It’s Veteran’s Day, a federal holiday in the U.S, and there are but 50 days left until Christmas, or 49 shopping days. On this day in 1918, World War I came to a close, with the fighting officially ending at 11 a.m. French time: the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. And, in 1675, Leibniz is said to have first demonstrated integral calculus as a way to find the area under a curve. On this day in 1945, composer Jerome Kern died; and, in 1972, bass player Berry Oakley of the Allman Brothers band died at age 24 in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia—only a short distance from where his bandmate Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle accident the year before. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili is frustrated, unable to change her appearance to hide herself from her prey.
Hili: Sometimes when I try to blend with the landscape, I have a feeling that my camouflage is not perfect.
A: You might be right.
Hili: Czasami, kiedy próbuję się stopić z krajobrazem mam wrażenie, że mój kamuflaż nie jest doskonały.
Ja: Możesz mieć rację.
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And some big news from Poland: Elzbieta and her partner Andrzej (Leon’s staff) are getting married on November 28. Leon has prepared a special gift and monologue for them:
Leon: Look what a present I prepared for you.
Best wishes to Elzbieta and Andrzej, and may they continue to serve Leon for many happy years!
I had a cat who brought be ‘gifts’ of a live magpie and a live rat, right to my bedroom in the middle of the night (as well as many other dead things). Leon’s gifting of himself is a bit more considerate.
Hey, your cat worked hard for those gifts! 🙂
True! The magpie was a truly impressive catch, but the noise that it made when it was in my cat’s jaws was the stuff of nightmares.
Oh dear – just your mention of it is going to give me nightmares!
Congratulations Elzbieta and Andrzej.
I am wondering now how much cat markings have changed due to breading. The original wild cats were probably quite well matched to their home turf. But humans are interested in creating patterns that please us. Hili looks pretty natural except for the white on her face and chest. Or is white useful in hunting?
Mazel tov! And you’ve already got the perfect engagement present! He is, of course, going to be the Best Cat at the ceremony…?
b&
I hope so: the marriage will take place at the City Registry, so I hope Leon will be in attendance there, if not at the party afterwards!
We will, of course, demand photographic evidence….
b&
I hope Leon wears something fancy for the occasion like a nice tie.
Yeah…not sure how good a tuxedo would look on a tabby…or a tabby on a tuxedo, for that matter….
b&