat can get in and out of the garage. Aoife is able to get out through that narrow opening.
When I returned from the walk, with the Queen now having arisen, I asked her if the door to the garage was locked when she went to give mama cat her breakfast. She couldn't quite recall. But she did mention that the dog door to the garden was still blocked from yesterday. I had blocked that door to keep the dogs out of the garden while I did fence work. Good news bad news. Aoife didn't jump the fence but she was still out and about.
Later on, I walked by the garden fence and saw another present from Aoife. I guess she was frantic to get back inside the yard so she completely destroyed another section of lattice, something she can no longer do from the inside because the boards keep her from doing that.
I hope tonight she remains in the yard.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm