MiniManCat Monday

Nothing is quite as scruitinizing as a cat's stare. - Author Unknown

YiYa, Ducky here. Welcome to MiniManCat Monday. My sweetie Dora teleported back home since her beans came home.  

So since I don't have her to cuddle with, mum's lap becomes the next best place to be. Her lap, her boobities, where ever I can find a place to sit on her.

 Enjoying the big sun puddles coming through the kitch-hen window.

 Yes, this is nice mum, no need to disturb the peace of our naps. Yes you can see our floofy tummies

 Derby too, all stretched out and catching some rays.

 What are we starting at so intently? What has our attention? Mum's dinner plate.

 Yes, we got some! Both on Caturday and Sunday, she fixed grilled chick-hen both days. Sunday was rainy, so we all napped,  including mum. 

We will be joining Brulee's first purrthday party. A circus party in fact.  Stop in and wish the lovely girl happy purrthday.

Caterday Eve

HiYa, Ducky here. Just chillin' out tonight. It has been agood week for me. My sweetie Dora teleported over to visit. Her bean abandoned her and took her to kittie jail. So rather than have her sit in kittie jail, she came to see me.

You may not be able to see her here, but she is right behind me. Yes, Dora, we do make a good couple. Don't worry, mum and the flashy box won't pick you up.

So we have been playing lots together, even with Derby. Mum sort of knows something is up, our crunchies are disappearing faster, more output in our boxes and I haven't been sleeping with her in the sleepy spot this week.

So Derby and I are napping and getting all rested up again.

Come visit again real soon my sweetie Dora.

Garden Thursday

::MEOW::

Hello, Virginger here and welcome to Garden Thursday. Today we are going far away for a look at where mum was two weekends ago.  She and Uncle Flip stopped by the place where their grandparents are buried. Mum says it is a really pretty place in the spring with lots of flowering trees.

But for us garden people, what is this sign about not putting out live plants to liven up a dead place?! Mum's family has a bit of a rebel side to them, they planted some peonies anyway! So there. They seem to be doing just fine.

In other news, we have had more rain so the grass is growing again. Mum has had to get out the grass eating Monster a couple of weeks ago and is ready to push it around again.

Above is the current drought map. Back when I posted the report on July 26 our part of the state was in the red or extreme drought. Now we are back in the orangey shade or back to severe drought. Not everything is bouncing back. The people next door, their back yard gets sun all day long, it is still looking sad and the grass isn't growing.

Hots are coming back for the weekend, but won't last long. Plus, goodness the days are getting shorter, it gets darker earlier now.

That is it for now. Love, Virginger.

ManCat Monday

A cat will sleep anywhere but in its designated "cat bed". - Author Unknown

Very true. Here we are over the weekend, mum had just finished washing all of her sleepy spot stuff. So it was all soft, fresh, smelling good. Just needed a few furs to make it in tip top shape.

  Mum did spend the weekend home. Doing the washy, plus on Sunday she made some soup with chick-hen in it and we got some of the chick-hen. 

Plus today is the final day of the Meezer's and Billy's Great Chick-hen Caper. We are having so much fun. We are enjoying our time with all of our furiends.

Caturday

Happy Caturday everyone. It is asolutely fantabulous here. Sunny, cool, windows open. Mum home for the weekend too. Heck she woke up this morning and couldn't get out of bed until we let her since we were sleeping and purring on top of her!

 About this time last week she was getting ready to abandon us. About where mum stayed, no we couldn't go along, it wasn't a family house where she was and they charge a penalty for bringing kitties or woofies in the rooms. Or for stinking it up smoking. 

Here is the real house on the property, this is old and mum says "Victorian", you check in here, but the other buildings they have added are made to look like this so they blend in.

Mum's room was the second window from the right, Uncle Flip had the next room but he had two windows, the third and fourth windows from the right.

Here is mum room, yes an extra bed, but they all came with two beds in them but mum says the green papers weren't that much extra for the bed. The overall room was nicer than she had before.

Last time she was there, they got stuck in the back rooms and they weren't as nice, much smaller. One of her cousin's said they were the fisherman rooms.

Mum and Uncle Flip on Sunday at the get together with the cousins. Uncle Flip brought mum a sort of prezzie too. Shoes! But not that she could wear them now, but her baby shoes.

Seems they were on the bottom of the cedar chest that Grampie had and Uncle Flip took back to MerryLand with him two years ago.He has been going through what all was in it lately.

Mum were your feets really that small at some point in your life? Mum is trying to find out how to preserve them. She stopped at the local cobbler today, but he doesn't do that sort of thing.

Look what mum found at the food store today! Cory's cats favorite cheese! Mum will try some a bit later for lunch.

Both of us are having a blast on The Meezer's and Billy's Chick-hen tour. Last day of the tour is Sunday.

Garden Thursday

 ::MEOW::

I'm back and ready to go this week. Thanks to the boys for giving me a week off to, well, not do much of anything.

Still a boring time in the garden. With the hots flowers don't last long. But we did get our lily to bloom. Plus you can see how dry and brown most everything else is except the weeds!

The neighbor lady calls these flowers "naked ladies" but they don't look anything like mum with her clothes off. Nothing should look like mum with her clothes off, MOL.

Mum says they are also called "Resurrection Lilies" since the green leaves all come up and grow early in the spring, then die. Two months later the flower stalk shoots up and you have your flowers.  Here is another link to tell you about the flowers.

So that is the report for this week from the garden. See you next week.

Love, Virginger

Abandoned and Betrayed

Elebentytwelve,....elebentytwentynien......elebentythirdyfive......Derby, did we count them all? Yep, twice, same count.

Oh, hi everyone. We are mad at mum. Firsted she left shortly after lunch on Caturday with her red travelling bag. Heck she usually isn't gone more than overnight. But NO, not this time. We didn't see her for two hole days!

Second, we check the flashy box and see this! She cheated on us this weekend. She went hundreds of miles to see another cat, when she has us gorgeous ginger mancats to hang with? No she runs away on us.

Sort of cute face, dark tabby, white bib. Name is Brody. Not as cute as us.

Chopped off tail.

Hanging around where mum was sitting and.......

......this guy was cooking chick-hen wings. Mum said the guy was told not to give him any. Sorry bud.

Just hanging out outside.

Playing with mum's camera strap. Hey they is our job buddy!

Yeah, stealing our scritches from mum. Yep, that is her hand, giving the guy some loves.

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 Mum says it was a family thing. Yeah right. Mum stayed here and the kittie lives here. Thank cod she didn't bring him home.

ManCat Monday

 ... let me not forget that chairs were put on earth to shred; and what I like to call a lap is actually a cat-bed. - Author Unknown

Happy Monday one and all. We are happy here, it has cooled off and we have had lots of open windows when mum has been home. Love all the fresh airs. 

Now for our Lympic medal wrap up. The games are over for now. Lots of great competition and we have seen some of our furiends win medals as well. 

So our wrap up.

High Jump

Ducky won gold for Technical High Jump and tied for Silver for the Artistic. 

Balance Beam 

Ducky didn't make the finals, but when we saw the level of competition we knew that we likely weren't going to even make the finals. Not when some of the competitors were walking on levels that were on the second level above the floor!

Counter Surfing

We won gold, well, then every cat did. But hey it was a gold medal!

Syncronized Snoozing. 

We made the finals but didn't win a medal. But we are happy to have gotten to the finals.

We enjoyed competing and had lots of fun. We hope every cat and woofie who joined in the fun did too. Plus all of those who watched and voted.

World Cat Day

Better later in the day than never. Yep, we are cats, we rule the world.

Mum says we will let Virginger have a week off from Garden Thursday. It will return next week.

Sending Out Purrs

Lots of of kitties and their beans need our purrs. Kitties are feeling poorly, gone to The Bridge. Even some of the beans aren't doing well.

We won't make a list, don't want to miss anyone, but you always have our purrs and mum prayers.

ManCat Monday

What greater gift than the love of a cat? - Charles Dickens

Yep we love mum and she loves us back. She spent the weekend away, playing with racy cars. Again. But she says the events are now winding down for the season. Only two, maybe three more for the year.  


It got nice here over the weekend. Mum got home and opened with windows. We like that, just getting the chance to smell the fresh airs outside. 

Garden Thursday

 ::MEOW::

Hi Virginger here. The sorta hots are back. We get a few cooler and nicer days, the the hots come back.

We did get some rains this past week. Not much but the grass is less crunchy these day and slightly greener. 

 One of our cone flower plants. The goldy finches love these and can't wait until the seeds are all ready to eat.

This is the last of the three Russian sage plants. Mum says she should maybe plant a few more again next year.

That is all for now, stay cool and happy.

Love, Virginger