Exploding Melon Water
Posted by sam on July 3, 2009
So Misty and I were in the car talking after a trip to Wal-Mart. It was a hot enough day in the parking lot outside but once we got into my car it was sweltering. I decided it would be the perfect time to take a nice cool drink from the bottle of melon infused water that I had made the day before with a nice mixture of honeydew melon and mint, when I learned the hard way that if you leave a plastic bottle in a hot place, air pressure tends to build up inside. Imagine my suprise when I opened the bottle to see a fountain of water spurting up out of the bottle and right into my lap leaving me with minty fresh pants. Of course, we opted to go home at that point rather than head to another store to pick up a couple of things we couldn’t find at Wal-Mart and the day left me a bit more knowledge about the relationship between heat and pressure but slightly sticky. Ack.
Well, Little Cheeky Ninja Kitty (as we like to call her) does not look happy. Or it’s passive disinterest. In any event, I took this shirt out of the closet and it’s a scoopneck, so I draped it over Dot. She sat still under it for Sam to come see, and for me to go across the apartment to get the camera and take 3 pictures. She was still sitting in the same spot after I picked up the shirt and put it on.
Another shot of the ducks on the shore of the pond at our apartment complex. Click the photo to see it full size.
The other night I was laying on the floor, trying to take pictures of Kato (none of which turned out), and Dot came investigating. I floated a Wal-mart bag at her and she, of course, was interested. As I was about to snap a photo, she spied the strap on the camera and reached out paw to grab it. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. The strap entertained her for awhile, as I took more pictures. This is my favorite of the batch.
Sam and I live in a large apartment complex surrounding a large (likely man-made) pond. Thus, there are a lot of birds, ducks, turtles and fish. I happened to catch this shot of four baby ducks and two adult ducks heading across the pond.
Dot has a fascination with plastic bags. Sam says she likes to jump up on the table to see what we bring home, but I think it’s because we bring things home in plastic bags and she wants to play with them. Recently Dot was up on the drawing table and noticed the black garbage bag nearby. So she started sniffing it. She went across the office to sit on a box (with two shopping bags of yarn) and I set the trash can on it’s side (it was empty). The photo here is Dot licking the plastic garbage bag as she’s laying on the floor. Besides meowing, I think this is her favorite way to pass the waking hours.
In April, Sam noticed a group of new baby ducklings in the pond outside our building. This photo shows them several weeks later. Click the photo to enlarge.
One of Dot’s favorite pasttimes is to sit on the bed. This also puts her in the middle of the action when Sam and I fold laundry. At some point, we open the sock drawer to put away Sam’s socks and Dot will eye the dresser, make the leap to the top, and then climb down to the drawer. The first time she did this, she crawled to the other drawers while inside the dresser. Silly cat, huh?
Here’s Kato, sitting on one of her favorite spots: the back of the love seat.
Doesn’t she look happy? Actually, according to Sam, cats (or at least this cat) like to be under things, looking out. Dot humors me for awhile, then runs off, being the cheeky cat that she is.