Tiny's Tuesday - The spy who loves me...

Hmmm...I have a strange feeling there is someone watching me.... 

I'll just be super clever and turn my head really quick to catch them in the act...

HA!!! CAUGHT YA!!

Oh! It's just my reflection!! 

hahah! 

Boy, do I feel silly!

Tiny's Tuesday...one of my favourite things!

 You ever have something that you think you can't live without? I mean like a special blanket or a special toy...or catnip...I'm not talking about food, because we all know that none of us could live without that!! (Though there is some food I could live without more easily than other food!! I'm thinking C-H-I-C-K-E-N). Well, my 'thing' that I can't live without is my favourite scratching log. 

I love this thing!!

I love it so much I could almost kiss it. Well, I just sorta did kiss it!!

You see how the right side of it is sorta white? Well, that is from years and years of me giving it my loving touch...and the sun and rain giving it theirs! (haha!)

Tiny's photo pick of the week

I just HAD to share this picture with you...

There he is: big ol' tough Lolo hanging out on one the top steps...

..too afraid to go any farther down.

This picture might seem a bit boring to you, but if you could have sound with it you would really laugh. Why? Because Mr. Lolo walks down about 5 steps (to where he is in this picture) then starts howling for Mom to come upstairs and give him love. Did I say howl? Actually, it sounds more like he is screaming AND someone is sitting on him even though he is all alone there on his 5th step down. As soon as Mom comes 'to his rescue' (!), his voice changes completely. I can't believe that Mom gets suckered into this wimpy carnival show every time, but she does...she comes quickly to answer 'Baby's call' (yes, she calls him 'Baby'...any self-respecting adult mancat would never allow himself to be given the name 'Baby'...geez...he really IS a baby!!) and to give him love and attention all because 'Baby' is too chicken to go all the way down the steps and ask for good loving directly from the Mom. Mom says that when he is being so noisy that she is afraid the neighbors will think she is torturing him if he screams/howls like that for too long. Actually, it is the other way around...he is torturing all of us!! What a goofball he is.

Tiny's Tuesday

Pauses are good.

Paws are good.

Take time for your paws to have a pause.

Tiny's Tuesday

Some of you may have the (mis)impression that I am very cool about this whole new dog situation, but that isn't entirely correct. I am not going to get all hysterical about the new little one, but I made it very clear from the get-go that I will not put up with anything from her. How? Well, when Mom presented Ginger to me I promptly hissed AND wapped her on the nose. She let out a little whine and I walked away. Let us hope that that is the last time I have to show her her place.

I am most senior around here so my word is pretty much law (forget what Lautrec said yesterday...he is full of air). I choose the best places to sit, the best places to sleep, I tell Mom when we need to eat and...

... if need be, I decide if punishment is due - in this case in the form of 10 minutes in the puppy straight-jacket (a.k.a. the carrying bag hanging from any high place). Ginger found herself in the jacket recently - simply for being too rambunctious. Maybe next time she decides to be a puppy, she'll think again and be a kitten. (Though I would probably even wap her if she were a kitten.) (hehehe!)

DaBadCats Speak Out

WARNING: Do NOT be influenced by this picture. This critter; this little squirt, is a downright terror! Believe me, this little goof-ball of a dawg should be locked up behind bars night and day until it is a dog.

What?? Do NOT tell me that you think this gal is cute. No, no, no, no, no!! Don't be a sucker to her terror charms...she is a wild little whirlwind with razor-sharp teeth and a tail that swings back and forth at a billion miles per hour (which she does to hypnotise you and make you hers)...look away - QUICK!!

We, the FELINES (seen here watching from the 'safety' of our perches), don't mind the little girl too much (no, we WILL NEVER cuddle with her and no, we will never stop hissing at her!!), but, we FELINES; are nearly not bothered any more by Ellwood. But I seriously fear that by accepting either of those dawgs in any way it will be a breach of our Kit-o-catic oath. We do hope for peace in the house, but that will ALWAYS have to come on OUR TERMS!

Lolo's Monday - COLD!

You know how on last week's gardening post I told you that we have been having unseasonably cold and wet weather...well, it just continues. It is just so dang cold that yours truly has sunk to a new low (a Lololow?)...cuddling up with Tiny.

Yep. Hey, a guy's gotta do what a guy's gotta do!

But man, when my cuddle buddy wants to get up, I'm not ok with that and I will fight tooth and nail (claw) to keep her down...

...like I said: TOOTH...

...and NAIL (claw)...

..to no avail.

So I had to resort to being covered up by Mom's sweater...

...which, I have to say, is actually my favourite.

Gardening Thursday - Big leaves, tiny squash

Hi there gardening buddies!!

I don't know about you, but I like to go sit under the big pumpkin/squash leaves.

The sweet perfume of the compost pile is delicious...mmmm!

Today, I was doing just that when Tiny came along and found me!

Together, we found Mom!

As you can see, the leaves are HUGE.....BUT the actual 'fruit' is really small. Mom read that if the fruit is small it is often the result of not enough sunshine and warm weather. BINGO! We have had a lot of rain lately, low temperatures and not much sunshine. Grrrr!!

Who do I have to beg to get more sunshine and warm weather?

(Tiny: I'll just sit here and look pretty and make goo-goo eyes...perhaps that carries some weight in the whole scheme of the universe. Hmm?)

IMPORTANT REQUEST: We learned that our gardening buddy/mentor Jonesie (Society of Feline Gardeners) was attacked in her own yard by a mean little dog...as a result, Jonesie is afraid to go back outside - in the garden. Evfurryone, please, please, please, go tell Jonesie that we are all purring for her to find her courage and come back out...we'll all be behind her emotionally (we would be there physically, too, if we could!!). Oh yeah, make sure to suggest to her to ask Grete to be her doggyguard....there's no way that dang little mean dawg will mess with Grete!!

Tiny's Tuesday - He Spies

Lautrec is ALWAYS spying on me.

Seriously.

I can't even take a peaceful bath without him spying on me.

Lautrec, I SEE YOU SPYING ON ME.

You can't hide behind that pillow you know.

Yah right. Just look away and pretend you aren't spying on me.

Lolo buddy, I KNOW you are spying on me...knock it off!!

CUT IT OUT YA DUFUS!!

Now look at him....making his 'angel eyes' and acting all innocent.

YOU GOOBER!!!

Tiny's Tuesday

Ooo! Who's waking me up with flashes?

That is just no way to treat a lady!!

Really, I am so not into your flashy ways...

...catch me if you can! hahaha!

(Lautrec:) Who ya talkin' to Tiny?

(Tiny:) i'm outta here.

(Lautrec:) Would you look at who is wearing crankypants today!

I'll sit and look gorgeous for you! I'm not crabby any more!!

Tiny's Tuesday - Mom is home!!

Well, you already know that Mom is home because ol' whiney-boy Lolo already broke that news to you, but I just feel the need to shout it out again because I am just so glad that MOM IS HOME!!

Would you believe I had to suffer not only a week of no Mom, but a whole week of listening to Lolo whine and whine and whine. The only good part of that week was that there was no Ellwood around, though now that I think about it, it might have been better to spend a week with a quiet, non-whining Ellwood than a whiney, loud Lolo!!

And now that Mom is back, we are back at the house and out in the garden again. Geez, while we were in the city everything in our garden really grew. I was happy to return to one of my favourite spots...the rock wall were all the pretty little cactus-y plants grow (and other stuff, too). This is a nice warm, sunny place to sit so you can bet I love it. I know, you're thinking, but it's summer and it's hot...well, maybe where YOU live, but here, right now, it is downright cold!! The weather has gone all weird: last week it was soo hot and lovely, but now it is cold and gray. What is goin' on??

During the worst of it, I like to go inside and sit with Mom...like I'm doing right now...purring on her lap, keeping her warm and her keeping me warm. Life is good again!!

P.S. The above is my favourite picture of the ones Mom took during her trip...I think those 'love locks' on the bridge railing are really cool...too bad I don't have a boyfriend so that I could put one on there. Maybe Lolo and Attie could put one on there!!! Oh, sure, of course the Notre Dame Cathedral is cool and the river and the boats, but I'm a romantic so those 'love locks' have really gotten to me!