House Pets Roasting by a Woodstove Fire

[altivo]

House Pets Roasting...
Originally uploaded by Altivo

Temperatures down to the low single digits and everyone wants to get close to the fire. Well, except Simon the sheepdog, who thinks we make it too warm indoors and tends to lie against an outside door to keep cooler. Sometimes the cats actually crawl under or behind the stove at night. I guess they like the warm bricks but that would be too hot for me.

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[cabcat.livejournal.com]

Haaaaaaappy Biiiirrrthday :D Although I'm having a hard time imagining you as a foal :3

Ahh nothing like a roasted pet. Kitty goes silly with our oil heater and would cook her self if I didn't make sure it was turned down.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

Your rocking chair needs dusting. :D

I suppose that dust comes from the stove. The draw on mine is so good most of it goes up the chimney when I am cleaning.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

When I was a foal you weren't even thought of yet.

Our black cat, who doesn't appear in the photo, crawls right under the stove to sleep. When she comes out, she's scorching hot and dangerous to the touch, though it doesn't seem to bother her at all.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

A lot of stuff here needs dusting. We keep house like the bachelor farmers we are. Dust in that photo does mostly come from the stove. Even the vacuum fails to remove it all.

[avon-deer.livejournal.com]

I can recommend a damp cloth, or damp mop if you want to save your back.

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

There is nothing half so relaxing as watching a warm puppydog snore, shift and let out a lazy blast of wind. <3 <3 <3 <3

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

We never have a fire on (we do have an electric one in the living room, but we only use the central heating), so our cat doesn't know what he's missing.

His owner has, however, taken to microwaving the wheat heat bag I use and tucking the cat up on his beanbag with it. Of this, in strident yelping tones, I disapprove. ;)

[hrrunka]

My mother's cat has been known to get so close to the fire that it singes her fur...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Don't say that. You're giving me images of a flaming cat running through the house setting everything on fire. ;p

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Roasted cats are good with wheat berry stuffing, or so I hear. ;p

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I'll get around to it eventually. Every so often the dust becomes offensive enough that I do a thorough cleaning.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Uh, Ms. Sarah's wind is so toxic that we worry about her letting fly when the stove is going.

[hrrunka]

...and now I've got an earworm; Frank Hayes' "Never set the cat on fire!"

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a fair trade to me. ;p

[hrrunka]

;)

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

Awww! <3