07/25/2025 – Summer Days

We’re having some maintenance work done in our house today so what better time to see what’s going on outside. There’s Tippy enjoying his personal drinking fountain . . .

. . . after which he wandered out front and napped in the cool shade of the red maple. Mom would sure enjoy it if Tippy would make himself a permanent front yard napper. That would follow the tradition of several gorgeous boy-kitties over the years who called that same spot their own.

Leaving Tippy to his nap and back inside, we had our heat pump serviced late last month, next month the gas fireplace will be looked at and Viola will supervise the work. She’s one unforgiving boss so the fireplace guy best be on his toes on that day.

The fireplace is old, 26 years, and the metal plate backing has rusted since day 1. Recently, Mom saw chunks that had fallen off inside behind the protective glass. Before Dad moves downstairs on a semi-permanent basis this fall, Mom insists that fireplace be in top condition because she knows Dad will want to use it more than our budget will allow. We don’t need it in a bad condition on top of that, nor do we need to wait to have it serviced during the prime-time cold weather season when maintenance work will be at its most expensive.

Shh, Mom. You’re starting to sound like you might finally be getting a handle on this whole early, preventative home maintenance thing.

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A Colehaus Cats flashback:

2024 – No post
2023 – No post
2022 – ManCat Monday
2021 – No post
2020 – No post
2019 – No post
2018 – W is for Wednesday
2017 – No post
2016 – ManCat Monday: Quint’s Summer Flowers
2015 – No post
2014 – Perks
2013 – No post
2012 – Comfortable, yes. Thanks for asking!