The spring equinox is here.
Last spring, we had the most beautiful daffodils in the world and everyone admired them. Although I’ve always loved a cheering display of these heralds of spring, I have never thought individual daffodils to be truly beautiful until I saw these ones that Cat Daddy had planted the previous autumn. Whilst they were recognisable as daffodils, the ragged edges gave them an untamed oomph, like the kind of daffodils one would more likely stumble across in Faeryland than on earth.
I loved our first spring with them. Sadly it was our ONLY spring with them because, as soon as they had withered, Cat Daddy pulled them all up again (although a few somehow escaped the cull, and we are still debating what to do with those). This was partly because daffodils are toxic to cats – and maybe we should have known this before, but the list of cat-incompatible plants is so long that it would be impossible to memorise everything – but also because that late winter/early spring was when Louis Catorze’s health took an especially bad turn. I don’t think we will ever know what caused him to deteriorate, but introducing a new thing known for its toxicity probably wasn’t smart.
So now the daffodils have gone to a new home with my mum, whose cat has no health issues and steers well clear of flowers. I hope my mum enjoys them as much as we did for that one brief season.
Here is one of our daffodils, photographed last year:
And here is the reason why we can’t have nice plants:
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I do hope Poor Louis Catorze doesn’t know your blog. Reading today’s article might get him down.
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Haha, I write it in English instead of French so that he won’t know! 🤣🤣🤣
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Hahaha… it’s so obvious blaming it all on Louis… 😉
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Well, he is to blame for most things that go wrong here, so one more won’t make any difference. 🤣
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Oh, poor poor LC… 🙂
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Do not feel sorry for him! He is the devil himself! 😈
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Maybe you can trade him in for a cocker spaniel? 🙂
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I think any dog would be less trouble than Sa Maj. 😐
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Good call as Catorze would probably eat them all off. I have read that a lot of bulb plants are poisonous.
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So many plants are poisonous! Cat Daddy often jokes that the safest thing to have is just a big square of concrete.
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The look definitely says, “But I’m worth it. “
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Cat Daddy would beg to differ. He moaned and complained and used unrepeatable expletives when pulling up those daffodils.
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Happy belated Equinox! That daffodil is gorgeous– I’ve never seen one like it. Finding cat-safe houseplants is also difficult, alas. In theory, you’d think carnivores would leave plants alone…in theory.
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Thank you! Happy belated equinox to you, too! Yes, it is difficult because even if you avoid all naughty plants in your own garden, the little sods just go elsewhere. Plus stuff is windborne. So there’s nothing you can do to stop them. 😐
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Thank you 🙂 Mine are indoor cats, so at least I don’t have to worry about them wandering (I have enough trouble keeping track of them in the houseplants).
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