Mancat Monday

Yesterday's post and your comments were fun. Good answers! Yes, it was the house cricket I dedded. Mom took the picture of him when he was still alive and hopping in the kitchen, and I was playing with him. In the morning there were cricket legs in the front hall. So either I mashed him, or I ate some parts, leaving the legs.

The hole in the herb pot was dug when I wasn't out on the deck, probably early in the morning, so it wasn't my doing. Mom agrees with those of you who said they think it was a chipmunk. Squirrel is not totally out of consideration, but the neat hole dug so that the soil was outside the pot on the deck seems characteristic of the way chipmunks dig, and the hole was a good fit for a chipmunk. Anyway, squirrel wasn't one of the choices I gave you.

Thanks for playing my game!

Here's a picture of me looking mancatly for today. I am showing off the white fur on my chin and neck. This is my "secondary" napping spot with towel on the deck (yes,I am spoiled). I have a better view of the bird feeder and the birdies flying to it from this spot.


Happy Monday and Happy week, everybody! And special Happy Birthday wishes to my auntie M today. Hope you read this today!

Sunday Sleuthing

SOMEbody has been digging in one of the herb pots. See the evidence here:




Help Mom work out who it was. Here are the candidates, all of whom have been photographed in the vicinity within 48 hours of the event:

House cricket

Woodchuck


Chipmunk


ME!!!!


And a bonus question: which do you think I dedded the other night?

Photohunt - Free

The theme for today's Photohunters is "Free".

Kitties and cats. when I manage to get free from my deck into the garden, this is where I do it:


Do you see that pulled down section of the green netting that I have made? I don't even have to jump up: I go up on my back legs, grip the top of the plastic netting, and pull myself up and over.

So recently Mom and Dad tried to use some more complicated blockers - a board across the top, with a planter of impatiens across the board. It was a little more involved to escape then, but I learned to jump from the railing on the left onto the stairs, and then once again I was FREE! So they managed to inhibit me, but not stop me. Thus they have given up on the complicated setup and gone back to the original one as shown in the picture.

Now I do have to tell you, I don't escape and go free THAT often, because I have to uphold my membership in the Good Kitty Club.

Versatile Blogger

Recently, the Furry Dance Cats honored me with the Versatile Blogger Award. Here are the rules that go along with this award:

Rule #1. Thank the kitty who gave it to you

Thank you so much Teri and all the Furry Dance cats. Thanks for considering me “versatile”.

Rule #2. Share 9 things about yourself:

This is a toughie, and why I didn’t post about the award right away. Wow. Here we go:

1. My favorite kind of food is the Friskies wet food varieties that have gravy on them. If Mom is home, I pester her for fresh food several times during the day.

2. Although I eat a lot, I am not fat. Mom says I put a lot of food energy into growing all my fur.

3. I don’t get on counters or dressers, though I do like to lie on the dining room table.

4. I am pretty brave about the vacuum cleaner – in fact I watch Mom while she uses it until she gets quite close to me, then I run.

5. I don’t play much with toys, but some fresh catnip is enjoyable once in a while and I have my own plant

6. I love spending time on my deck but I don’t like it when it is too sunny

7. My parents got me from a yong woman who had to give me up when I was 18 months old, and they were going to give me to my human sister, but I liked their house so much and fitted in so well, that they kept me.

8. My front feet are declawed (from my previous home) but I still sometimes “scratch” on the sofa

9. I love both my parents, but I tend to stick to where my Mom is more than my Dad, unless it has to do with going on the deck. I expect Mom, not Dad, to feed me.

and Rule #3. Pass this along to 9 other bloggers

I am going to break this rule and offer it to all my friends, who are all great Versatile Bloggers.

Thursday in the Garden with Simba

My Dad planted four window boxes of impatiens in different colors again this year - they do very well on our deck and give lots of color for many months. They are doing nicely, and actually grown a bit more than shown in this picture from about 2 weeks ago. I snoopervise them well, making sure he gives them adequate water, occasional fertilizer, and I purr to them to help them grow.

But here is a little "impatiens surprise". It looks like last summer a seed from an impatiens plant found its way into one of the Christmas Cactus pots. So now we have a bonus red impatiens growing right in with the cactus. Dad hates to let any plants die, so he is not pulling this one out, even though from the perspective of the Cactus it is a weed.

Wordless Wednesday

I Better Get a Haircut

Or at least find some shade.

Patriotic Nip

Look what Dad did for me for the 4th of July! Patriotic Nip!

Easy on Sunday

Like so many of my friends, I plan to nap the day away. I don't think the sound of the firworks tonight will bother me, since it will be hot enough to have the house closed and the air conditioner on.

Happy 4th of July to all in the USA!