CATS ON TUESDAY

My cats are still in sleeping strike because of the bad weather. They lay around and from time to time honor me with a mouse, just to show that they are still alive.

So I went with a friend to an International cat show near Brussels, to have a look if there are more active cats ! I only discovered lazy beauties !



These once were waiting for the jury



I managed to wake up this beauty



Despite my whistling (I was proud that I still could whistle) the cats were not impressed and continued to sleep or turn their back towards me.



They all were so cool and not stressed at all. What a difference with humans ! Some of them slept in their litter boxes, probably that way they felt home.



And then the show began and the beauties very judged. When I saw this one, I thought my Rosie is a mini cat besides him !



This one too was huge and so friendly, nothing disturbed him



Great patterns !



The little one made me think of my blogfriend Summer !



He or she looked very grumpy ! Made me think of Mr. G. today



and then came this very special cat with his American owner a young woman.  He was amazing, he sat on the chair and was so big that he really needed the whole chair. I don't know what breed he is, but his fur looked like the fur of a sheep !





He was soooo cute ! He also got the first price !

Of course in my heart the first price went to



these nameless breeds, they only cost money, scratch carpets, bring mousies home, wake you up at 6 for breakfast and jump on your belly soaking wet. So far none of them has earned some money !

CATS ON TUESDAY

My involuntary inside cats because forced due to the bad weather, occupy themselves as good as they can.



Sir Arthur decided to disturb help me folding the laundry by sitting especially on the items I wanted to fold. I took my revenge and decorated him with a handkerchief and with a sock.



Therefore he moved on the opposite site and watched me from far ! Arthur doesn't like to be dressed.



Miss Rosie likes to supervise my computer work and sits behind it watching what I am doing.



When she is not busy to chase her siblings in all directions probably trying to play, she would then sit on the top of the sofa and play the offended diva.



Arthur didn't move, he slept so deeply that Rosie didn't manage to chase him from the bed.



Nearly 18 years old Pookie shows that she has lost nothing of her agility, despite her arthritis and now being completely deaf. A part from that she still plays even with an USB stick.



Kim has changed, she is a little less shy with me and I was even allowed to take pictures while she did her grooming. She too is getting old and will be 17 at Christmas this year ! But apparently she has nothing at all and still hears very well !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

As there is still very limited outside excursions due to the rain, Arthur has found another occupation, he has become our doorman. As soon as somebody rings the bell, wherever he is he runs to the door, sits on the carpet and waits until I open the door. Then he would check who it is, and then he does his selection, or he turns his back and walks away tail up, or he hurries towards the person to stroke around his/her legs, which makes coming in a little difficult, fortunately we have a good insurance.



When there is nothing to do he admires the radiator



and as soon he is gone, Pookie takes the place for a little nap.



Now during the winter I work with my computer in the living room. It's warmer there. Rosie loves to sit on the table and watch what I am doing. The only inconvenience is, that I don't see anymore what is happening in our street !



Still bed pals ! Kim and Arthur.



There are sometimes discussions between Arthur and Rosie, who gets the best place on my lap ! I think I should put some weight on to at least XXXXL so that they would both have enough room.



Honestly I prefer Rosie because she is light. Arthur is heavier and after an hour I get the impression that an elephant is sleeping on my nap. So I amuse myself and change him into a girl with my camera case.

CATS ON TUESDAYS

It had been a very long time since Rosie hadn't put her mousies in the food bowls. I thought she might have forgotten that, once she did it every day.



So very much to my surprise I found one this morning in Pookie's bowl ! Maybe she starts her spring cleaning ?



Meanwhile it seems that she is still deep in her hibernation.



Arthur used to play in the snow. That's over now. Maybe he is getting old bones and the snow is too humid. Anyway he prefers to sit on the warm radiator and admire the white landscape.



His favorite occupation is to tease Mr. G. and with a lot of success. He jumps on the table, checks if he eats something interesting and then would sit exactly there to cut the view on the TV and poor Mr. G. has to twist his head. So each evening Mr. G. is shouting and pushes him from the table but like a ping pong ball as soon as Arthur is on the floor he jumps up again and they continue their game, while I continue to watch my movie and I smile.



Kim sleeps in different places the whole day, her only jogging is from one napping place to the other.

CATS ON TUESDAYS

When I started to decorate the living room with Christmas things, Kim was very suspicious when



she saw the little Father Christmas. She preferred to run away. The angels couldn't comfort her neither.



She has discovered Arthur, after all these years of living together and started to follow him (only in the house) and always tries to sleep besides him too. I think it is because Pookie, who probably is deaf (I am not quite yet sure) chases everybody away and wants to stay alone.



Arthur likes the Christmas table cloth and thinks it is a good hide away when he has stolen something ! Which he had done, I had left some Christmas cookies in a basket and he had eaten at least half of them and the rest I found under the table ! Arthur is a real garbage cat, he eats everything ! Even cookies !



Rosie wanted to complete the Christmas decoration and found this table cloth very comfortable.



Still life in the evening, I should add another lap !

Now Christmas is over, we had celebrated in Amsterdam and my cats with our neighbor ! They had eaten a lot !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

During the week Arthur brought a mouse home and was enjoying his special meal. Mr. G. tried to take the mouse away from him, but Arthur got very angry and of course ran away with his mouse. I forgot about it until today when my friend Nicole came with her dog Charlie.



Charlie ate something with gusto, but we couldn't see what it was exactly, there were little fur pieces all over the tiles. We thought he had found a cat toy and had decided to tear it into thousand pieces. Suddenly Nicole saw a mini ear ! Apparently Charlie had found Arthur's mouse and before we could do anything he had eaten it up until the last little piece ! I didn't even have to clean the tiles !

I think I should hire him as cleaning dog !



Arthur had long forgotten that he had hidden a mouse corpse somewhere and sat innocently there looking at the little Christmas tree.

Besides that, nothing special happened, it's still the dormitory here in the house.

Christmas we spent in Amsterdam together with our son and family, meanwhile my cats and I wish you a

CATS ON TUESDAY

It is a real boring month for my little cat family. Besides eating and sleeping there is not much to do ! Even Arthur has lost his energy and has behaved like an angel during the whole week. He didn't even steal a slice of salami of Mr. G.'s bread.



Pookie after having meowed long and loud 5 times for food in one morning finally stopped and took a rest for the next concert.



Kim sleeps the whole day on Mr. G's bed, I don't even see her when and what she eats.



Rosie hides from the world and rolls up into snail position. From time to time she opens up one eye, two are too tiring to see who is there.



and Arthur lazily watches the few magpies in the garden and is bored.

CATS ON TUESDAYS

Pookie becomes more and more a stomach with four paws !



Wherever she lays at whatever hour of the day, if one of us moves, she gets up and starts to sing her songs for free ! A real concert until she gets something to eat. So here you see her sleeping on the rag, then she heard me got up, sat in the kitchen and sang and only stopped when her bowl was full. She should be the fattest cat in the world with all she eats, but she is a slim old lady of now 17. So we resigned and obey. Fortunately she doesn't wake us up (yet) during the night !



I think Rosie started her winter sleep, she is too lazy for everything even to play with the feather and real mousies are not available, especially when she doesn't go out. I refuse to do mouse breeding !



She always sleeps besides me during the night and while I read a little bit before I fall asleep, she is already far in her dreams.



Arthur is bored ! So while he watches lazily the few magpies walking in the grass, he mostly sleeps there on the radiator.



As the sun was shining he took a sunbath on the kitchen window sill, but nothing is going on, no neighbor works in his garden.



Even Kim forgot to run away when I took this picture !

CATS ON TUESDAYS

I had a sudden attack of energy and sorted out clothes I don't wear anymore since ages.



Kim was very happy that I had made a bed for her in the hallway.



Old lady Pookie doesn't sharpen her claws anymore so they grew and she got stuck all the time. As with me she runs away and it is impossible to cut her claws I went to my groomer, there Pookie behaved like an angel, just like Kim does ! It took not even 5 min and now her claws are back to normal again for another 3 months.



Pookie had been very brave in the car, she didn't meow, only complained once a bit, said nothing at the groomer and on our way back she sat down behind the back seats and looked out of the window. She apparently remembers that she drove often in a car when she was a baby and a young "girl".

But nevertheless she was exhausted and slept the whole afternoon.



Arthur had to model for me, I needed a photo starting with an "m". I choose magnifier and Arthur was very cooperative as you can see !



In the evening he inaugurated Mr. G's new training suit leaving some white hair on it.



When I woke up this morning and opened my eyes I saw this "still life" ! Half asleep I took my camera to shoot this picture !