5.3.13

CATS ON TUESDAY



The highlight of this week, was taking Kim to the groomer ! To catch her and put her in the carrier is real hard work, which leaves us red faced and breathless when finally she sits in the carrier.



She sang the whole way long like Celine Dion, only a little false. But once on the table she is happy ! She purrs and makes pasta with her paws and is very patient.



Isn't it unbelievable how much hair she produces in only 3 months ? I am convinced that she was a sheep in her former life.



Due to the bad weather, Rosie keeps herself busy with her mousies ! She carries them around and throws them in the air and runs behind. And she also still gives them a bath each night !



The last days I found the fat once swimming in the water. I also made a scientific discovery ... cat's are not color blind ! She only bathes her green mousies, never the red, yellow or black once ! Green must be her favorite color !



Arthur takes forces for the hopefully arriving spring ! He spends his days mostly sleeping on my bed,



or watches birdies through the window,



when he is not asking for food !

He is supposed to be a shorthaired cat, but still managed to produce two big knots on his back near his tail. We tried to cut them off, which was quiet a comedy. I wore garden gloves and hold him up and Mr. G. tried to cut the knots out of a struggling angry Arthur. Arthur is a good tempered cat but not when it comes to his fur ! There he shows his claws. Mr. G. managed to cut a bit, but it's not perfect and we have to repeat the whole procedure !

2.3.13

THE HEADSET











26.2.13

CATS ON TUESDAY


One day this week I came back from a walk on a muddy field. Photo hunting can be dirty sometimes. When I had taken off my jeans, I saw Rosie sniffing at them reluctantly, but then  got closer



wondered what the smell was and suddenly attacked my Jeans ! I wondered too why she was so angry, and then thought, she must smell the cows which had been once on this field and that of course was an unknown dangerous smell ! Imagine little Rosie besides a cow !



Since a couple of weeks now, each morning I find one or two mousies in the water bowl. Pookie got used to it, but Arthur doesn't like mousies in his water and stays away until I have taken them out. Rosie is really a caring cat to give their mousies a bath every day !



Pookie loves to pose for a photo ! When she sees me with my camera she rolls around and purrs !! She isn't bothered at all, no, she feels flattered !



Kim and Rosie for the moment sleep on Mr. G.'s bed, which makes him happy because he has a good excuse not to make it ! "I can't disturb the cats" he says !

Arthur too has found a "new" sleeping place. A long time he hadn't slept on my bed.



He first considers the situation  (should I jump or not), checks if their is no danger under the cover, and then only settles down for his day nap !



He also spends the nights with me. For the moment I watch a little movie "Hetty Wainthrop investigates" before I read my book and then switch of the light. The first evening he was thinking seriously if he would stay or not, but then decided that there was nothing to disturb his sleep and settled down.



He is the only one Rosie allows on my bed ! And this is my view each night before I switch off the light.


Please don't forget to visit each other !

23.2.13

19.2.13

CATS ON TUESDAY


Fortunately we have Arthur ! With this cold and boring weather outside at least he keeps us entertained ! He is the licensed fool of the house. In fact I should go with him to a circus !



This was the result of a photo shooting, with Arthur sitting proudly on the top of the cat tower. Suddenly he attacked the camera, and I jumped a few feet back !



This week I found rests of a muffin in the entrance. I had a package of muffins in the kitchen, and during the night he had taken it under the kitchen table, had opened it, unwrapped the cellophane and ate half of it ! Motto : Help yourself when you are starving !

He certainly is a sucker for cookies !



I can only leave wrapped cookies on the table and even that is not sure, because as you can see he always checks the basket. He keeps himself busy with stealing food as because of the weather he can't go out and steal things at the neighbors, the windows are closed !

Still, he managed to catch a bird and brought it inside. Mr. G. tried to safe the bird but was facing a wild tiger defending its prey ! He growled and made flat ears ! After a while Mr. G. was looking for the bird corpse but didn't find anything.



and then I saw Rosie checking something on the floor, she had found the left overs ! two legs, some feathers and a beak !

When I had unwrapped my gift for Valentine's day (a little cat statue) Rosie confiscated the paper and slept on it.



After that she jumped around on the sofa and tried to hide under the cover.



The only one who never moves except when you come to close, then she would run away is Kim. At least she is a decorative cat although you can see the fear in her eyes, that I might come too close with my camera !

With cats in your home you never get bored !!