Kittens 'n Things

Mikey’s looking at me taking his picture!

Yours in peeking,

and “The Boys”

P.S. What green eyes you have, Mikey!

I’ve said numerous times that Mikey likes to sit on my lap in order to try get my attention away from what I’m doing on the computer.

Often, he will “sit up” to watch what I’m doing.

This morning, though, Mikey climbed onto my lap, lay down and then put his head on the keyboard (as shown in the photo), stretching his neck.

Unfortunately, you can’t see too well what he’s doing…other than his head is partly on the keyboard.

It’s almost like he was too tired to hold his head up so used the keyboard as a “head holder”.

Sometimes when he will do this, he will put his head on my fingers so I can’t type!

Yours in watching the “mouse”,

and “The Boys”

P.S. Needless to say, he did catch my attention.

So here it is Sunday afternoon, and nobody pays any attention to
me!

As you can see, they’re all balls of fur, looking the other way, lost in thought.

This was supposed to be one of those “lazy Sunday afternoon” shots, and I suppose it is in some ways.

Although after looking at the result, it reminds me there are a couple things I ought to be doing besides snapping this photo.

Yours in lazy Sundays,

and “The Boys”

P.S. We hope you’re having a lazy Sunday afternoon, too!

Photo: Billy, front left; Jonny, center back; Mikey, front right

That’s Mikey; “Monster” Extraordinaire!

This “wild child kitty” has been giving us all grief this morning. Running and jumping and chasing and ducking down hidey holes.

I think he’s got a bit too much energy to burn!

He even wanted out on the front porch so, he thought, he could watch the latest in bird TV. (They are nowhere in sight; they’re tucked in warm somewhere!)

Although I knew it was way too cold for Mikey to go out there, I opened the door and out he went. He “took a turn around” the inside of the porch, almost going up to the outside door, lifted up his front paw ’cause it got cold, and then scurried back in.

Even though the sun is out, we did have 3 degrees below zero last night and it has not yet warmed up all that much.

And so Mikey is now rethinking that going outside on the porch thing, as he’s finally settling down to take a nap…bath comes first, though!

Yours in taming the monsters,

and “The Boys”

P.S. I think I ought to send Mikey off to Amazon to see if he can find some new toys to play with. He needs a diversion of some sort.

I don’t suppose you can guess who I’m talking about in the “jump on, jump off” title above.

It’s Mikey…when he’s doing his best imitation of wanting me to get up in the morning to feed him.

He jumps onto the bed, “says a few words”, then jumps off. Over and over.

He is relentless, too. Until I get up.

Yours in getting up before my time,

and “The Boys”

P.S. Maybe I ought to get him a diversion; several of these Springs toys.

That’s Mikey…after his “horrible” trip to the Vet yesterday.

Since we discovered last week that Billy had a stone in his bladder, we decided we’d better get Mikey to the Vet to be checked out, too, for good measure.

Well, it happened yesterday.

And I don’t know who it was harder on him or me…I’m saying me! From the minute I put Mikey into the car (after I scooped him up and coaxed him into the carrier), Mikey howled!

And he howled and he howled! (I don’t mean “meow” either!) You’d have thought I was being cruel to him or something. As I drove, I’d look into the carrier. He had stuffed himself into the back of the carrier, was curled into a ball and was peeking at me out of one eye. (The other eye was covered by his tail.)

I’d talk to him to reassure him he was all right, and he’d howl some more. I was just about ready to turn around and go home but realized if I did he’d have manipulated me once again. (He’s a cat!)

So I kept driving!

As soon as I go to the Vet, Mikey got real silent. And throughout the whole examination, the taking of blood and giving him his rabies shot, he did not “say” anything.

In fact, for the whole trip home I got the “silent treatment”.

We did get real good results on the blood work, and except for his heart murmur, he’s a soon to be 14 (July 1l) year old kitty in really good health.

Yours in no more trips to the vet,

and “The Boys”

P.S. Chantal Williams has put together a little book, Cat Health Secrets that might be of help to us…and there might be something in there to benefit you, as well!

Photo: Mikey

If the weatherman ever makes up his mind, we might be able to have a couple of “nice days” in a row.

As it is, “The Boys” are getting antsy as they want to spend more time on the front porch.

A couple of days ago, they got their wish when the temperature outside hit 72 F. So when I opened the door, they all piled out there. Lickety split!

That lasted for all of 30 minutes or so…and then slowly they made their way back into the house.

The next day, then, the temp only got to 35 F…so we were all “brrring”, and stayed inside. Particularly, since the wind came up a bit and was blowing Mikey’s fur around quite a bit. (We had opened a couple of the windows on the porch the day before when it had been so nice.)

Now, when Chuck or I go to the door, Mikey wants to go along–to check out the porch happenings. But, once he’s out there he wants right back in. (He should have been a kid! Oh wait…he sort of is!)

Yours in Mikey finally making up his mind,

and “The Boys”

P.S. How is your kitty or woofie faring in “gotta be inside” – no, make that “outside” department? Or maybe yours just doesn’t care!

Oh man, it seems like forever (well, it has been since July) since I’ve posted about “The Boys”!

Lots has happened since then, too! Mikey and Billy both had birthdays! Yay.

And we’ve had a bit of illness in the family, as well as Jonny and Mikey having been a bit under the weather, too. And then there’s Bowie and his asthma!

I am at a place now where I am able to start posting regularly again.

“The Boys and I have missed you all.

Yours in keeping kitties well,

P.S. Since I look forward to getting caught up with you, how about if you tell me what you’ve been doing since July.

I know Mikey’s birthday is tomorrow, but I’m not so sure he’s going to make it to 13!

In other words, he’s been very, very naughty for the past two days! You know those days, where they get on your very last nerve!

Well, Mikey is walking on thin ice. Or should I say “running and flying leaping” on thin ice.

Yesterday, in particular, he was particularly rambunctious. Besides spending his time jumping up on my lap, putting his head on my hands as a pillow (while they were on the computer keyboard)–which is his usual routine–he would sometimes take a flying leap and land on the back of the couch.

Then I was hearing a scratching noise and all at once saw a flash of a tail as he ran into the living room and jumped up on a chair, knocking over anything in his wake.

By the time I got to him, he was already down and running in another direction.

I do believe we’ll have to have a little talk.

Yours in corralling your kitty terror,

and “The Boys”

P.S. And Billy there in the photo with Mikey is in on the antics. In fact, I’m pretty certain they play off of each other…what one won’t do, the other one will!

Photo: Mikey (front, right), Billy (left, back).

Before the day gets too far gone, “The Boys” and I want to wish all our readers and kitty furriends a very happy Sunday!

We love it when you stop by to say “hi” and we hope you find something that catches your interest now and then.

We especially love your comments, so feel free to let us know what you’re thinking.

It’s been sunshiny here today, but chilly so “The Boys” have been inside.

Well, except for Mikey, who ran out onto the porch for a bit to have a look around…always snooping to see what happened since he was there the day before.

Yours in lazy Sundays,

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