Twofur Tuesday

Playtime for Laz and Lori.  Sometimes faster than the camera can focus on well...

Speedy Lori...

Trading friendly whaps...

And avoiding them.

A whap start...

It's all in fun.  They love each other.
 

Mancat Monday

MARLEY:  Warm clothes...  What is there else to say?

Serious comfort...

Ahhhhhh...

Flashback Friday

This week in  2011 was an Ayla week.  She was "almost 4" then.

A skilled huntress.

No mousies were safe when she was outside.

She found them anywhere,

The least twig-rustle and she homed in...

And she always found one.

Wearing her favorite bloo collar.

Sometimes she caught several.

But when she didn't, she ruled the yard!

And kept sniffing,

She got one!  And then levitated to the top of the 6' fence.

Enjoyed her snack

And settled down to watch the world,

It takes an agile cat to settle down on the 2 of a 2x4 fencetop.

But she loved it.

She loved watching the neighbor's yard.

More skwerrals  there.

And the fencetop was her sanctuary then.  

Now it is the bathroom windowsill.

Thankful Thursday

We are thankful for the deck.   Not just the deck itself through it gives us a high place to look out over our whole territory (and even carefully watch those sticky-noisy kids on one side and the big woofies on the other).  And watching all the birdies fly around is fun too.  Sadly, we cant see mousies from there.

But we especially love the deck rails.  We love to walk along them.

Yes, even Ayla sometimes goes out on the deck!  It is rare, but sometimes she does.  And whenever she shows up near the door, TBT lets her out out at once.  He says fresh air is a good thing, and that (while she sees birdies from her baffroom windersill, hearing them is even better.  Plus, it is good exercise (vs just sitting on the windersill all day).

Laz likes to walk the rails too.  He says he can see into the front yard and make sure there are no introoders.  He has become the main guardian of our territory.  Marley used to be (and can still fight introoders off with size and experience), but he is getting a bit slower at chasing and kinna heavy (he assures us it is all muscle).   But he has taught Laz well, and Laz can drive off strangers easily. 

Lori tends to stay on the deck, but does also enjoy the top rails.  Walking along them is her hobby.  She does go down the deck steps to the yard sometimes, and can wander around surprisingly far when she follows Laz around, but her outside comfort zone is the deck.

If you notice no pictures of Marley on the deck, it is because he generally stays inside these days.  And would never jump up to the deck rails.  He used to, but quite frankly, if he managed to jump to the rails, his weight would probably carry him right over and it is a far bit to the lawn from there.

From Marley's POV, the best thing aboout being on the deck is that it is so close to getting inside when he wants to.  We mean, "that's where the food is", and Marley loves his food.

Inna Garden

 LORI:  Laz and I went WAY back into the garden!

There was neat stuff ta crawl around in...

I thought that was WAY cool.

And there were insects ta chase.

I liked walkin around in the tomato traps!

Laz was there too, so I felt safe.

He liked walkin around there too.

I'm learning more about our territory every day.

Flashback Friday

Ten years ago today, Iza was sprawling on the TV chair...

Showing off her tummy...

Holding paws

With TBT

And sitting on Grandads lap

Helping to take care of him!

 

Werdless Wensday

 

Lori Tuesday

 LORI:  TBT followed me around with the camera.  I didnt mind...