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Easy Like Sunday

We were waiting ta go out, but TBT made us wait because we hadnt been fed yet

It is impawtant ta start the day with full tummies.

So we got out about 15 minnits later... 

Caturday Saturday

MARLEY:  The Bag Cabinet is becoming popular here.

You will probably be seeing more pictures of us there this month.

It used to be "neater" but we have been re-arranging it for more comfort.

Flashback Friday

Since yesserday was Meow-Lo-Ween, we decided Flashback Friday should have pictures from 2013 when Ann made some graphics for us...

 

And a bad header we made ourselfs...

Lori's Gotcha Day

LORI:  Yes I am truly a Meow-Lo-Ween kitty.  I arrived here 3 years ago today!

 

And here is a kitty-face pumpkin picture we found.

Womancat Wensday

LORI:   Sometimes I rediscover previous nappin spots.  TBT has seen me in the cat tree huts recently...

Twofur Tuesday

HAPPY NATIONAL CAT DAY!  WE DESERVE IT.

MARLEY AND TAZ:   We get along very well.  Mostly just by sharing space closely...

MARLEY:  I don't fuss with annycat.

TAZ:  And I like Marley a lot.

But there are brief (like 5 second) wrasslin sessions (and we keep our claws in).  And a brief chase sometimes (barely even energetic for me).  I can't win at wrasslin, but he can't catch me iffen I don't want him to.  Well, I stay just ahead of him ta encourage him to run around some...

Its all too quick for TBT ta get a picture...

Mancat Monday

MARLEY:   Time for a Selfie!

Easy Like Sunday

It was laundry day yesterday.  We adore that!  Warm soft stuff ta nap on...

TBT doesnt care about our furs on his clothes. He says he has been around cats all his life and our furs dont bother him in the least.  

It is wonderful to sit on his heated waterbed thingy, and curl up on or next to the warm furlike stuff he takes on and off that he wears.  That always seems a bit weerd ta us.  But the warm laundry is worth whatever he has to do with his furs.

Lori missed out by staying outside when called.  When she finally came in, it was all cold...

Caturday Saturday

BINQ:   I rest very well.  I also play very actively.  TBT says I basically have two levels of activity.  Full ON and full REST.   Today, you see me at rest.

The bed is great, as long as I am alone on it.

The plant stand cushion is great.  And good for looking at stuff outside.

The back of TBTs TV chair is great!  He piles up a bunch of blankets & towels to hold his head forward a bit for watchinng TV.  But for me, they are very great pillows.

And back to the plant stand cushion...  

When Taz and I arrived here November last year and were allowed out of seclusion after a paw of days), that was the first place I found to nap.  

Marley had considered it his spot.  But he is a good Brother.  And I am a good Sister.  So we take turns there without anny fussies.

Flashback Friday

TBT:  Well, let's go way back to this week (2012, as far as I have pictures in iPhoto) this flashback.  Dad was spending his declining years with me while still mobile but in early dementia.    He enjoyed being out on the deck.

He always claimed he "didn't love cats", but he liked Iza well enough.  Iza was calm and soothing...


He even fell asleep in his chair with Iza on his lap sometimes.

Meanwhile, the same week, Iza was doing her belly-up pose.

And Ayla loved to nap under the kitchen cabinet where I had cut out a part of the bottom because there was a floor vent there.  And it was always fun watching her emerge...

Thankful Thursday

TBT:   Moving the calming collar from Taz to Lori seems to be helping.  I was surprised to see Lori sniff Taz from the floor and then jump up onto my lap.  She sat there peacefully for a while...

And then there was actual bodily contact!

It isn't 100% calm between them.  In the past week, there was 1 fussy between them, and I've heard some low-growling from Lori a couple times at night (and a bit of running sounds), but that is sure a lot different from before!  

I am still a bit suspicious of how much herbs calm cats.  It could just be that after 11 months, they are adjusting to each other finally.  But the coincidence of timing makes me think there might be something in the collar that is helping.

I've been using Feliway for years, and I understand how it works (and it does help), but maybe the calming collar gets Lori just over the top for calmness.  And I have 5 more 30-day collars sealed in plastic bags, so maybe we are good until March.  And maybe by that time, Lori will be used to Taz and Binq and won't need to wear them.

So, for whatever reason the calmness has improved, I am Thankful today!

Womancat Wensday

LORI:   I sure love the sling!  Sometimes I am completely enclosed in it, but sometimes parts of me stick out.

Front...

Back...

Both...

TBT is sometimes amazed that we cats can have our head unsupported and ir doesn't sag down.

I figure it is because he has a weak neck.  His head just sort of balances on the top of him.  Ours are out in front of us, so we have strong neck muscles.  Although I have seen wrestlers and body-builder Beins on TV who dont even seem ta have necks...