Cat Necklace Prize

Recently I was selected as the winner of an amazing prize on the Cat Wisdom 101 blog.    It is a necklace made by the very very talented Wendy Christensen.    Here is a picture of the necklace that we received in the mail on Saturday (really, it is too big for me to wear, so I had to give it to Mom):

The necklace is called "Purrs 'n Roses" because it has three roses on it (the large red one, and two silver ones in the clasps on the sides), and because it has Purrrr spelled out using, of all things, computer keys!     You know, that is very appropriate for us, because we are always walking across the computer keyboard when Mom is blogging!

You can see more of Wendy's unique jewelry in her Etsy Shop:   Handmade Cat Jewelry for Cat Lovers (http://www.etsy.com/shop/wendycats#). 


Thank you very much, Layla and Wendy!    

Manly(?) Monday

Just "hanging out" on the Ess.   I only did this postion once, but Mom managed to catch a picture.    Audrey gives the Ess quite a workout, especially playing with the dangly toy.    

Just going to laze round in the semihots today.      We are quite fortunate that our high will only be about 90F today.     So many kitties in the midwest and even Canada are really suffering.

PHoto Hunt - Backwards

This is an older photo but I think it fits the theme Backwards.      Dad was brushing my head using the BACK of the brush, not the bristle side, and I am leaning my head BACKWARDS to get the best feeling from it.

Don't Mess with Your Kitty

Our Australian friend Mr Puddy has challenged kitties everywhere to come up with an example of something we have done that shows that it is not a good idea to mess with your kitty.      Our exhibit is thanks to Audrey last night, and it demonstrates what can happen if the humans are too lazy to PLAY with the kitties and make them play on their own.    

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Thursday in the Garden with Simba and Audrey

::3 Paw Taps::

Not much has changed with our garden plants in a week, except the lettuce and basil have grown quite a bit.   I will show you the progress on them next week.     What has been happening outside around here this past week is HOUSE WASHING!     We have had such a lot of rain this spring and summer, and we have so much shade, the house shingles had gotten some mildew on them.  So out came the ladders and power washers and special house washing solutions and everything.      Usually Audrey is made to wear her harness on the deck, but one day Dad and Mom let her out there without it (and watched her closely).  So she wasn't as boneless and could explore a bit.  We both checked out the ladders and the plants that had been moved.    Here are a couple of video clips (yes, I am a bit peeved that Audrey gets much more air time than me!).  The camera has magnified the bird sounds, but we do have plenty of birds around at the feeders.

Today is Thankful Thursday too - Mom is very thankful that Dad has finished the job, because it makes her worried for him to be up on high ladders.

Wordless Wednesday

Two on Tuesday

One of our quieter moments over the past few days:

Monday Confessions

It really wasn't HALF the night that we kept the folks up Saturday night, but for some crazy reason, Simba decided at about 3:30 am that he wanted to go INTO the kitchen where Audrey was sleeping in her bed.    Mom was lying on the couch watching a little quiet tv the way she often does if she wakes up early, because it usually puts her back to sleep quickly.    Simba scratched and scratched on the door, so woke Audrey, who started to cry.   Mom opened the door so everybody could go through it in either direction, but refused to give any food.   So for the following 2 hours we prevented her dozing off  again by both trying to "sleep" with her on the couch.  Simba did not like Audrey snuggling with mom, Audrey did not stay still for long, constantly jumping up onto the couch and then down, mewing and poking at Mom, making her itchy, etc.   Finally Mom dozed off, Dad got up and fed us around 6:00, then HE went back to sleep!!   It was definitely discombobulated.    So we slept a lot of the morning ourselves.

We did enjoy going on the deck once we surfaced, though.   It was a nice day here.

Easy Sunday Audrey Style

Since we were up half the night bugging the humans, we are taking it very easy this morning!