Oh Gentle Readers, did you think the Hotep had forgotten you? I want to wish you all a Happy New Year, and I must tell you, the month of January has to be the longest in the entire year! But here we are at the end, and I want to bring you up to date on my doings.
Of course, it's been very cold this month, but I have my wonderful ginger fur coat to warm me, so I rise at 4:30 every morning and wake my keepers to let me outside. Sometimes they don't want to get up, and I have to give them a gentle bite to get their attention. It works beautifully. I go out into the cold morning to hunt and look at the new day. If my hunting is not successful, I go back home about 8 am to be let in for my breakfast. I have dry food plus a can of some wonderful soft food. My favorite is turkey and livers.
Then it's back out again for the rest of the day to make my rounds of the city. If you notice my picture above, I have located a mystical blue font which has a never-ending source of delicious water. I sit on the edge of a chair and drink my fill. The flowers, Pink Perfection camellias from my keepers' garden, make the water taste wonderful. I love the blue font!
I have had a great hunting success this month. I brought home 3 rats to entertain myself on the porch. I do not eat them. I turn them loose and practice catching them again. Usually my keepers finally bring me inside to give the captives a rest. Most of them live next door at Steve and Patty's house, and they go back home when I'm done with them. It is a most excellent entertainment!
Yesterday I positioned myself along the wall by the door into the hall and waited for Cliocatra to come through. When she did, I jumped out and surprised her, causing her to go completely airborne with all her fur sticking straight out. Oh my how I enjoyed that element of surprise, but she was so angry I had to run quickly behind the chair to avoid her slashing and hissing fury.
Here is a picture of Groucho (Cliocatra) thinking of ways to hurt me. She has powers almost as strong as mine, and so I torment her but not enough to cause her to cast a spell on me!
Please enjoy the coming month and soon it will be glorious Spring. Thoughts of winter will be far behind, days will be warm and sunny, and it will be time for my keepers to plant their garden. The Hotep wishes you warmth, happiness, and a tax refund in April!
