ARTHUR's LOVE FOR SHOES & ROSIE LEARNED TO CLIMB

I never saw Arthur especially interested in shoes or playing with them. He always had ignored our shoes and still does. But last week when my cleaning lady came, took off her shoes and put them in a corner, Arthur suddenly got crazy ! He attacked the shoes, jumped around and pulled at the strings. He rolled over them and behaved like a shoe fetichist ! I couldn't believe it ! And Rosie too ! They finally nearly faught for the shoes. I asked the shoe owner if she had put some cat attracting spray on it, but she laughed and told me that there was noting special on her shoes. But I suspect her having walked in catnips ! It's a mistery.

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I made a little video with Rosie and Arthur fighting over the shoes !


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After a while Rosie went out and looked for Kim in her tent. But Kim wasn't there.


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Suddenly I saw Rosie on our little garden shed ! Rosie had learned to climb ! This was the very first time that she did it ! and then she ran over to the wheeping willow tree and like a flash was suddenly on the tree !

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Kim watched this event
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and Pookie too but safely from inside. And while I took the pictures, Rosie felt save because I was there and climbed higher and higher. I thought I better go, otherwise she wouldn't be able to come down anymore. Indeed, after a while Rosie was still not there.

Mr. Gattino remembered with horror that he had to climb in this tree years ago to get Arthur down, and wanted to avoid the same incident. So he went outside looking for Rosie. And of course she sat unhappily there on a branch and didn't dare to go down the trunk. Mr. Gattino was just big enough to reach out to her and take her down before she went up again and he had to take a ladder !

With a big sigh of relief he brought her in and sank on the sofa, like a potatoe bag complaining what a work he had with these cats ! Poor overworked man !


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After this hard day, Rosie and Arthur sat side by side and washed before they both looked for a nice napping place to settle down and take a well earned rest.

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HALLOWEEN DECORATION

Yesterday I started my Halloween decoration and of course Rosie as she is a very helpful cat assisted me with fervour. The big spider intrigued her especially, but then she noticed that the little witches had a broom !

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Of course she needed it for cleaning purposes probably and stole it from the witch.
She inspected the little thing carefully

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before she took it to the commun basket to play with it in there. In the afternoon Mr. Gattino found the little broom in his room and asked me if I had put it there so that he could clean !

A few pictures from Rosie's efficient help.

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I thought poor Rosie shouldn't clean the whole house alone, so I gave the broom to Arthur


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but he only sniffed at it and then looked disdainful away. Household is nothing for men he probably thought !

A VISIT FOR THE CATS

Rosie now is not afraid anymore of the tunnel, she plays and hides in there much to Arthur's annoyance who has some difficulties to get in there, he thinks he has some weight problems lately. But he tries and follows her inside. Then you hear a big rustling and think the tube would explode in a minute.

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and here she comes out, Arthur had disappeared while I was looking for my camera !

This week end our son came over for a visit. And of course he was quite surprised how big Rosie had become since he saw her last time. To play with the feather stick made them both happy, although it had lost a lot of feathers meanwhile.

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On these pictures you can see how lazy people are to move while the poor cat jumps around and does her best !

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Arthur too had to join in and moved his snowball body like a youngster

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He jumped too in the air and felt down like a rock on the floor. But he loved it !

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Pookie also came, but didn't play. I think she was upset with her former servant because he had told her she is too fat. He had also dared to cuddle her without her agreement and forced her to sit on his knees. Pookie was very angry had hissed, even scratched and then had disappeared very offended. The former servant was very disappointed that his cat didn't great him with open paws.

Lisa was only interested in his bag to see if there was something eatable in it and as there was nothing she went away to see if there was something somewhere else to eat. Kim came from outside, had a short glance on her former servant made huge eyes and run away as if she had seen a monster. Double disappointment from former servant's side.

ROSIE IS FIVE MONTHS OLD !

If interested, there are a few new cat paintings here

Today Rosie is 5 months old ! I just can't believe it in one months she will be an adult cat !

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Little Rosie when she first arrived, 6 weeks old

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And today with her 5 months

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She could even sleep in the basket

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But today it's very narrow !

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It's also funny to catch flies !



and still the best buddies !

KIM HAPPY IN HER TENT !

CATS ON TUESDAY

For 4 days I still didn't know if Kim would sleep in her new tent (see previous post).

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When the sun came out she still slept in front of the garden house although for my taste it was quite cool. Each time I checked the tent it was empty. But then hurrah, one day I saw her in the tent ! I really was happy. I thought already she wouldn't use it and I had bought it for nothing or maybe other cats.

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But no, as soon as she heard me she came out to say hello. I asked her to go back in the tent again so that I could take a picture, but as usual cats never do what they are asked for.

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Rosie who always follows me everywhere greated Kim happily. Since Kim has finally realized that Rosie was a cat and not a mouse or another strange furry thing, she became very friendly with her and doesn't run away anymore. They even give each other little kisses and Rosie is allowed to play with her bushy tail.

Since she is considered now as a grown up cat by the others, a certain hierarchy was established. The Queen mum of course is Lisa who hisses on everybody except Arthur and Kim. She doesn't like Pookie and chases her away and with Rosie it's not much better.

Then comes Queen Pookie, she doesn't like Lisa and avoids her respectfully and little Rosie gets all her frustrations, she hisses and sometimes gives her a slap. Rosie is not allowed to come near her. Arthur doesn't bother her and Kim had been her baby so Kim is allowed to wash her and sleep near her.

Arthur is the pasha in the whole group. He looks at all these hissing females (even Rosie learned it) with imperturbatility and a bored look but from time to time when he is in a playful mood he chases them around. Except of course Rosie who has become his big love. Rosie is allowed to do everything with him, he never lifts up a paw against her.

And then comes poor Kim who is ignored by everybody just as if she wouldn't exist even by the neighbor cats. Only Rosie pays attention to her.

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Here is Kim now in her tent and she sleeps in it all the time and seems to be very happy ! Mr. Gattino put it in a protected corner on our terrace and the garden table protects her entry. But I hope that in winter she will sleep in again and changes her routine.


This was the little tent I first intended to buy, but I think it would have been to small for her and is also more a tent for inside or sunny weather.

and something to laugh :



Almost my case ! Kim has a nice bed too !



Could be Rosie