Spunk is rather proud of himself and his Spunku about barking spiders. One thing that’s different about a Spunku is that it rhymes.
Oh my what delight
Spiders barking in the night
Holding sheets down tight
Jumping Spider
Wild clouds at sunrise
Søren: “Hahahaha! A barking spider? Right! It needs ‘more cowbell’ stupid cat!”
Owl
Sunset
Off Center & Not Even 
bery nice
Thanks, vermavkv.
A new form of poetry, a barking spider, a bird named Søren, and more cowbell. Wonderful!
Spunk is a clever kitty. Søren is named after Kierkegaard. He really says “more cowbell” and “stupid cat” along with a lot of other verbose birdie verbiages. Thanks, Mary Jo.
Kierkegaard is one of my favorite thinkers. I spent at least a year reading most of his theological works and a several comprehensive biographies, including Regine’s. Søren must be one smart and melancholy bird?
What a great reading venture. Søren is smart and he’s a smart ass. He tells us we’re liars, and breaks into conversations with snarky birdy remarks. Then he cusses at us when we tell him to butt out. Neither of us cuss. He picked up cussing from when he lived with Tristan, and he knows how to cuss effectively.
He makes fun of us by talking and talking and talking in a higher voice, and then he pauses for a second and says “Yeah!” in a low voice, and then goes back to yackity yacking in the higher voice. He imitates a lot of sounds, which gets confusing to whether the sounds are Søren or the cats, etc.
Since it’s cold out, we shut the door when the cats go out in the Sallyport and they have to scratch at the door for us to let them in. Søren has started imitating the cats scratching at the door. The first time he did it, I thought “is there a cat out?” I opened the door, and no cat. Then I realized it was Søren making the scratching at the door sound.
Wow, just wow. What a fun household! 🙂
We do have fun. And it’s good for inspiration and creativity.
Love the sky pictures you captured
Thanks, saymber.
Quite a menagerie you have there! Domesticated and wild. Breathtaking sky photos.
Thanks, Michele.
Well penned Spunku. Spunk’s talent is so varied! The spider portrait is, well, creepy but stunning. Søren is very sophisticated. A fun post.
Spunk is a real renaissance kitty. Søren is very creative. He has lots of variations of “more cowbell” and the song “Lola” by the Kinks. He also tells jokes and laughs at them. He laughs at my jokes, also, which I appreciate since a lot of people don’t. Between Søren and the cats, there’s never a dull moment around our house. Thanks, Maj & Sher.
I am always amazed at what spiders look like up close. Well done!
Thanks, Kendall.
Welcome!
Barking spiders, and lounging cats. Awesomeness. More grand sky pics, and the owl pic is awesome. Nice post, Tim.
Thanks, Jeff. It was pretty dark so I couldn’t get much detail on the owl, but it’s nice to seem them (there wad two). I hear them every night, but they have been staying pretty well hidden.
You’re welcome, Tim. Totally understand, I think getting one in a tree like that is pretty darn amazing. I see them in flight at times at night, yet not sitting in a tree like that. Is cool.
If you want to see lots of owls, go to the owl link on the top menu on my home page.
Magnificent; thanks, Tim. The white owl is stunning.
Your sky photography is out of this world. Beautiful skies. Ewe on the spider…🕷
Thanks, Eve. It’s a very sweet little jumping spider. We were playing hide a seek when I took that photo.
What a fab post, all ’round! Love, love, love the Spunku and that photo of the spider is amazing. The skies… what can I say? They are always so spectacular!
Aw. You are a weet snitch. Thanks for the wonderful comment, Dale.
I’m good with being a weet snitch 😉
I say what I mean and mean what I say!
And mean when encountering pyromaniacs.
Exackery!
Those are all beautiful photos, Tim, especially the spider closeup. I love the detail and color on that fellow. It was good to see Søren and owl again, and Spunk is always a treat. Those clouds are pretty wild.
The snow show here going to continue for a few days. We are getting some melting in between, but a new storm recovers the ground every day.
Thanks, Lavinia. We have had cloud cover, but now rain or snow.
Lol, this is exactly why cats lose their minds when they see a bird or hear a hooting owl, exactly because of a chap like Søren.
Great story, the barking spider is the pits, Spunks can dream alot.
Thanks, abvr.
You welcome
Awww…. I did enjoy the pictures a lot, but the grey parrot caught my eye. While growing up, both my grandmother’s had such a parrot, grew with a red tail, so I named my grandmothers after their parrots names. Both parrots have, like my grandparents, unfortunately passed away. But whenever I see such a parrot, it brings me some loving memories. Thank you for that!
Thanks, Cynni. Søren is an African Gray parrot.. They do have red tail feathers. The are very smart. Like having a 5 year old.
You’re very welcome! Here they have a very literal name: grey red tail parrots. 😊 And yes, they are! One of them used to say several lines a d when we had Tom & Jerry on the TV, he’d be laughing the whole time. 😊
every single pic a visual treat.
Thanks, Shey.
A barking spider… well, I’ll go along with it! Søren, think again!!! 😉
Spunk, what a poser you are!
Good to see mr. Owl!
Thanks, Marina. Spunk is the model.
😉
Ok in case you don’t have a similar cultural phenom in the proliferation of euphemisms, “barking spiders” are farts. When the cats get under the covers at night, they must endure an on slot of barking spiders. Loki is the best undercover kitty, but there are times he has to come out for fresh air.
Um… now I know!!!!!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Not only he’s a great poser, he’s a brave kitty too!
So much fun!
Thanks, Heidi. Found your comment in spam.
Thank you for the rescue 🙂
Wonderful images….:). Happy New Year Timothy to you and yours…:)
Thanks, Janet.
Magnificent skies! … and Spunk made me laugh.
Spunk is always happy to make you laugh. Thanks, Frank.
A barking spider, I may never sleep again. Spunk knows this ain’t right. Great shots , been a while I’ve seen your Owl.
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Thanks, Holly. The owls have be hooting every night, but they been pretty hidden. They were more visible last night. Barking spiders is a euphemism for farts. Check out the definition on the Urban Dictionary. It’s quite colorful.
Live and learn. You’re so bad. 😉 keep an eye out for the Owls. Love those little guys.
Got a few more photos of the owls in the dark tonight.
I can’t wait to see them
I posted them last night.
You live with philosophers and poets.
Thanks, Rebecca.
That face of Spunks Tim!!! the owl that looks like a cat Hooting at the spider no doubt!
great fun my friend!!!
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You got it. Thanks, Cindy.
👏👏 of course! 💖
Lololol! I adore that 1 fang hanging over Spunkie-Poo’s 💋 bottom lip. Maybe he was reciting his SpunKu.
I could just kiss and kiss and kiss that little raspberry nose of his. He looks so cuddly in that blankie.
Right, the rest of the pics are all cool! Søren is cute, but not so kissable.
That my tree on the bottom? Or is it the Pano?
Hi Resa. That’s your tree from the east side of it. I’m looking west. I used a super-wide-angle lens. You noticed Spunk’s fang. He was getting ready to bite the toy we were playing with. It’s a super cute shot of spunk. Søren isn’t a cuddly bird. He prefers talking to cuddling.
SPUNKIE-POO 💋!
All so beautiful.
Thanks, GiGi.
You got some Dutch spiders over there, huh… lol
Soren used to command the XBox when it took voice commands. The best was the time he got it to turn off in the middle of a game.
Bratty bird. Thanks, Tristan.
I love this new poetic form of Spunku (way better than tweetku). I will say that a poem on the subject of spiders is begging for an 8 syllable line to match the 8 legs, but overall, I enjoyed this spider-themed Spunku. I see Søren is not impressed.
A New Mexico Spiderku could be 585 syllables. 585 is the leading three digits in SSNs in NM. It’s hard to impress Søren. I would love to record some of his verbal hijinks, but every time I start to record, he senses it and shuts his naughty beak. I’ve thought about putting a noise activated recorder in his room, but never got a round tuit to doit.
New Mexico Spiderku sounds like a new species. Hopefully not a cross between that jumping spider in your photo (another pet?) and Wealhþeow
A little hybrid cross arachnidination it seems like we are working on.
BTW did you see my post on Christmas Eve about cars? You might enjoy it while you are convalescing.
I did. Great song!
Thanks.
Call me crazy, but I think everything is better with more cowbell! By the way thanks to Spunk for shaming me – when you are out poetried (bri-word) by a cat your poetry days are over ha!
Hi Brian. Søren agrees with The Bruce Dickinson and you about everything sounds better with more cowbell. Søren’s in a fever! You just need to work harder on your poetry. But competing with Spunk is another thing. Not every cat can write poetry and do photography. Have you seen Spunk’s adventures with photography on my T&L Photos site? https://photos.tandlphotos.com/ Look under Cat Blogs on the top menu bar.
I had not seen those Spunk series before – incredibly talented cat you got there – and one that has mastered the old old school cameras. Blogs, photography, poetry, If Spunk takes up ultra-marathons I’m just going to throw in the towel and consider my life a shallow empty hole.
I don’t think you have to worry about Spunk taking up ultra-marathons. He’s more of a sprinter, tearing around the house as fast as he can, knocking many things over in the process.
Spunk should be proud…not every cat can brag that they invented a new poetry form.
He’s very proud of himself. Thanks, KT.
Spunk is so handsome! Mind you so is Soren! Great shots and a sky to remember ..
Thanks, Julie.
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