OK, despite the fact that Mom has been putting out hundreds of seeds DAILY, would you believe NOTHING is growing in our garden! And the seeds are disappearing at an alarming rate....just look and see why...

Yep, we have tons of snow (and now ice, too) AND lots and lots of birds. So much for doing any gardening! Oh, well, these are pictures of our garden so we're going to post them anyway for Jonesie's Gardening Thursday (SOFG). Did you recognise the curly end of Rusty's tail in the foreground of the first picture?

(FYI, that is a Nuthatch (EN)/Gros bec (F)/Dlast (CZ) in the feeder in the second picture as well as a black bird/merle/kos. In the First picture there are several kinds of tits/mesanges/sykorky, goldfinches/tarin des aulnes/cizek and, of course, the ever territorial black birds again.)

Two for One Tuesday!

Hi there!! Sorry I didn't post anything on MY day yesterday...we had 'issues' with our modem...seems that even though it isn't even 2 years old yet it is broken!! Geeesh!! So I didn't get to post which means that today you get me AND Tiny!! Lucky you!!

Well, maybe...not much happening here....outside the snow just keeps pounding down so Tiny and I are happy to stay close to the warm spots and the food dish. I must say though that I could do with a bit of nice, green grass to chew on about now but none is anywhere to been seen outside since there has been snow covering the ground since the end of November and all the outside grass is under a cold, white blanket. (Note: Mom planted grass for us today inside in a pot..now we just have to wait a couple of weeks before we can eat it!) So as for us, either we show you a picture of us in a warm beds or a picture of us on a warm places or waiting for food, which we do a lot of these days...is that a sign of boredom?? Due to our semi state of hibernation, we didn't want to have full-body pictures taken of us (we have bed-head!!), so Mom was kind enough to save our sleepy eyes from the flash of the beast and to only photograph our feet.

By the way, we would like to again wish everyone a

happy, healthy, loving and fun New Year!!!

Are Humans Crazy???

Tiny and I are happily snuggled in the house in roasty-toasty beds and cozy corners, but outside it is just dang cold....you know, like way below freezing. I know because I went to the door and stuck my nose out...then I did a 180 and was back on a warm spot. It is just way too cold outside for me!!! Seriously, look at the above picture, would you choose to go out in that? Are humans crazy?? How can they WANT to be in that cold, awful, white stuff that sticks to your paws AND freezes them?? Crazy. Plain crazy. No other explanation for such irrational behaviour!

The Wood vs. The Flashy Beast!

Yep, a serious challenge....I decided to see if I could out-flash The Flashy Beast ...I am sooo good that not once in all these pictures was The Flashy Beast able to catch me. See?? All the pictures of me are fuzzy because I'm so fast. I could be called Flash Ellwood!!

But then I slowed down for a second and decided to do some 'flashing' of my own!! Hahahaha!!!

Our Mom (Cat), Tiny, Lautrec and I would like to wish all our blogging friends a SUPER-DUPER New Year's Eve and a happy, healthy and love (and treat) -filled 2011!!! Woof!!

CHRISTMASSSSSSSSS!!!!

Christmas is here!! Christmas is here!!!

It finally came!!! And today we got to open our presents!!! YAAAAYYY!!

First of all, we got a pretty package in the mail from my love, ATTIECATTIE.

We opened those first...I opened the RED one and Tiny opened the WHITE one...

...then we stopped breathing!!!

OMC!!!!!!!

OUR FIRST BLINGEE COLLARS!!

We are really classy now!!!

Just LOOK at me!!!

Here is a close-up of the charm on my collar...isn't it SOOO ME???

And here is Tiny...a.k.a. 'Princess'!! Attie knows Tiny very well!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Attie and Audrey for the beautiful collars!! We will where them with pride and with our heads high...we love them!!!

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And from our Secret Paws friend who we learned was Punapippuri - we got some really cool TOYS!! Please see all the details at the Secret Paws blog. If you didn't pawticipate in Secret Paws this year, you might want to next year...it is so much fun and SO EXCITING!!

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And finally, we got a really sweet card from our good friends Jim and Chataigne who live in Nice, France,(they don't have a kitty blog, but their Mom does have two great blogs that you should visit - Benches on My Way and Chronicles from the Shore) and the presents were more for Mom than for us, but we like them too (Mom loves them!)

Look!! A book of recipes from the south of France AND a pretty dish towel with a wonderful thought on it. Oh, so, so true!!!

And with those beautiful words, we would like to wish EFURRYONE a WONDERFUL, HAPPY AND SAFE CHRISTMAS and that you all have a loving 2011 full of happiness, warmth and kindness. Please think of all the animals around the world who are in need of love and warmth and purr that they may find what they need.

Exhausted...

Sorry we're posting so late...we are (well, I am) totally exhausted after the pawty...we slept all day yesterday then today we cleaned...and cleaned and cleaned....seems that the cat grass was a real hit (so much so that a lot got hacked up along with the occasional furball...ahem....maybe next time we'll skip the huge pot of cat grass...).

Here I am...this morning...still trying to get over the NASTY headache I have...I don't know if it was from the niptinis or from bouncing around so much in the bouncy house with my love Attie. That place was a blast!!! I also did quite a few complete tours of the carpet room...dang, I am NOT a young cat anymore and these aging bones is achin'...ow, ow, ow!!!

And here is Tiny...she was more reasonable and didn't go overboard...I think its a female thing...us guys just tend to not know when to quit then we like to bitch and moan.

Ellwood, on the other hand is still a pup so he could have partied on for another several days without any problems...he is such a goof!!

And today is Christmas Eve...presents to wrap and unwrap!! We got a present from our Secret Paws friends, also Malyss sent us something and finally, my sweetie Attie sent us presents...we are waiting until tonight or tomorrow morning to open them all - right now we haven't a clue what's under the pretty wrapping!!! We will post pictures tomorrow...promise!!! We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Eve and that you wake up to happy hearts, a warm house and good food tomorrow on Christmas day.

BIRTHDAY PAWWWWWWTYYYY!!!! WOOHOOOOO!!!

LOOK WHO HAS A BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY 12th BIRTHDAY LAUTREC!!!

Happy Birthday to yooouuuu, happy birthday to yooouuuu, happy birthday dear Lautrec, happy birthday to yoooouuuuu!! WE LOVE YOU LAUTREC!!

(Tiny on her 1st birthday)

and LOOK WHO ELSE HAS A BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY 16th BIRTHDAY TINY!!!!!

Tiny the Mighty; the Mighty Tiny...you are a beautiful, smart, strong, tough kitty-cat and we hope that this 16th year is a wonderful kitty year for you!! All your friends and family love you so much you beautiful girl!!

IT'S PAWWWWWTY TIME!!!!

In honor of this event, AttieCattie - Lautrec's lovely Ladycat - has teamed up with me, Tiny, to present the following mega-pawwwty. (And I, Ellwood, have sneaked my way into the blog to add my part, too!) Felines and Canines alike are welcome!!

In celebration of Lautrec's and Tiny's birthdays (sorry Tiny, you thought you were just making a birthday party for Lolo, but I snuck in and changed the post before midnight to add in YOUR birthday, too!!) we are going to have a big HISSSSGRRRRRBOOM!!

To start off the party each guest will be greeted at the door by our massage and pawdicure specialists who will see to it that you not only have been properly massaged (and scratched behind your ears) and psyched up to pawty, but you will have your paws and claws beautified...yes, you can have your claws painted or, if you would like, you can have little diamonds glued to them and your paw pads will be soft after a fabulous cream has been gently massaged into them!!

While you are having your massage and pawdicure, you can sip on a limitless number lovely cocktails (the drink, not the bird's tail!! Silly!) ...check out our house drinks:

+ mouseymarys

+ moonmilkmadnesses

+ groovygrassjuice

+ zippideedoodahjuice

and ehfurrybody's favourite:

niptinnis

When your pawdicure session is over, you will be escorted into...

THE FUN ROOMS!!

What are the Fun Rooms?

Well, the FIRST Fun Room is a BOUNCY HOUSE (sort of like the one shown below)!! BOUNCY, BOUNCY, FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

(Now you understand why it was important that everyone have a pawdicure!!) If you have never been in a bouncy house, you will have the TIME OF YOUR LIFE!! These are great!! You can bounce like crazy and slam dance and flip and do all sorts of cool, crazy things and NOT GET HURT!! This is THE COOLEST thing...ever!!

But don't wear yourself out just yet because there are still more FUN ROOMS!! Sorry, no pictures available as these are EXCLUSIVE Weezdabadcats/AttieCattie creations!!

For the Felines:

The CRAZY CARPET ROOM

We are talking about a room where all the walls and the ceiling are covered with carpet!!! Wooo hooo!! You will literally be able to run up and down the walls and maybe even across the ceiling..depending on your climbing talents! In the middle of this same room will be hundreds of catnip mice, miles of tunnels and climbing trees that you thought only exist in your imagination! AND, as a real treat there is a special feather pool which contains millions of feathers of all kinds for you to jump into and sniff and play with until your heart is totally and utterly content.

For the Canines:

The BAZILLION BALLS ROOM

The Bazillion Balls Room is a room filled with a bazillion balls!! Some of the balls have a special device in them that causes them to move around all the time all by themselves!! Also in this room will be several treat dispensers which will give treats to any an all who wish for a treat and you won't have to do any tricks for the treats..all you'll have to do it just LOOK at a treat dispenser and it will toss out a wonderful treat (each dispenser contains a different treat).

After you have had your fill of fun in the fun rooms, you can wander into the food hall....literally a hall of food...of EVERY kind...fresh fish (including, but not limited to salmon, tuna, trout and sandat - a wonderful fresh-water fish), boneless chicken, beef chunks, shrimp, crab, liver pate, cat milk, giant pots of fresh grass and caviar for those with rich taste!!

So, make sure you clear your day so that you can come and join us to wish both Lautrec and Tiny HAPPY BIRTHDAY and to give them lots of kisses, headbutts and good wishes for many more years of the good life.

We look forward to seeing ehfurryone!!

Purrs to all, Tiny and AttieCattie

(and Ellwood - heehee - I may be just a pup, but I'm already clever!)