Wensday Hut Debate

MARLEY:  The last time I was in here, I felt all crowded.

But with some practice, I got fitted in more comfortable.

AYLA:   Marley, I want my spot back!  Get yer OWN hut.  In fact there is a larger one next to it that would fit you better an TBT put a folded mat in IT just for you...

MARLEY:   Sorry sisfur, you can have it back later.  Im COMFY!

I will, however, give that other hut a look.  I hadnt noticed there was a mat in it...

Tummy Tuesday

IZA:  Our flashback on Saturday showed off Tummy (and toesies) from 6 years ago.  So I thought I should provide an update.

I still have it!  Well, of course I still have my tummy (what would I do without one)?  But you know what I mean.

Cat Shark

IZA:  TBT likes to give my poses names.  I do the "The Vulture" a lot, and lately there was "The Walrus".  This one is "The Shark".

He says it is because of the underslung jaw with the teeth showing.  

So just imagine you were a mousie and seeing a cat shark drifting slowly above you looking for a meal...  MOL!

Easy Like Sunday

We all like to surround TBT while he is sitting and eating.  And dont worry, WE always get fed first...

Ayla to the Left of him...

Iza to the Right of him...

And Marley in Front of him...

In the most comfortable position, of course!

Flashback Saturday

IZA:  6 years ago today, I was showing off my tummy and toesies!

Freaky Friday

IZA:  He did it to me again!  Froze me right in place with a finger.  I don't know why that happens...

I'd like ta whap him fer that, but somehow it seems wrong ta move.  On the other paw, he doesnt do it often, and only very briefly.  Does this happen to ANNY other kitty?

Great Outside Day!

IZA:  Marley and I had a wunnerful day outside!  I sniffed indrooder smells. 

Then we went hunting mousies!

Natuarally Marley homed right in on them.  He is better at that than me.  

 So I watch him closely.  Never too late ta learn...

He rustled up one right away.   And ate it.  He said he would share the next one, but there wasn't a next one, and I watched him carefully.  They still arent very active.

So I got some treats from TBT when I returned inside...  Those are good too!

Werdless Womancat Wensday

Twofer Tuesday

We are doing the "TWO" today. 

This isnt normally how we sit around but we wanted ta give TBT a surprise.

Mancat Monday

MARLEY:  It isnt much, but I was showing TBT my tummy asking for some scritchies, and turned over fast when I saw the camera. 

I can move pretty fast when I want to...  And I dont know about you, but sometimes I just dont want a tummy picture.  Sometimes, sure.  Today, not.

Easy Like Sunday

Well, we got rain, then snow, then freezing rain yesserday, and it is still here today.  So we are just gonna wait fer it ta go away!

TBT says it is gonna get ta 70 in a few days.  HURRAY!

Princess Pose Prep

AYLA:  JUst sitting here by TBTs shoulder, grooming...

Not the best pictures, but he was stretching to to take them.  He could do better.

But when I was really ready, he did better.

I had my whiskers stretched out as best I could, my shoulder ruffs fully fluffed, and my legs all straight!  Disney, I'm ready when you are...

Freaky Friday

Ah Freaky Friday, where all the weird posts go...

TBT here:  Some of us Beings have BAD HABITS.  One of mine is smoking.  So, to protect the Mews, when I do that, I turn on the house fan, open the computer room window, and close the computer room door so that the smoke gets forced out the window and not into the house.

None of the Mews like being separated from me for hours, and they go sleep on the waterbed and wait.

Except Iza.  Everytime I open the door on those late nights, she is sitting right there, waiting.  She doesn't try to push into through the open door.  She just...  Waits.  Her eyes say "are you done yet?" and most times the answer is "no, not yet"!  So she waits right at the door. 

Of all the cats I have ever had (including Skeeter who is still my heart cat), Iza wants my presence more than any I have known. 

I can't say it is exactly "needy" because she is fine as long as I am "generally" around.  And it isn't as if she whimpers at the door like a child or dog.  She is just "there" waiting. 

I think it is partly because she is a Tonkinese and they love their people, but mostly because she is Iza and she loves ME!  I get serious guilt sometimes closing her out of the room.    And she just waits patiently...

But eventually, my answer to her constant question is "yes, Iza, I am done for the night".  And she understands that because my movements have changed.  She jumps up onto the bed with Ayla and Marley, and waits until I crawl under the covers and demands HER time.  She must get under with me and push herself against me. 

So then I have to pull her claws off me (she uses them trying to make me not move).  I move her around slighty so that I can sleep but she is still in contact.  I give her scritches all over, then keep an arm in touch so that she can fall asleep being held loosely.

She can sleep under the covers against me all night.  I don't know how she gets enough air.  But she is happy tummy to tummy or butt to butt. 

All she really wants in life is me...

I am not worthy of such singular attention.

While Ayla and Marley were out on the deck, 2 evenings ago, I gave Iza treats in the shape of a heart.  She doesn't know what that means, but I do.

Happy Valentine's Day, Iza...

Mark

Walrus?

IZA:  Hi - Im just sitting around grooming.  TBT calls this my "Walrus Pose". 

What?  You are laffing?  Well walruses are Big and Strong and eat all they want.  I like that.

And my Darling Spittikins came over and visited ME yesterday, so I am happy today...

Valentine's Day

IZA:  Happy Valentines Day ta all the kitties an Beings out there!

And a special wish to my Dearest Spittikins. 


I will always remember our ride in his Furrari...


 and our balloon trip over Washington DC (that I arranged)...



My love fer him will never end...

Plate-Licking

IZA:  Well, it was chicken last night, and in a form we could eat (no spicy sauces).  After Ayla and me got some little bits and TBT finished, he put the bowl down.  She got some good licks!

And dint leave much.

Which was OK, I had got there first.  Ya can see me licking my lips here.

Though afterwards, I wished I could get another shot at it.

But Ayla is very protective of plates an it is hard ta lick a plate when ya are getting paw-whappied...

Plate-Waiting

AYLA:  TBT always feeds us just before he eats.  That's mostly so Iza wont be after HIS food so much.  But sometimes, his meal will smell especially good and we hang around staring and waiting.  Some of his foods we get bits of (chicken, steak), some we don't (hot italian sausage, pizza).  We cant always tell just by smell...

So I was waiting.

Iza was waiting.

Marley came over and asked if I thought it might be something he would like.  I said "no" without much hesitation.  Not that I wont share with Marley, but he doesnt actually LIKE any Being food.  Not chickie, not steak, not shrimp, not bacon. Not even cream cheese! 

The only things that boycat wants comes out of cans or mouseholes or trees!  But he always sniffs around.  I think mebbe he keeps hoping TBT will cook a skwerl someday.

Dont hold yer breath, Marley!

A note to Brian - We can't load yer blog again.  It says server not found.  Just wanted you to know we aren't ignoring you.

Easy Like Sunday - Not

This wasnt a very nice weekend.  It rained fer both days.  Really hard today!  So we were trapped inside fer 2 days and were tired of it.

Then we looked outside the front windows an were amazed.  The drainage creek was all full and rushing down.

We were flooded!

At one point, the water couldnt go away fast enough, so it went right across the street!

This is our main storm drain.  Dont see it, do you?  Thats cause it keeps getting covered with tree junk.  Its unnerneath that pile in the center.

When THAT happens, the water flows along our yard to the other drain.  Most rains, water never gets there at all.

The drainage creek DOES have some nice big rocks it it and those make nice waterfalls.  TBT likes them.  WE think they look dangerous.  But, of course, we are never actually in the front yard.  We just look through the windows!