CLAWED vs HK Phooey

Clawed the Cat is rather self-absorbed, feline that he is. It took him an entire week to realize that HK Phooey exists. Of course, in Clawed's defense, Phooey just learned how to swim in the 2.5 gallon tank, (which is a lot of water to navigate when you're used to life in an 8 ounce cup) and has only fluently swum about on his tiny fins of fury in the last 36 hours!

National Poetry Month - My Contribution

Ode to a Tree

Beloved,
you are cool
and smooth
beneath me
tall and strong
above me

nothing else
can match
the feel of you
or the scent of you
[metal is too
cold and cruel]

I curl into you
fashioned into a
rocking chair
and read a novel
taken from your heart

nothing nurtures or
nourishes you like water
so that will be my gift
to you
so that our love

will remain unchanged
and unchanging

this is no
one-sided love affair
we will never leave
one another

for even in death
your arms will wrap
lovingly around me

through all eternity

Photo Op - Now The BOSS is also a GRANDPA

March 28 - The BOSS and his wife cradling their first grandchild, a grandson. Congratulations to all!!

A Delightful Day

• Blondie and her grandson Timothy had lunch at my house so they could see/experience the Upside Down Catfish - it was aquarium racing at it's finest!! *(See Timothy's photo below)
• The BOSS commissioned me to purchase and supervise the planting of annuals in the front flowerbed!!
• The work newbie bought me a strawberry smoothie! (Okay, I'll swear I will quit the habit tomorrow).
• The BOSS's Wife (aka My Best Friend) and I spent the last work hour drafting a calendar for the rest of 2005 and laughing like grade school girls!!
• I found and bought MR. Morticia a Collectible 2005 Hotwheel Treasure Hunt for a mere $0.95!
• MR. Morticia bought HK Phooey a new aquarium ornament (despite all his squawking that he was not going to spend another plug nickel on aquarium crap)!
• Blondie and Timothy stopped by my house during their after dinner walk to see the aquarium at night -- all lit up with the new LED lights.
  
  
  *After lunch at my house, Timothy spent the rest of the afternoon at the Rainbow Fish Farm, where he caught these fine dinner specimens - 15, 14 and 12 inches!!

The Easter Bunny Had Fins

MR. Morticia and the Mancub bought me a Betta over the weekend. I've been working on a suitable name for him. Hong Kong Phooey, Foo Fighter, and Kung Pao have been discussed ... all obvious references to his heritage. His personality, in a nutshell: beautiful but dumb as a rock. He is constantly fighting the fish in the mirror - himself!! Feel free to comment on your favorite name above or to suggest one of your own.

Easter Afternoon Photo Op

The Mancub with MR. Morticia's Parents

NEW TELEVISION SERIES!!

• From the genius of the original CSI comes a spin-off worthy of its predecessor: CSI Aquarium.

• In the first epsiode, the series leading character, Forensic Detective Clawed races against the clock to discover the identity of what could be a serial killer in the posh Atlantis Resort.

• The episode opens with the discovery of a tiny neon skeleton, discovered at the rear of the resort, north of the live plant, east of the bubble-pad and south of the spotlight. (see actual photographic evidence below!)

Scene of the Crime