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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Eliška okupuje susedovie búdu / Eliška Occupies The Neighbour´s Dog-house



Susedova bíglica Jessica (celkom hlučná keď má dôvod ale v pohode) po našom nasťahovaní pred rokom dosť dlho žiarlila na Coru. Po nejakom tom mesiaci (či dvoch?) hlučné slovné hádky medzi Jessicou a Corou nalepenými na spoločnom plote prestali, zvykli si na seba a uzavreli prímerie.
Jessy občas dostane mňamku od nás spolu s Corou, a takisto dostanú aj obe od susedy a tak asi pochopili, že bojovať o teritórium nemusia. No a od tejto jari sused Lacko s ďalším kamošom ich občas spolu vyvenčí - takže pohoda.

Eliška - to kvázi nevinné plaché mača - už okolie domu vníma ako svoj domov, Cory sa už nebojí a jasne komunikuje (mňaučí a kecá rôznymi spôsobmi aby vyjadrila rôzne želania). Naďalej sa fláka s Bobom krížom-krážom, Bobo chodí teraz asi za mačkami, chodí domov celkom zničený, vyhladovaný, spievajúci a občas ho bolí zadná noha :-)

Posledné 2-3 dni začala Eliška cez plot chodiť k susedom - čo som úplne nepochopila lebo Jessica je:
1. pes,
2. celkom hlučný a nie úplne tolerantný pes,
3. kľudný pes k známym ale menej kľudný ku všetkému čo nepozná,
4. ešte stále celkom intenzívne chrániaci svoje teritórium.

Ja som spozorovala večer po práci len toľko, že Eli sedí blízko plota a pozerá sa do ich záhrady... Pani suseda mi dnes vravela, že ju minule našla spať za Jessicinou búdou v chládku a vôbec sa nenechala rušiť. Len Jessy intenzívne hučala aby sa domácim pochválila že má návštevníčku, ale nič jej nespravila.

Dnes Eliška v rámci svojej poobednej siesty zmizla z povrchu zemského, a po rozhovore so susedou sme zistili, že si v najväčšej pohode relaxuje v Jessicinej búde, pričom Jessy ležala dva metre od nej a vôbec ju to neiritovalo.

Noooo, akože toto som videla a počula prvý raz - lebo Jessy nie je náš domáci pes :-) a zrovna to nie je ani najmierumilovnejší pes :-) Nuž a suseda sa čuduje práve kvôli tomu ešte viac, nakoľko v starom dome vždy mala mačky a s Jessicou nemali problém, ale ani jedna sa neopovážila vliezť jej do búdy.

Eliška ma teda tento týždeň prekvapila už druhý raz - najprv pri love na krtka a teraz pri okupácii susedovej búdy.

Teda, zdá sa, že zverinec uzavrel absolútne prímerie :-)
Oltusovie family by si z toho mala zobrať príklad, vyriešiť to veľké (pre nich ponižujúce) ospravedlnenie a konečne sa potom konštruktívne baviť o všetkom, o čom sa so mnou vôbec nechcú :-)

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Jessica, the neighbour´s beagle (quite noisy if she has a reason, but quiet in general) was really jalous on Cora after our moving last year. After a month (or two?) time the noisy arguing between Jessica and Cora finally stopped, they got used to themselves and a peacefull co-living started.
Jessy gets some yummy stuff from us, they share it with Cora all the time, and same from our neighbour, so, seems both girls understood that any territory fights are useless. Since this spring they go for a walk together time-to-time when Lacko (neighbour´s son) takes them with his friend.

Eliška - this quite innocent and shy kitten - came to the point when our house, garden and surroundings are her "home", she has no fear of Cora and clearly communicates all her wishes (by different noises she can make). She is still going out with Bobou (other neighbour´s tomcat), eventhough Bobo is currently interested by ladies - he comes home very destroyed, sick and tired, hungry, singing and sometimes with a hurtfull leg :-)

Last 2-3 days Eliška started to visit Jessica´s garden - I did not really understood why because Jessica is:
1. a dog,
2. a quite noisy and not really tolerant dog,
3. nice dog to loved ones but not nice to strangers,
4. still quite fixed to his territory which she intensively protects.

After work I could notice only the fact that Eli is sitting close to the fence and intensively hypnotizes their garden... Neighbour told she found her sleeping in the shadow behind Jessica´s dog-house and she did not let herself disturbed by anything or anyone. Only Jessy barked a lot to show her to the family, but did not touch her.

This afternoon Eliška dissapeared for her afternoon nap and after a short talk to the neighbour we found her sleeping in Jessy´s house, Jessy was sleeping 2 meters far and was absolutely ok with this.

Sooo, I saw and heard it for the first time - because Jessy is really not my dog :-) and furthermore she is not a typical friendly dog :-) Neighbour was even more surprised by this, she always had cats which were friends with Jessy, but absolutely respected her dog-house.

In summary, Eliška surprised me for the second tie this week - first by her hunt on a mole and now by the occupation of neighbour´s house.

Seems, our zoo signed the absolute peace treaty :-)
The Oltus family could teoretically be inspired by them, solve that big (degrading) appology to me and after that start to speak constructively about everything they currently don´t want :-)



Fuchsie





Thursday, May 27, 2010

Záhrada - Rekonvalescent / Garden - Convalescent



Toto všetko zatiaľ po všetkých šokoch prežíva v záhrade... jarné kvietky už odkvitli + miestami boli zasypané, avšak budúci rok budú mať šancu buď vyrásť do krásy, alebo zhniť v zemi na humus pre nové.

Niektoré kríky boli kompletne zasypané zemou - ešte raz vďaka všetkým mužíkom, ktorí nemajú cit pre hodnoty (to už vieme... vidím to furt a všade, bohužiaľ, iba málo výnimiek som zatiaľ stretla).

Teda preto je záhrada v takom úbohom stave...































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This is all that is currently trying to survive in the garden... spring flowers are gone already + some parts of the garden they were covered up by new soil. But in the future they will have a chance to grow and blossom again, or stay under ground and feed up the new ones.

Some bushes were completely covered by soil - once more thanks to all men who proved again what a sense for values they have (but this is not a surprise... I can see it all the time and everywhere, unfortunately, only few individuals are different).

So - this is the reason of the garden´s poor condition...



















Šachta č. 2 / Shaft Nr. 2

zabetónovaná / filled by concrete
a stále prší / and rain all the time

Druhá polovica záhrady / The Other Part Of The Garden



Tu sa ešte pracuje...
Treba odviesť šachtovú hlinu, dokončiť šachtu, porozvážať zvyšok čiernej zeme do zvyšku záhrady, uzavrieť plot, dokončiť vodárenské práce, dokončiť chodníky, prezvárať bránku (navýšiť ju...) a potom až zasiať trávu.

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Still working here...
We need to move the rubbish soil somewhere else from here, finish the shaft, place the black soil in the garden, close the garden, finish with water-stuff, finish the pavements, fix the garden door and seed the grass at the end.

Tráva opäť rastie / Grass Grows Again

na hornom konci... pred terasou / in front of the terrace
a stále prší... / and still rains...

Eli loví krtka / Eli Hunting A Mole





Posledné dni každý deň striedavo prší, svieti slnko, potom opäť chvíľu leje, a opäť svieti slnko... Mne to principiálne nevadí, keďže polovica záhrady už sa môže zelenieť trávou - aspoň to nemusím polievať :-)

Dnes som mala možnosť chvíľu sledovať Elišku a jej lov na krtka. V skutočnosti to bolo celkom zaujímavé - Boba bolí nožička tak celý čas spieva alebo sa schováva, ja som plela burinu (keďže od dažďa rastie ako divá) a Eli sa motala okolo mňa. Vystriehla ako sa na šelmu patrí, jemne vyhrabkala jamky aby sa jej mali kam zmestiť labky, ňuchala, sliedila s nosom na zemi a tak po 20 minútach ho mala. Na vraždu v priamom prenose som sa už nepozerala takže netuším čo s ním nakoniec spravila :-)

Eli sa nezdá - denne si spapá svoje granulky, myšky jej pred garáž nosil Bobo, ona sa nepochválila ani s jednou že by chytila - takže stále som mala pocit že snáď ani žiadnu nechytí a bude to len taká "marketingová mačka" tmoliaca sa okolo domu. No ale zdá sa, že možno aj loví, len nemá potrebu korisť prevlačovať so sebou ku mne aby som ju za to pochválila :-) he he :-) šikulka :-)

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The weather is as unexpectable these days that we can expect almost everything - sunshine, rain, sunshine again, short storms (but not the typical summer-storms), time-to-time hailstones as well, and sunshine again... I don´t mind, one part of the garden can get green (new grass) already, so I don´t need to water it at least :-)

This morning I had a chance to watch Eliška and her hunt of a mole. It was quite interesting in real - Bobo could not attend due to his hurtfull leg so he just sings or relaxes somewhere. I was destroying weeds in front of the house and Eli was toddling around me. She noticed something strange and started to behave as a nice, intelligent predator :-) she was very elegant in making holes for a better access, sniffed the ground permanently and moved slowly and watchfully and after 20 minutes the poor mole was caught. I didn´t watch the murder itself so I have no clue what happened with him finally :-)

Seems Eli has got her secrets - she eats her daily portion of food, she gladly receives Bobo´s presents (killed mouses in front of garrage), she never came with any killed animal to show how skillfull she is - so I thought she will be only a "marketing-cat" toddling around the house. Today I changed my opinion - seems she is hunting as well, she just doesn´t need to show me everything as most of cats do naturally :-) clever girl :-)











Saturday, May 15, 2010

Záhony "narástli" do výšky / Garden-Beds "Grew Up" To Heights

Kým doobeda nepršalo, stihli sme zatiaľ navýšiť kríkový záhon (mulč príde neskôr, keď nám niekto pomôže s odvozom), navýšili sme kvetinový záhon pred terasou (sem pribudnú už len letné žlté a oranžové kvietky) a donavyšovali sme kamene pred terasou. Zvyšné kamene sme povynášali pred dom (opäť celkom ťažké) a teraz máme oddychovú pauzu na obed a vyrovnanie krížov...







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It didn´t rain this morning so we made higher few places in the garden: the bush-bed (bark as a cover will come later if someone helps us with transport), flower-bed in front of the terrace (only yellow and orange summer flowers will be added here) and we finished also the stones in front of the terrace. Some of the stones were taken in front of the house (it was quite heavy again) and now we have a break for lunch and stretching...











Kus pozemku sa podarilo ako-tak vyrovnat a zasiať trávu (ha ha viem že najprv som mala mesiac kynožiť burinu ale na to nervy nemám...)

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A piece of land is relatively flat and grass is seeded (oh, I know I should kill weeds first which would take a month, but at this moment and weather no chance...)