{"id":774,"date":"2009-10-12T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2009\/10\/king-pierre.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:19:30","slug":"king-pierre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2009\/10\/king-pierre.html","title":{"rendered":"King Pierre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierreluv.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391801975138901666\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 202px;\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierreluv-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>My life is ruled by a 20 pound cat born in a lawn mower repair shop in Farmville.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s a purring maniac in tiger-striped clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Every night, we put all his toys in a basket. Any every morning, his four stuffed chickens are upstairs in the bedroom and on his blanket. Some were tucked in last night. It&#8217;s like they&#8217;re action figures and he&#8217;s got an intricate game going on involving a chicken farm.<\/p>\n<p>He has a really ugly stuffed toy we call his &#8220;baby&#8221;. His first night here, toy clutched tightly between his teeth, he used his needle-sharp baby claws to scale the side of the bed as if it were Mount Everest, depositing the toy on the bed. It&#8217;s his favorite. The little buggy orange glass eyes on the furry black toy scared the heck out of me this morning as they glared up at my from a corner of the dining room. This picture is 8 week old Pierre with the toy in his mouth. Can you see the orange eye of that thing glaring at you? No wonder I jumped a mile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierrewbaby.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391802453516402482\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px;\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierrewbaby-300x219.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nHis favorite perch is on the printer in my office, where he peers over my shoulder as if reading what I type. &#8220;No, wait &#8211; that&#8217;s not right. My name isn&#8217;t Pierre. It&#8217;s KING Pierre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierrework2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391802678405111026\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pierrework2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I get for adopting a cat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My life is ruled by a 20 pound cat born in a lawn mower repair shop in Farmville. He&#8217;s a purring maniac in tiger-striped clothing. Every night, we put all his toys in a basket. Any every morning, his four stuffed chickens are upstairs in the bedroom and on his blanket. 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