Sunday Confessions

I think I need to join Nipnics Anonymous. My catnip plant has been on the lower deck since Dad did the restaining, so I discovered it on what I thought was to be an escape yesterday. But I never got past the nip plant. In the cooler weather it has grown lush and wonderful.



I am in Love.

PhotoHunt-Stripes

When I looked at today's theme for PhotoHunt, I realized I should have posted yesterday's pictures today. So here are two more pictures of me out on the deck. You can see how the boards running diagonally made stripes, as well as the railing uprights. You can check out yesterday's pictures to really see the long diagonal board stripes. The sun shining through the railing makes stripes as well. And in this second picture I am obligingly showing you some of the stripes on my face and my arms. Mom loves the lines that go from the corners of my eyes.

Finally Friday

I was finally able to go out onto the deck late yesterday afternoon - the rain was over and the wet surface had dried. There was a nice breeze blowing and all sorts of great smells. The only negative was all the acorns falling from the oak trees. Mom and I were afraid we were going to get a concussion so we didn't stay very long. I hope these pictures give you an idea of how nice the new stain is. Ignore the messy leaves lying around - as fast as anybody blows them off the deck, new ones appear, along with the acorns. But Mom tells me this is only barely the beginning of leaves!



Have a great weekend!

Thankful Thursday

We have continued to have drizzly weather so new garden pictures are hard to come by. So I am thinking about thankfulness today. I am very thankful for my fuds and brushing and cuddles with Mom, and as the weather gets cooler, so thankful for my blankets on the sofa. There are two of them out now and my favorite is the large crocheted blanket that we affectionately refer to as "messy blankie" though in this picture it is tidier than the other one! Mom covers herself with the smaller one if she lies on the sofa watching tv, and I sleep at the end of the sofa on messy blankie.

Wordless Wednesday

Random Tuesday - Small Planes

Cheysuli's Find Chey Friday post where she was lost in Skagway Alaska caused Mom and me to go back through their Alaska trip pictures from June 2009. We thought you might like to see pictures of a couple of the small planes they flew in: there were four flights in small planes all together: the first one from Juneau to Gustavus near Glacier Bay (here is arriving in Gustavus):and the last one from Skagway to Juneau - this is the plane after landing in Juneau. It was actually the biggest plane they took: carrying six people rather than only four.

Mom says it was at both times exciting and exhilarating, and also petrifyingly scary. Especially the last flight in the rain (you can see the wet pavement at the airport).

Myself, I don't do planes, so though I had to stay home alone for 2 weeks, I preferred that rather than having to go on any airplane!

Mancat Monday

Mom hasn't yet been able to get a picture of me on the newly stained deck, because yesterday was quite chilly, although sunny, and now today it is raining again. But she will do so as soon as possible.

I hope you like my new blog template and banner. Thanks so very very much to Sammy and Andy's mom Judi for making the suggestions about the template and for doing my banner for me. Since my Mom only knows how to do the basic blog things, I would not have a special banner if it were not for her generous help. Mom and I really like it. Thanks again, Judi!

Scroll down to the next post regarding the Livestrong Bracelet giveaway.

Easy on Sunday

Wow, wasn't Livestrong Day amazing?

This picture was taken before Dad stained the deck: he spent a lot of time cleaning up the remnants of our storm yesterday, since the deck was wet and full of leaves and acorns that came down in the storm. So today it should be perfect for spending time on.

Can it really be October already? I guess I will have to let Mom get some 'tocks pictures.

Have a great Sunday!

Livestrong!

I am going yellow today for Livestrong. Thanks to Milo and Alfie, and Ann of Zoolatry for all their organizing. Our message is FOCUS, NEVER give up HOPE, Have a FIGHTING attitude, have COURAGE and know we ALL SUPPORT you. LIVESTRONG! We believe in the POWER of the PURR!

I am dedicating my post to the Memory of family and loved ones who have died of cancer, and in Honor of family and loved ones who are cancer survivors.

In memory of Mom's mother, and Dad's mother, Mom's grandfather, and Mom's sister. Also kitties Smudge and Kimi and Belle. Also Sniffie and Yuu-Chan, and Maxxdog, and all the others who have died from cancer.


In honor of my Dad, his brother, friends Rosmarie, Sue, David and Carl, coworkers Mark and Marc, and kitties who are surviving with cancer such as my friend Herman with FeLV. Also Vic, and Milo and Alfie's Mom and Dad.

If we have left anybody out who we should have included, it is not on purpose.

Mom bought five yellow Livestrong wristbands today, one for her, one for Dad, and three to give away. We will do a drawing from the names of all those who say in comments that they would like to be included: then we will get your addresses and post them to you.