Christmas Notebook » cats

getting to know you, getting to know all about you…

~~Rhonda — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:00:08 +0000

Oldest Daughter brought a kitten home with her when she finished her summer job at a girls’ camp in New York. The kitten, Cedar, is probably a few weeks older than our newly acquired kitten, Amy. It has taken them about a week to get used to one another. But now they play hard!

Here they are playing in the library, where everything was pulled out for the beginning of a toy storage project we want to complete before our twin granddaughters move to the area in a few months. More about that in a later post.

They can hardly stand it…waiting for someone to make the first move.

The little chair is a favorite place to play.

Gotcha!

After they play hard, chasing each other from room to room, they suddenly flop down and nap for several hours. Any convenient place works for them. Cedar chose the bottom shelf of the cleaning cart, which is in the kitchen doubling as a canning station right now.

Amy flopped down on the nearest cardboard box. Believe it or not, Christmas presents are starting to arrive! The kittens are enjoying the empty boxes!

We’re glad they have decided to get along. Now we have to reintroduce Zilli to the family. She just moved back home, after living with Middle Daughter for some time. She’s staying away from the kittens by holing up in DD’s room for now. Hopefully, she will relax and remember that life here was pretty good.

~~Rhonda

amy

~~Rhonda — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:06:03 +0000

This kitten was trying to eat from the outdoor cat dish on the back porch a week ago. When DH approached her, she tried to run away. But DH and DD managed to capture her. She was dehydrated and very skinny. She’d obviously not been eating or drinking much for a while. DD named her Amy.

This week, while I made dresses for the girls, Amy was curious about what was going on.

A week after finding her, she is much healthier. A very happy kitten. She purrs constantly and loves to snuggle with anyone who wants to hold her. She has gained weight and uses the litter box consistently. She’s proving to be a very nice indoor kitty.

~~Rhonda

hangin’ ’round

~~Rhonda — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:57:05 +0000

Buttercup has decided my new basket makes a great bed. She has been sleeping in it during school, as she waits for DD to finish her work.

Happy likes to sit on the railing at the back door. She weighs about ten pounds, but when she drapes herself over something, she looks much heavier. It’s all that fluffy fur, I guess. Ewe’s not fat, ewe’s fluffy. Right?

This cat has been hanging around our back yard for more than a month. DD coaxed him out with bits of ham and cat food. Now he comes right to her, letting her pet him and even pick him up. I guess we’ve been acquired by another stray. She named him Cinna. He’ll be headed to the vet soon to be “tutored.”

Zak is our very relaxed kitty. What’s not to love there?

Pets…they all add something special to our lives.

~~Rhonda

the school cat and a little cornbread

~~Rhonda — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:50:48 +0000

This morning, DD had a tiny amount of water in a little bowl so she could wet a kleenex for wiping clean her wet erasable map. Buttercup thought that teeny bit of water must be there for her to enjoy.

Then she licked her chops and looked around as if to say, “Have anything else you think I might enjoy?”

The activity book that accompanies DD’s history textbook gave some recipes for Native American foods that were made during the era the Pilgrims migrated to North America. Today, DD made this delicious cornbread using one of those recipes. A combination history and home ec lesson. And, no, Buttercup didn’t get any cornbread.

~~Rhonda

kitty in the classroom

~~Rhonda — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:46:05 +0000

DD’s pet Buttercup loves to nap in the classroom. DD lined a cardboard box with a rug to make a bed for Buttercup. She set it on a chair next to her desk. But sometimes Buttercup thinks she needs to be a little closer to the action than that.

Today, she hopped up onto the desk several times during the course of the day. She loved on all the school books, the papers, and anything else she could find.

She seemed to say, “Why, yes. I DO have to sit right here on top your books, while you try to study.”

She got some nice tummy rubs.

But when DD tried to move her, she went limp. A dead weight. Did not want to move.

So DD gave up and let Buttercup have the desk, while she worked at the table.

A nice laugh-break during the school day. ~~Rhonda

zilli loves my new chair

~~Rhonda — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:49:33 +0000

When DD moved into her apartment a few weeks ago, I gave her the recliner I usually use in the library. DH bought a new one for me and Zilli seems to think he bought it for her.

At least she appears to be comfy. ~~Rhonda

can’t you tell it’s snowing out here?

~~Rhonda — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:57:43 +0000

Oreo sits on the carport roof and implores us to let him in. Dream on, kitty. I wonder how long he’ll sit there hoping before he finally heads for the garage?

~~Rhonda

naptime for buttercup

~~Rhonda — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:50:16 +0000

You can find Buttercup under the bubble light tree every afternoon, where she enjoys a long nap before DD gets home from school. She doesn’t bother the ornaments…just makes a little nest and snuggles in.

And if DD is late, Buttercup prowls the front hall, crying until she gets home.

~~Rhonda

sunday morning snooze

~~Rhonda — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:21:57 +0000

Buttercup loves to sit on the stool in the kitchen. This morning she found it in a spot of sun and took a little snooze.

~~Rhonda

silly zilli

~~Rhonda — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:11:40 +0000

Monday we spent some time camming with our daughters who are out east, attending college and pursuing their paths in life.

They were laughing at Zilli. We were teasing her with a foxtail.

Fun was had by all. ~~Rhonda