I Am Going to Make Some Rules Here!

Kitties, woofies, look what Mom is up to again!  She came home reeking of them.  Two beautiful ladies.  Great Pyrenees.  Two and a half years old.  Am I chopped liver or something?  She always make an issue out of seeing beautiful woofies; and stops to inquire about them, their names, ages and perhaps if they are wearing a dress...comment on that too!

Sheesh!

Remember Me Thursday and Every Day

Kitties, Woofies, I have read some very strong and wonderful blogs today about Remember Me Thursday.  They are each educational and very well written with some information that I did not know about such as how the shelter atmosphere will take away the adult cats personality many times and sometimes make them ill or lethargic.and not present well to prospective parents. I wish the blogs were on newspaper front pages as they are so eloquent and true.

It is heartbreaking that more cats suffer and die than others in a shelter because they are showing depression and sometimes illness derived from their environs, and not showing well when prospective adopters come in.

It is always hard on those of us who want to save them all.   But think about those cats in a shelter and how they are feeling.  💗

That's it! My back is up now!

Kitties!  It was the baddest of times.  It was the WORST of times.

I was tricked into going to the Vet. I was tricked!

She had the PTU ready and turned upside down to drape me into it.  She was smart enough to do that three days in advance so I wouldn't put two and two together.  She gave me a favorite flavor of Fancy for breakfast.  We played.  I looked out the front door a long time.  She combed me while I monorailed on the tub edge.  All was well.

I thought.

Then, she made a mistake.  She said "Brushie"?  but wanted to do brushies in "my" room where my PTU stays open.  That is NOT where we do brushies.   We do those in the living room.   I refused and went straight to the forest of chair and table legs where she couldn't get me.

She kept tempting me..I came closer but  stayed within the protection of a few chair legs.  SO, she went and opened the front door again.  Kitties,  I trusted her and went straight to the door.  She scooped me up and the rest is bad history.

I had to see a KITTEN in the waiting room!  It made me mad and growl and hiss and talk nasty!  Later I did allow Tiffany the Tech to hold me, even though I had hissed even at Mommy in our lone exam room, the whole time we waited.  I got an exam (I gained weight!  HA!  So they say!  HA!) and  got my ears looked at, they were fine.  The rest of the exam but no temp. AND a pedicure.  I was p-i-$$ e-d to the ear tips! Mom had them apply flea med because I am a brat when she tries.

Now I'm home.

our car  Mom proclaims cat womanhood

My mustache in the right end. 

They have the best stuff on the walls in there.

Tuxie Tuesday

These speak for themselves...Heeee.  Practicing up to take her place on her side last night before bed.  Mom came in to take the bedspread off and turn down the bed.  She turned and left until I was ready to leave.

Sadness in the CB

Kitties, our eyes are leaking a lot right now as we just went to visit Miss Ellen and the fifteen cats and meowing when we learned the saddest news just a few minutes ago.

Little Phoebe has gone to the Bridge.  Her quality of life was such that her parents had to help her fly away from the Earth.  With great love and heavy hearts.  Mommy and I have heavy hearts too because we loved Phoebe.

Here are her sweet pictures that her Mom posted a while ago.  I am honored to have them here.

Phoebe 15catsandmeowing

You are beautiful, little one.  

Farewell little sweetheart.  See you again by and by.

Look What We Got

Mom will have a purrthday very very very soon and the family gave her a pawty yesterday at one of her son's home.   The biggest present of all was her son from over the mountains was there as a surprise!  Boy was it ever, Mom said. She had all three sons in one place.  She lacked her little girl, that being me.   I was not invited, but that was alright as I had business in the human litterbox.  I assisted the toilet paper into my large drinking bowl so that it would not be parched throughout the day.  A job well done if I say so myself.

Look at one of the presents she  I got for this festive occasion!  There were others but mom said this was more than enough for me to show what she  *I* got!!

Treat Jar for ME

Look what else!  And every single thing is for ME. Her...not so much.  I'm impawtent.

Key Chain dangle for ME

Kitties and hummers for ME 

Hand made fabric kitty other fave brovver brought home for ME from Belize

Books  for Mom to read to ME

Speaking of Hummingbirds...

Mommy was helping me with the blogs today and we say some mentions of kitties watching their hummingbirds outside.  The Island Cats told everybody great information about helping the birds and some facts about them as well.  Someone mentioned keeping the feeder up till October which made mom and I furry happy.  Wally and Ernie said yes, keep it up as they are still flying in.  And leaving the feeder out will NOT delay migration. Migration is instinct and we can't change that plus the hummers know already that food is available until the start across the Gulf of Mexico.  That is a non stop flight (truly)and why they get so bulked up before they go.  They double their weight so that they will have energy and stamina for the non stop flight across the waters.

Mommy said to tell you how she learned about leaving the feeder out the hard way.  She had taken the feeder in and disinfected it and cleaned it thoroughly and put it away after the first few days of September once upon a time. She planned to bring it back out  the following April.

  She was on midnights (she always worked a 12 hour shift rotation) and after she got home, she grabbed a bite to eat before bed  and stood out on the deck to smoke.  Mom quit some time ago--- but at that particular time she was still smoking.  A girl hummingbird flew right to her face.  And mom had not seen any activity for two weeks.  Why she took the feeder down.  The girl hummer stayed.  Mom went in the house, quickly made her some nectar and without bringing it to a boil just then (she had to go to bed as she had to get up at 3:20 PM) she poured the dissolved sugar nectar into the feeder, hung it up out there and went to bed.  Soon as she got up  she brought the rest to a boil, let it cool while she showered and got ready for work and after it cooled somewhat she stored it in the fridge.  Mommy cooked for that little girl and kept her going till the 11th of October.  She put in fresh nectar again and watched for another week to see if there were any visitors.  Only then did she take it down and re-disinfect it and ready it for waiting till April.  Since then, Mommy leaves it up till the end of September...longer if she has to.  Mommy loves them so much.

Here are two of my girl hummers.