CATS ON TUESDAYS

Arthur is happy ! Since the weekend the sun is shining and he started to inspect the neighborhood.



From our front yard he watches what's happening on the street and if by any chance he could walk with somebody for a little while. He likes that. He again sat on my car roof and didn't want to jump down although I had started the car, I had to get out and push him down. Otherwise I would have driven around with a white cat on my white car ! What a picture !



The rest of his time he spends in dreamland and looks for other adventures.




Kim who stays more and more inside copies now the others and sits on the table as screensaver so that Mr. G. can't watch his News ! This happened for the first time this week !



Otherwise she spends the days mostly sleeping and from time to time I can see her walking through the garden.



I think Rosie is in full spring energy ! She rans like a flash through the house  growling like a dog, climbs on everything available, and rumbles in the bathtube. I had never heard that noise with a cat. But she did this since she was a kitten.



The other sign of spring arrival was that she brought me her first mousie ! I was typing at my computer and heard strange noises behind me and saw the mouse ! Fortunately it was already dead, so I could throw it in the bin. What a disgraceful grave !



As Pookie is completely deaf, she didn't hear my phone ringing although she slept on it. I had to push her away to answer the phone. It is the same now with the vacuum cleaner, she was very afraid and always ran away, now you can clean around her and she wouldn't move. At home it is not dangerous and fortunately she doesn't leave the garden, otherwise I would fear that she doesn't hear cars !

CATS ON TUESDAY

My cats continue their boring winter life, today they were scandalized when they looked outside, the world was white it had snowed !! None of them likes this white wet powder.

Arthur keeps himself busy with food hunting at home. He steals ! He is a criminal. I had some cheese for lunch and turned around from my tray for just a minute and saw Arthur's self service !



I couldn't resist and took pictures of him while he was trying to take a piece, which stuck at his mouth, so he preferred civilized by using his paw ! Fortunately he didn't like it too much so he only stole one piece !

The rest of the day he  lay around in all corners and slept.



Rosie too does a 24 h napping marathon and very tired from that watches me watching "Escape to the country" on my tablet, when I lay in my bed and try to sleep.



Pookie's life is as always the same in summer and winter she doesn't care, she sings her operas in the morning for breakfast and then with a full stomach she sleeps or watches what's going on. But each time one of us gets up she gets up too and stops in the kitchen and meows again. We feel terrorized.

CATS ON TUESDAYS

The day had come again which I feared the most ! Taking Kim to the groomer ! What a hunt ! From her sleeping place I have to chase her (although she runs away from alone when she sees me) to the living room. Then I close the doors, only escape is the kitchen and the basement where the carrier is waiting. She runs in the kitchen, I close the door, she runs down the steps to the basement, where I had already closed all doors, so she was trapped in the staircase ! With a lot of screaming and struggling I finally manage to put her in the carrier and close the door. In the car she says nothing.



Arrived at the groomer I am exhausted while Kim sits purring and making pasta on the table and lets herself brush and turn around in all directions ! What a strange cat !



The next day I had to return with Pookie, as she doesn't go out often anymore her claws had grown and she got stuck everywhere. She is an angel, she only meows a little in the carrier, says nothing at the groomer and sits on the back seat on the way back. I don't need the carrier with her.



Freshly pedicured she rested from her adventure close to the radiator.



Arthur becomes round and rounder, as Pookie has to eat often and I put water in her food for her kidneys,  he thinks that he has to eat often too, sometimes he meditates for a long time sitting in front of the bowl "to eat or not to eat". Mostly he eats.



Rosie's favorite place is sitting on top of the sofa and watch birds through the French windows. At least it is warm and besides magpies, crows and pigeons there is nothing to catch for her size.



Or they continue their hibernation.

CATS ON TUESDAY

Sometimes I have the impression to live in a retirement home ! Especially now in winter.



Arthur the "man" of the house is hanging around in the kitchen to check what is for lunch and supper on the menu plan. Or just observes what I am doing.



He also waits for me when I am away for shopping to check out that I have brought some eatable items with me.



And in the evenings he lays around with my camera case (when it's available) or has his nose stuck in the radiator.



Pookie I can really compare to an old "eat and sleep" resident of a retirement home. She waits for breakfast, then she checks in the kitchen and meows for a second, third and fourth breakfast. Then she lays down in Mr. G.'s office and as she can't hear anymore waits for any vibrations direction kitchen. Then she would sit there and meow for several lunches and the whole thing is repeating in the evening for supper.



Kim spends her days on various sleeping places, here she lays on my place but as soon as I show up she runs away.



Rosie the youngest is not better since there are no birds and mousies around due to the rain, and she hates when her fur coat is wet, also sleeps in various places. This morning she did what she had never done, she woke me up by biting in my toe !! Now I am offended for the whole day !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

Instead of being the "House of the raising sun" we are the "House of the bored to death" ! It rains and storms already the whole week and not even Arthur puts a paw outside.

Instead all beds, sofas and other napping places are occupied with bored or sleeping cats.



Arthur was angry because I wanted to make my bed and he had to move



The only interesting event during the days are checking out if there is something interesting on our plates.



When she is not meowing for food, I find Pookie in this position.




As she is completely deaf now, she can even nap on a phone without jumping into the air.



Rosie looks like a sleeping cat angel but the appearance is wrong ! She chases her siblings around when she is awake.

They all think if only it would stop raining and we could go outside !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

My cats were shocked when I opened the shutters and they saw the world in white for the first time this year. And as you can see not a single paw print in the snow ! They don't like snow at all !



Arthur went a little outside, but only there were the snow had melted along the house. Then he sat on the kitchen window sill  and looked inside.



Most  of the day he now spends laying close to the radiator and does energy saving.



Since a few weeks Rosie has selected the top of the sofa as her personal place ! Nobody is allowed to sit besides her !



Arthur after a trial to jump up, got a hiss and gave up



Even Kim was rejected ! Usually Kim is accepted by all cats.



So for once she sat on the table (that is new) and I could take a nice picture of her.

She had loved snow in the past, but now she doesn't like it anymore.

CATS ON TUESDAYS

I was somewhere in the house for a few minutes and when I came back to continue my blogging, I found my place occupied. Arthur showed his best side ! He was peacefully sitting on my keyboard and looked out of the window. At the same time he created a completely unknown program made the letter so large that the text almost disappeared so before he helped me more I put him aside but he wasn't very happy !




I had found this cute little case for my camera. Nobody would think that there is a camera inside. Pookie modeled for presentation



and Arthur suddenly had a new face



As January is a dull month, even the mousies are hidden somewhere and recuperate from Christmas, Rosie takes example on the proverb "He who sleeps does not sin" only it would be "She who ..."
and that's what she is doing the whole day.

CATS ON TUESDAY

My cats spent Christmas alone together, well fed by my neighbor who does this already ever since we live here which means 41 years ! Of course the cats have changed over the years.

When we came back from Amsterdam where we had celebrated Christmas with our son



Pookie inspected my suitcase with the hope to find something eatable in there, but there was nothing not even a Dutch mousie !




Arthur is a stubborn cat ! I had to leave to meet with a friend for lunch and had left the car door open while I put on my shoes. Arthur, had decided to go for a tour and had climbed in the car and settled down behind. I tried to get him out, but there was nothing to do. He never does that when I go shopping, he waits that I have an appointment ! I couldn't take him with me which I would have done normally,  so  I sat in the car and turned on the motor. Arthur didn't move, he was already in sleeping position. I drove out of the garage and on the street. Arthur didn't care. Finally II opened the back door to chase him out. He got very angry when I pushed him and hissed and growled at me ! Then very offended he disappeared somewhere in the house.

The next day I tried to invite Arthur for a car tour, but of course he refused to go in the car !

This time I didn't keep the Christmas decoration until the 6th, but we put them away on Sunday.



Rosie checked the new decoration






Arthur and Kim had a last glance on angels and Christmas trees



before they settled down together for a 24 h nap



Rosie followed too

To my knowledge they didn't make any New Year's resolutions. 

CATS ON TUESDAYS

During the week there was not much going in on, but during the weekend Arthur was the busiest cat of the world ! He had to be the footman of grandson Toby !



He followed him everywhere and watched what he was doing !



The box which had contained a Playmobile castle was of the highest interest to Arthur, of course he had to climb in and check it out.



Even Rosie doesn't bother anymore about this miniature human and sits cool and relaxed on the top of the sofa and doesn't care about noise.



Pookie too didn't change her habits and gave us her free daily concerts for food ! Only Kim had disappeared during the day !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

The summerly weather continues and we have up to 20°C (68F) which is very unusual for Belgium.



Arthur develops spring feelings and runs behind Rosie who doesn't appreciate at all, look at her tail !



He enjoys the sunshine inside and outside he loves to sit on the kitchen window sill and I can see him behind the curtains.



I had to have new glasses and wanted to make a selfie together with Arthur, he is the only one who was cooperative, the others ran away ! Now I am poor like a church mouse. Glasses costs the same price as a cruise !




Rosie also loves to sit besides this ceramic cat and watch the birds from the living room.



She didn't even make an attempt to play with my earrings when I sorted them out !



And after a long day of hard work, the 22 h sleep starts !