What’s New Puddy Tat

If you bring this: And this: Into your home and you have this: And then they meet each other and fur flies, then you get this: Which looks like this after a day of religiously washing: And this: And this: To say that we've been having a great time at my house would be an …

And The Cat Came Back

Cats are strange creatures when it comes to new people. It used to take Bandit forever to warm up to a stranger. She seems to be over that. Within moments of D arriving at our house, she was all over him. Smokey? Completely different story. As Mark and I were whiz-banging through the basement yesterday …

C-C-C-Razy

Got in bed last night ready for a peaceful sleep. But then.... Onto the bed Pouncepouncepounce on the foot Run up the hip Around my head and across my pillow Over my face and off the bed Up on the nightstand To my face - licklicklick my nose Under the cover, pretending to want to …

Midnight Alarm

I went to bed last night at a normalish time. Bandit, as always climbed in to snuggle up. After awhile she crawled out from under the covers and went to the foot of the bed. And she began grooming. Lick, lick, lick. Scratch, scratch, scratch. Lick, lick, lick. Lather, rinse, repeat. It was driving me …

Poor Baby

Smokey has been spending a lot of time here this week: And there's a perfectly logical explanation for it. The sounds that he's used to hearing when the dogs walk on the hardwood floors are - clickclickclickclick. This is normal. They know that a dog will appear around the corner or up the stairs within …

Poser

My Smokey is so beautiful. I love to take pictures of him. I think he likes it, too. Whenever my phone or camera comes out he sits up nice a pretty. One of my friend thought he needed a little bowtie. I think she might be right. Just for shits and grins.... I'd give him …

Cat Scratch Fever

Some of you already know this story. But three days after it actually happened, I'm still chuckling at it so that says to me that it's worth repeating. The other night we brought Tippy into the house. He HATES with a passion the young cats. Smokey has never seen another cat but Bandit. Well, at …