06.18.10

Sitting In a Chickenwire Pen With The Cats

Posted in Phlogiston at 9:45 am by George Smith

It’s the newest home and garden rage for upper middle class wads in New York, according to the Times. A story on ‘catios’ rises to the top of ‘most everything’ lists compiled by the newspaper.

This link sends you out to a photo of a luxurious chicken wire pen, one you can sit in with your cats, perhaps with a glass of wine, the pets and you safely protected from the wild savagery of your fenced back yard.

You really have to see it. So do click the link.

However, what I really wanted to see was a photo of the ninnies who made it, the McCormicks, sitting on the frou-frou garden seat behind the wire.

Here in soCal, DD calls it a big chicken coop. Or a cage. But ‘catio’ is a word only a schwantz would coin.

Wealthy Americans are such innovative people, dontcha know.

DD lived with five cats for many years. They were free to come and go from the house to the backyard as they pleased. They also enjoyed climbing a bottle brush tree and walking the roof of the garage.

In the evening, they were inside.

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