Lemon Picking Cats

@Inlemay (17713)
South Africa
July 22, 2018 12:30pm CST
While reading the getting-up to of @boiboing Cats - Cats and Hammocks as well as Kitty Turf Wars, I thought I would share a funny yet special moment with my Picasso and Talu last week. Our lemon tree was hanging heavy with beautiful ripe lemons, and we decided to pick most of them and freeze the juice for many a purpose in the kitchen. When my hubby came down the ladder, the cats went up! They decided to preen and stretch in the warm sun almost an hour before returning to terra firma. Quite the entertainers our cats - do you have cat stories to share?
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@LadyDuck (470799)
• Switzerland
23 Jul 18
Cats are lovely, they are a lot of fun. Willy the cat now jumps on the top of his owner car, from there to the garage roof, he reaches our garage roof with a jump and he finally enters from our bathroom window, that stays opened during summer.
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@LadyDuck (470799)
• Switzerland
23 Jul 18
@Inlemay I give him some treats every early morning and late in the evening. He waits for me on the doormat.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
Are you still giving him some treats now and then?
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
22 Jul 18
Yes, you have some real hilarious cats and you must thank them to keeping you entertained! I was eagerly reading the post to see how they managed to pluck those lemons from the tree! But the discussion ended with an anti Climax that they were enjoying on the warm sun on the top of the ladder!
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
Cats love to laze in the sun, sorry it wasn't the climax you expected
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
23 Jul 18
@Inlemay , yes, though that was an anti climax your cats are real entertainers and naughty!
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
23 Jul 18
Cats really do love an opportunity to climb something new and you provided it.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
We have decided to put the ladder out every so often for them to Jungle Up and down - we are such obedient cat owners
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@xFiacre (12912)
• Ireland
22 Jul 18
@inlemay Yes,one of my wife’s cats poops on my side of the bed. She (my wife) was totally preoccupied with the disease ridden, scrawny moggies in Greece.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
I loved that about Greece - ALL the Cats - You can actually hear them meow the words Kallllllli~mmeeeera as you walk by. I am the shadow, taking a photo of the lazy cat
@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 18
I can sense Lemon drizzle cake, lemon curd, I am coming around to yours for tea! One of my cats does not like me come to think of it she is not really a personable cat. She only likes my wife. She went missing one day while my wife was away. Do you think I could find her could I heck. My son in law found her. She kept trying to make a dart to get out of the house. MY wife would have been devastated had she gone missing
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
Lemon curd for sure, and I make a sauce to go on my pancakes. I went off my rocker that time Papoi went missing never to be found - even after calling her name for 18 months. I had a bad time over that, so I can relate to your wife's anxiety
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@TheHorse (217891)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Jul 18
Did they try to pick any lemons?
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
24 Jul 18
too thorny the tree
@topffer (42156)
• France
22 Jul 18
They are very funny I stopped to feed birds when I was in my previous house when I realized that my bird feeder was also a cat feeder.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
ha ha ha - eeeeek I have a bird feeder which i hope never becomes a cat feeder
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@Aquitaine24 (11813)
• San Jose, California
19 Sep 18
That is so cute with the cats on the ladder.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
22 Jul 18
I don't have any cat stories, but I enjoyed yours.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
thank you
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@Tampa_girl7 (50087)
• United States
22 Jul 18
How precious I'd love to have a lemon tree.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
I got this lemon tree for my 50th Birthday - so there is still hope for your tree
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
22 Jul 18
So so many cat stories. Life's always interesting with cats around.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
I wouldn't have it any other way
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Jul 18
More proof cats are crazy and have to get into everything.
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
23 Jul 18
Absolutely
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@SophieY (891)
• South Africa
21 Oct 18
cats do the darndest things - very very cute
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
23 Jul 18
I love those cats. Nice and lovely picture
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
22 Jul 18
And you got a good shot of them
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Jul 18
It does look like they've been picking lemons. No cat stories here.
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