Roxy in the cat condo V and I made for her.
Happy Caturday!
Happy Caturday!
18 February 2012
11 February 2012
Happy Caturday!
It's Caturday once again and we're all very excited about it. R is sanding the front steps to paint. I'm measuring Baby H's window and picking out paint. V is ... well I'm not sure what she's doing but I need to go check on that!
Here's Zasha, sitting on the banister. Until recently she never jumped up there, but now she does it all the time. Her raw diet is still agreeing with her. A couple of weeks ago, a friend was over and Zasha came up for pets. She commented that she thought Z would be the kind of cat with coarse fur, but it was really very, very soft.
I know when Z first came home with us, she did have coarse fur. Not anymore! I love it.
04 February 2012
Happy Caturday!
This week I was taking yarn photos for the update and Roxy got inside my light cube when I had to leave the room for something. I usually go to great lengths to ensure she doesn't get in there because then I have to go get the tape roller and roll away any fur she might happen to leave behind.
But this time I thought that since I had everything set up and would have to roll it anyway, might as well take some photos of my sweet, inquisitive girl.
The cube isn't big enough for her to do one of those show cat poses and neither is my camera lens long enough to get her full body without ruining the magic (you'd see the whole light cube just to fit her in the frame), and she wasn't likely to pose once I showed up with my camera because she's really a very good cat who knows she ought not be in there and so she jumped out almost immediately.
But I'm happy with what I caught.
Happy Caturday!
28 January 2012
Happy Caturday!
Zasha in the window, trying to nap if not for me click click clicking my camera in her face.
Time is moving too fast ... Countdown ... T-minus 10 weeks to baby snuggles ...
21 January 2012
Happy Caturday!
Roxy, listening to V...
Happy Caturday! Hope it's a good one.
14 January 2012
Happy Caturday!
These photos are from Christmas day. Here's Roxy enjoying the pretty lights.
I've been feeding the cats their raw food diet for more than a month now; R and I are impressed with the changes we've seen. They were never hugely overweight, but they have slimmed down beautifully. The other day R said what I'd been thinking for a while - that they are softer with shinier coats. They play together more often and more energetically. They even play alone more often too (especially Zasha - Roxy has always had more energy than Zash).
Roxy has not peed anywhere since she started eating raw. And before I started feeding her this way, her breath smelled really bad. Like really bad. It wasn't her teeth; I felt like it was a sign that something was about to go very wrong. The bad breath is gone, as is Zasha's chronic dandruff. It takes a little time to make it, but I can make a week's worth or two (or more, if I had the freezer space) at a time. I may sound like crazy cat lady, but I don't care. To me it's better than having to take Roxy to the vet constantly for antibiotics and catheterization, which I believe is the direction we were headed. I'll happily take on the name crazy cat lady.
Since we're all about the cats here, let me tell you the tale of this little Beanie Baby. Thanks to Maiz telling me of them, one of V's favorite series of books is about Jenny Linsky, a shy little black cat who has many adventures. Jenny wears a red scarf that her owner, a retired sea captain, knitted for her. No one makes licensed Jenny Linsky dolls, so I decided to put one together as best I could as a special present from me to V this Christmas. I found a black Halloween Beanie Baby that had the closest Jenny-look about her and cut the collar off her. Then I knitted a red scarf for her and tied it around her neck. I ran out of time to make the little baubles that go at the end of the scarf and planned to do this later, but V says she likes Jenny just as she is.
07 January 2012
Happy Caturday!
Zasha, snoozing on my bed. Today feels like a lazy Caturday to me too...
If you've taken a photo of your sweet kitty recently that you'd like to share, please feel free to leave a link in the comments.
24 December 2011
Merry Caturday!
Merry Christmas from R, me, & V!
May your days be merry and bright.
17 December 2011
Happy Caturday!
This is Roxy, waiting for her very first raw dinner.
I made the cats some raw food - ground turkey, polenta, nutritional yeast, butter, and assorted vitamins and minerals. Roxy has been having bladder troubles and she's only 2. She's way too young for that sort of thing, so I figured I'd try feeding them raw, homemade cat food. If anyone else has any experience with this, please let me know. I'd love to hear about it.
10 December 2011
Happy Caturday!
V took this photo of Roxy with iPad.
03 December 2011
Happy Caturday!
Zasha really doesn't like her photo taken, but she looked so plump trying to sit on the window sill. I couldn't help myself.
26 November 2011
Happy Caturday!
A cute little catbutt for your Caturday. :)
29 October 2011
Happy Caturday!
My pretty girl Zasha, who is increasingly coming out of her shell.
15 October 2011
Happy Caturday!
Roxy and Zasha like to playfight together about 2-4x a day (which is awesome to watch), but they're not exactly snuggle buddies. I think this may be the third time I've seen them cleaning each other in the 2.5 years or so that we've had them.
Happy Caturday!
10 September 2011
Happy Caturday!
Zasha, always the lady, having a snooze.
20 August 2011
Happy Caturday!
Roxy's favorite place to hang.
Happy Caturday!
13 August 2011
Happy Caturday!
Caught Roxy playing with paper balls. She looks like she's fluffing up for winter, which would be A-Ok with me - I'm completely done with this hot weather!
Happy Caturday!
30 July 2011
It's Caturday!
Have a great Caturday!
23 July 2011
Happy Caturday!
Zasha snoozing in the afternoon sun.
Hope you have a happy Caturday...
22 January 2011
Happy Caturday!
Zasha, being her lovely self.
Happy Caturday!
09 October 2010
Happy Caturday (No. 4 in The Yawning Cats Series)!
Hush! You'll wake the baby!
On the back it says Dec 92.
02 October 2010
Happy Caturday (No. 3 in The Yawning Cats Series)!
Happy Caturday & Happy October from Vampire Cat!
Date on the back says October 1992.
26 September 2010
Happy Caturday (No. 2 in The Yawning Cats Series)!
Ok, so it's Sunday, not Caturday. Considering that in most everything else I'm more like 5 days behind, I figure one day late is actually early.
Right?
I love this picture because it looks like Wylie is yelling at Topaz, which he probably would've done if he'd been able. The date on the back says October 1992.
18 September 2010
Happy Caturday (The Yawning Cats Series)!
Sometime during the 90s, I had a thing for photographing yawning cats. I thought I'd scan a few in and share them with you.
This is Topaz, who was a very wonderful cat. Also known as Topes, T-Dawg, and Buddy, he is greatly missed. This photo is dated 1992.
11 September 2010
Happy Caturday
Roxy, guiltily contemplating pouncing on my knitting.
04 September 2010
28 August 2010
21 August 2010
Happy Caturday!
Zasha enjoying the marble run.
14 August 2010
Happy Caturday!
Zasha waits for R to come home from work. Around that time every day, she hangs out near the stairs and goes running with V to greet him when he opens the door.
07 August 2010
Happy Caturday!
Zasha with her paws crossed - always the lady.
31 July 2010
24 July 2010
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