Happy Purrthday Dear Derby

Yes, it is my purrthday, I am a whole eight years old now. Not quite a geezer cat, I still feel like a kitten.

Since it is my purrthday, that means today is the day we reveal our tocks. Just for me. Thanks guys.

Derby
Derby
Ducky
Ducky
Puddin's (from where Grampie used to live)
Ducky
Derby
Derby

I would be a terrible host if we didn't provide some noms and refreshments for our guests. So step right over to the buffet for some foods and drinks. Then we can visit and enjoy the day. Thanks for stopping by.

ENJOY!

ManCat Monday

There are as many different characters of cats as there are colours - and all utterly captivating. - Author Unknown

Just us orinch kitties in this house, but we kitties do come in all sorts of colors and mix of colors. So pick your favorite color and go find a kittie in that color. Give them a good home.

We are sending lots of purrs to our lovely lady furiend Parker. She hasn't been feeling well and now her beans have found out she has tummy cancer. You can head over to her blog to read more. We will be sending lots of purrs and purrayers to Parker, her fursibs and beans as well. Hang in their Parker, we loves you. Around here this weekend we did lots of playing. Mum still has today off so another day to hang with her on Monday. She finished her washing marathon to move the summer clothes into the closet and bring out some of the fall and winterish stuff. It was sunny so we had lots of sun puddles to sleep in, extra cuddles and treats from mum. We will next post on Thursday, that will be Derby's purrthday day. So we invite all of you to stop over for refreshements and don't forget to post your tock pictures. Mum has been going through the pictures finding lots of our tock pictures.

Feetsball Report

Packers - still unbeaten, we beat them Ram guys from St Louis, Misery state. Plus them Lion guys from the Mitten state losted, so now the Packers are the only unbeaten team.

The Colts - still winless, sorry guys. We wish Mr Peyton would come back. But at this rate maybe you will bet first pick in the draft next year and get a new quarterback.

Grampa Brett- still retired

Our baseball team also played against the redbird team from St Louis, Misery. However the Brew Crew didn't do so well. Heck the St Louis baseball team scored more points than the feetsball team. So for us the baseball season is over. Better luck next year.

Find the fevvers answer. We saw five and have them labeled on the picture below, so biggify to see. We only counted those on the plant, not those in the background on the feeder sock. Mum knew she saw five when she took the picture, but even she had a hard time finding them all to mark them for you. Biggify to see the number marks.

How Many Fevvers

HiYa, Ducky here today. We have picture for you to study and report back to us on how many fevvers you can see sitting on the plant. You can biggify the picture to help you count. We will report the number we see on Monday. No prizes, just for fun. You don't need to count the fevvers in the background on the feeding sock.
Plus next week Thursday is Derby's purrthday, so that means, it is SHOW YOUR 'TOCKS DAY. Mum has been following us around with the flashy box to get new tock pictures of us.

We are having a sunny but windy day. So we are napping in the sun puddles, mum is on a laundry marathon. Up and down to the dungeon lots today. But she did sleep in today. She was off chasing around at a charity event with not real racy cars but at the race track. She had a good day, her furiend drove them, she said she got to go riding in a convertible at the end of the day with a real race car driver. He went fast, but smooth all around the track. Mum liked that. Plus they raised lots and lots of green papers for charity, which was the point of the day.

So we guess we will just go back to napping.

Garden Thursday

::meow::

Welcome to Garden Thursday with me Virginger. It may be fall but we still have things happening outside. One thing is that we are happy the mess is gone with the road work.
Here is a picture of our Russian Sage, sort of going downhill and mum says she needs to get a couple of new ones planted.
Our little maple tree has already losted all of its leaves for the season. Then we get to a plant that shows up on the side of the house. Mum says they are called Chinese Lanterns. Well a few weeks ago we could see the little lanterns starting to form.
This week we went to check on them and something ate all the plants, little lanterns and all!
We do still have our impatients are still blooming, so that is something is pretty still in our yard.
Thanks for visiting. Love Virginger

Tuesday, This and That

Yes, that is us, together watching the worker guy TV. It is finally coming to an end, and mum says HURRAY!
Monday they put down one layer of black stuff, which left a bit of a lip to drive through, but mum still parked off on the side street so she didn't have to get out early when they started working. That way she got a bit of a walk in every morning.
Today on Tuesday the put down another layer and finished off the end of our driveway. So mum could bring the metal monster into its own room again for the first time in over a week. Plus she says she can finally get the metal monster all washed and cleaned up again.
They still have to finished up the dirt on the edge of the road, smooth it out some and put grass seed in it. But all of the big, noisy and smelly work should be all gone.

Mum came home after day hunting and then left again. She went out to eat on a day hunting night no less. We smelled crab on her breath and she didn't bring us any! Said it was a farewell dinner for one of the library board members who is retiring and leaving the area. She said she got to try the restaurant at the new hotel in town. Mum said it was OK, but not outstanding. Figured they need to support the local businesses though.

MiniManCat Monday

Cats fill a home with cozyness. - Author Unknown

HiYa, Ducky here. We had a nice weekend, we chilled a lot since mum went off to play with racy cars one last time. The weather was good and it was nice to be outside for her. While she was gone we watched them work on the street some more. Mum says hopefully they get it done this week.
Our Brew Crew won the first play off game against the Cardinals, they play again Monday night. Mum says on her way home Sunday she got to see the Goodyear blimp/airship. It was getting ready to land at Timmerman Airport in Milwaukee. So it was real low in the sky and heading down.

Feetsball Report

Packers - They won, still unbeaten, five wins, no losses. Mum was a bit worried in the first half but our guys came back and beat down them Falcons. Just like they had to back in the playoffs to get to the Stouper Bowl.

The Colts - They lost, but not by much

Grandpa Brett - still retired.

Cellybrating!

We are cellybrating here in Whiskerconsin, our baseball team won tonight to beat the snake team. That means we live to play another day.

We found out a name for our funky plant the other day. Teasel's and they are considered invasive weeds. Thanks to Eric and Flynn, and Team Tabby for telling us what we were looking at.

Plus mum saw a birdie she hasn't seen in our yard before. A tufted titmouse! She didn't have the flashy box out with her so she didn't get a picture, but she was happy to see a new birdie she hadn't seen before.
Mum is going to go off and play with racy cars one last weekend for the season. The weather is going to be good, warm and sunny, so she figures she better go.

Garden Thursday

:::meow:::

It's me Virginger to guide you through another Garden Thursday. Biggify the pictures to see the details. Mum has the fall colored wreath hanging on the door now.
Last week I promised some neat pictures of stuff just down the trail from the house, well here they are.
If the power lines didn't run through it would be really cool, but here are the outlines.
Some of the baby plants just getting ready to bloom, yes, still growing and blooming this late in the year.
A wider picture of the whole big patch.
A bit closer up to begin to show you the detail of the flowers and then a close up or three.

Some nice looking blue spruces in the neighbors yard.
Some wild flowers just off the trail.

That is it for now, thank for visiting our garden this week.

Love Virginger.

Whisker Hump Wednesday

We haven't run whisker hump pictures for a few weeks, mum got a couple of decent ones on us lately.

Derby

Ducky

Yes we have been busy snoopervising the work crews the past days. They showed up again on Monday put stuff inside a machine and as it came down the street it yakked up and made the curb and gutters. Mum can't get the metal monster inside its room, but she can park in front of the house.

Mum says it has to set or cure for a few days before they can do the next step to put the black stuff for the street.
At that time they have to fill in this hole to finish the driveway. Then things should be done, finally. Just in time to have the snow come. Mum says snow can wait for a long time.

Some of you asked how we got them to work? Well the village we live in hired these guys to fix the storm drains and redo the street. So mum and the neighbors just kept calling the village department in charge of streets. Mum thinks they got tired of all of the phone calls and called the company and got them going. As long as they get done and go away we will be happy!

ManCat Monday

Whoever coined the phrase "poetry in motion" must have had the cat in mind. - Author Unknown
Us helping mum with the dryer thingy. Neither of us went for a ride! Mum can easily see if any kittie is inside before she starts the drying monster.

Nice weekend, we had sunshine. So lots of sun puddles to nap in and warm enough to get open windows. We also had entertainment outside as they are stealing more of our street and even worked on Caturday! Mum barely got her metal monster out to go shopping and couldn't get it back in its room until late in the day.
That is mum's metal monster way in the background, sitting just outside of the work zone. They started this project way back two months ago and still are not done. Mum says they work one day and then don't show up to do anything more for weeks. So she talked with the neighbors and they all called to complain! So they worked two days in a row, Friday and Caturday. Mum says they better be back today too.
Big truck to dump rock and a roller to smoosh it down. So is that a rock and roller?
See the big jump from where they stole the curb? By the end of the day they had enough rock that you could drive in and out again.
This guy was parked out front of the house when it wasn't pushing rock around.
Yeah, we watched, something other than fevver TV to watch.

Feetsball Report

Packers - still unbeaten, they whupped them Bronco boys from the mile high city.

Colts -play Monday night

Grampa Brett - still retired, but we heard is is doing some TV for his old college.

It was a purrfect sports weekend in Whiskerconsin. The Packer's won, Bucky Badger beat up on Nebraska Caturday night. Our local Brewer boys won two games from the snake team called Diamondbacks. Mum watch lots of the games but she also took herself to see a special showing the the local movie theater. They showed the 25th anniversary show of Phantom of the Opera. It is one of mum's favorite shows.

Livestrong Day

Yes that is what we all wish for, a world without cancer. No cancer for our beans or any other beans. No cancer for kitties, woofies or other pets.

Thankfully our immediate family isn't affected by this nasty scourge, but we know people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Some fought successfully, some not. We remember them all today for their gallant fight.

It's That Time of Year!

Yes it is October and you know what that means. 'TOCKOBER FEST IS HERE. Yep, it is time for all of us to show our best sides, yes that side! Our 'tocks. Backside, bum, A$$ or Asterisk! Big or small, let's show them all!