#Henry, #Johnson, #Pettis, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:45 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
#Cass, #Henry, #Johnson, #Missouri: National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 9:15 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
#DesMoines, #Henry, #Louisa, #Iowa National Weather Service: #TORNADO WARNING in this area until 5:30 PM CDT. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect yourself from flying debris. Check media. Source: NWS Quad Cities IA IL
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DESTRUCTIVE LARGE TORNADOES!
In honor of #WhiskersWednesday, here’s a picture of Hen…..oh wait, where is he? I could’ve sworn he was in this picture somewhere. He’s so stealthy when playing hide-and-seek with his sister!
Henry enjoys helping me with laundry. Here he is checking to make sure the towels are sufficiently soft and dry and fluffy at the end of the cycle. So helpful.
(Update: so far, the cat tunnel under the tree has worked! After a few initial attempts to reach over/stand on it and paw at ornaments (which resulted in dissatisfied harrumphing and pathetic baby whines), Henry hasn’t tried again since. He has managed to somehow climb over the tunnel and under the tree skirt to nap beneath the branches (see pic 2). But this is adorable and hasn’t bothered the tree so I’m allowing it.)
Finished putting up the tree, tried a new thing this year to keep Henry from climbing in and batting the ornaments off (placed a doughnut-shaped cat tunnel around the base!). Will it work? Only time will tell…
P.S. - Diamond would like me to inform you that she is EXCEEDINGLY well-behaved, a proper lady in all respects, and would NEVER be caught climbing a silly Christmas tree. (Narrator: key word is “caught”)
Happy #Caturday! Henry is having a rough day so far. He was sleeping in his favorite spot (on top of the couch squished between the window and blinds) when he stretched in his sleep, causing him to roll though the blinds, down the front of the couch, and land on his bed and pile of crinkly paper. Unfortunately we were there to witness it, which undercut his insistence that nothing at all had happened thankyouverymuch. It was adorable and hilarious.🤣
Sweet Henry is beginning to feel better and acting more like himself. Not out of the woods yet but making progress! And he must be smelling better too, because his sister has stopped hissing at him whenever he walks by 🤣
So my sweet little boy has been sick this week, and we’re hoping he feels better soon. In the meantime, we feel grateful when he snuggles in his bed and gets some good rest. Here, you can see an ear, a little belly, and toe beans. ❤️
It’s a good death scene. The cardinal, near death, barely coherent, accidentally confesses to poisoning the Duke Gloucester to the King and Dukes of Salisbury and Warwick in his death throes. And Henry asks God to give him a sign that the Cardinal went to heaven, and… nothing happens.
Enter King Henry, Salisbury and Warwick, to the Cardinal in bed, raving and staring
<span style="color:#323232;"> KING HENRY
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> How fares my lord? Speak, Beaufort, to thy sovereign.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> CARDINAL
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> If thou be’st Death, I’ll give thee England’s treasure,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Enough to purchase such another island,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> So thou wilt let me live and feel no pain.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> KING HENRY
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Ah, what a sign it is of evil life,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Where Death’s approach is seen so terrible!
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> WARWICK
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Beaufort, it is thy sovereign speaks to thee.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> CARDINAL
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Bring me unto my trial when you will.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Died he not in his bed? Where should he die?
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Can I make men live, whe’er they will or no?
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> O, torture me no more! I will confess.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Alive again? Then show me where he is.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> I’ll give a thousand pound to look upon him.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> He hath no eyes! The dust hath blinded them.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Comb down his hair. Look, look. It stands upright,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Like lime-twigs set to catch my wingèd soul.
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Give me some drink, and bid the apothecary
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Bring the strong poison that I bought of him.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> KING HENRY
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> O, Thou eternal mover of the heavens,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Look with a gentle eye upon this wretch!
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> O, beat away the busy meddling fiend
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> That lays strong siege unto this wretch’s soul,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> And from his bosom purge this black despair!
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> WARWICK
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> See how the pangs of death do make him grin!
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> SALISBURY
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Disturb him not. Let him pass peaceably.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> KING HENRY
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Peace to his soul, if God’s good pleasure be!—
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Lord Card’nal, if thou think’st on heaven’s bliss,
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> Hold up thy hand; make signal of thy hope.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;"> *The Cardinal dies.*
</span>
Henry does this thing where he goes into a room (like pantry, bathroom, etc.) and stands up on the back of the door, closing it and trapping him. He’ll cry until I rescue him, and then I usually give him a treat to help him “feel better” (because I’m a sucker). Today he went into the pantry, partially closed it, then stood there looking at me until I “rescued” him (and then waited expectantly for his treat). I’ve created a monster 😂
'Lost Demon' Uncovered in 230-Year-Old Painting After Painstaking Restoration (themessenger.com)