Heidi and Duke

This is our Mom, when she was a little wafer, about twelve to fourteen years old. It was taken in Brainerd, Minnesota, at her parents house, with another "cat that came before us" she named Heidi. Heidi, as you can see, was a little tuxedo kitten. The big guy sitting on the floor is Duke, the spotty dog.

Mom says she has alway been 'lergic to animals. She sneezes lots and has trouble breathing. Back in the 'good old days," when this photo was taken, there wasn't anything for allergies. Now they have stuff you can take, pills and inhalers.

She also told me she has "pop beads" around her neck. She wonders if anyone remembers them.

Patches

Note from Mom: The little cat I called Stranger hasn't been seen the last few days; maybe just passing through. Probably for the best, I wouldn't want Mistrie upset, or worse, by an intruder. The outside is her domain, it belongs to her, solely. She is so happy with springtime, running and playing. The worst of the weather is behind her now, she, like us, is looking forward to grass and flowers. She seemed to know today spring arrived, her demeanor changed.

Geese Have Returned

As you can see, the geese have returned to the pond in the Big Piney Woods. They are laying claim to that nest behind them. Mom says, "another sign of spring."

Jasmine did a lovely write-up about us on her blog. Please go and visit her and say "hi."

Patches

Finnegan's Party

There is another party! Mom said we could go, but Mistrie is staying home because we have another visitor and she needs to stay close by to guard her stuff. This party, which started last night, is a St. Patty's Day party and birthday party all in one, for Finnegan. We have our special green hats on for the occassion. We got orders from Mom to only have the virgin drinks that diva kitty is bringing, not over-due the nip cuz we are in Catolympics training, and be home at a decent time (whatever that means.) We are cited! We will see all our blogger friends and maybe make some new ones. We are leaving now....... yes Mom, we will be good, yes, Mom, we will follow the rules, yes Mom, we love you!!

Now can we go, we are late!!!!

Patches and Mittens

Tribute To Moses

Moses is gone, but not forgotten......
Moses Kitty has been sent to live in a barn. His people took him there yesterday, after trying to fix his behavior problems. This is going to be so hard for him as he was an indoor kitty, and was used to that lifestyle. Now he must face the cold and bad weather. We are sad and we hang our heads, as we send happy thoughts to him. Stay safe, sweet Moses, stay warm, sweet Moses, stay healthy, sweet Moses. Hopefully, some good person will find it in their heart to give you a furrever home. To view Moses' blog go HERE. Please leave comments to his people. Maybe, together,we can find a better solution. We hope...............

Yesterday Patches had two huge tears in her eyes. They weren't irritation type tears, no these were genuine huge teardrops. I wiped them away and gave her a hug. Her eyes were fine, clear and catlike, no sign of anything wrong; there were no more tears, just those two. I wrote to Oreo's Mom and Daisy's Mom about this, if they had ever heard of such a thing, do cats cry? We all just shrugged it off.....until I read about Moses .
Then I knew.......

Yes, it's me, here in the shadows

I hear your voice, I see your eyes

Have you come to love me, again

Or just ease your guilty mind.

I am here, in the cold darkness

Alone, bewildered, afraid

Are you leaving me, again

With nothing but a memory.

Sad, so very sad

Yes, you left me, again

Life is not fair

But, whoever said it was.

~Moses~

We, in the cat blogging community, become very close, feeling a special bond with all the kitties. It is terribly hard when an unfortunate incident like this plays out. We all mourn his loss, we all feel bad and wish him well; he was "our" Moses too!

Mom...... to Patches, Mittens and Mistrie

New Monster

Mine Dad went to the buying place and bought another big monster. This monster is kind of like the one that cuts the trees down (Big Scissor Monster) but it takes the trees he has cut down and splits them into smaller sizes to fit in our hot metal fire box that heats the log cabin here in the Big Piney Woods. He calls it a wood splitter, we call it Black Noisy Chewing Monster. The following are the monsters that live here now, out in the garage or big shed; way too many:

Metal Monsters (aka Dad's truck and Mom's SUV)
Big Scissor Monster (aka chain saw)
Grass Eating Monster (aka lawn mower)
Snow Eating Monster (aka snow blower)
Black Noisy Chewing Monster (aka wood splitter)
Monster That Blows Hot Air (aka leaf blower)
Skinny Cutting Monster (aka edge trimmer)

So, do you have any monsters like this at your home? Tell me about them if you do.

Patches

My Side Of The Story

Ever since I won the Pawtrait Viewers' Choice Award at 2CarolinaCats, Patches has been so mean! She keeps chasing after me and stalking me (is there a stalking law for kitties?) It all boils down to the fact she is jealous of my neat toesies. Of course, she does it when our Mom and Dad aren't around. Well, she didn't even make the finals and me and Mistrie did! She says over and over, "my toes are cute, too," and then she looks at them and licks them. Poor looser.

Mittens

Note From Mom: There is another kitty eating out of Mistrie's bowl of food. She/he is a tabby with lovely brown rings and light colored eyes, very young looking. I have only seen him/her once, but noticed the food bowl going down and thought it was our raccoon visitors. We live far enough away from other people that it is unlikely it belongs to anyone; nobody that I know of has a kitty close enough to visit. Will keep you posted.

Mittens' Win

Mittens is being a real pain about her Pawtrait Viewers' Choice win. She keeps coming up to me and showing me her paws, and then says meow- mew, meow- mew (I won, I won) She is upset with me because I told her she had a birth defect (I only said that cuz I was mad at her.) She is strutting around now giving me "that look." She hangs her big toes over the railing upstairs and holler down at me merp- merp, (look, look) as the picture shows. Boy, talk about letting something go to your head!

Patches

Some Updates

Mittens just found out she won the pawtrait viewers choice at 2Carolina Cats. Thanks so much to everyone who voted for her! Thanks also to Finnegan, Buddy, and Staff for a wonderful contest.



Mine Mom has planted some catnip for the catolympic game's nap-a-thon.
After the tough competition the kitties will be ready for some fresh nip and a nap. It should be ready by June. She is going to start it in the kitchen window.




The snow lingers and has covered up the crocuses that were pushing up. Winter hangs on; we wait in anticipation as Mom talks about "cabin fever." We hope she isn't sick.

The woodshed where Mistrie sleeps is getting bare. Dad has entered the "Mistrie Zone" (one row from her blanket; you can barely see the salmon color at the end of the arrow.) Mom and Dad have more wood cut and are hoping for a spring thaw so they can start piling next year's supply. They will then pull her bed foreward a bit. Thanks for all of you who have shown so much concern over our little feral. She is now "talking" to Mom and shows her love by headbutts, purring, love nipping. Mom still has to stay inside though, if she goes out, Mistrie is a ball of fur in flight.

Patches

Sunday Bath

Mine Mom says that when she was a little wafer, back in the "olden days," bath night was on Sunday. They didn't have the people rain machines then, so they sat in the tub to get clean. From what she says, I guess people back in those days didn't get very dirty, if they only took a bath once a week!!! Whew!!!

Reminder on the Catolympics .....
Sign-up continues at Beau's until the end of April, (April 30th) all competitions are listed on his site. The comment section is where you sign up, also, please list name, age, weight, (if sumo wrestling) and category. The torch relay will be the 1st two weeks in June and the competitions the third week in June. The games will be held here, in the Big Piney Woods, followed by a fun nap-a-thon for closing cermonies. Sign up and tell your friends!!

Beau's Site For Signup:
http://home.earthlink.net/~catbeau/index.html

Patches

Daisy

I would like to introduce you to Daisy. She is our bestest internet friend kitty and she lives far, far away, across the big waters in Loughton, England. (She talks British cat talk.) She visits our kitty blogs, but doesn't have one of her own. Her Mom, Sue, and Mine Mom are bestest internet friends, too. Daisy is having some health issues right now, please send lots of loving thoughts to her and help her through her sickyness. You can read all about her at the website Mom made for her HERE.

Patches

What Happened?

Oh my, Mom, where did spring go???

Note From Mom: In the last two days, we have recieved from 12 to 16 inches of new snow in The Big Piney Woods. This isn't at all unusual, spring is like that in A State Of Winter, after all this is a ski area. Mittens is checking it out.

Catolympics

There is gonna be catolympics! Head on over to Beau's and sign up. We each signed up for an event and also Mistrie wants to help carry the torch. Then, the closing ceremony will be here, in The Big Piney Woods. Beau is figuring on June, should be good cuz it will be all sunny and nice and Mom will be all flower planting so things will be all pretty.

Patches

That Is MY Chair

As you know, everything belongs to me! Yes, everything! All the chairs belong to me, you can sit in them if I am not using them, same goes for Mittens (well, maybe, that depends on my mood at the moment.) Here is a picher of three of the chairs that belong to me.

Patches

What Cats Dream

Mittens, dreaming kitty dreams

Moving Sun

I saw the sun

On the rug, as I sat

Cleaning my face

Just being a cat.

But where did it go?

It moved over there

I've spotted it now

It's next to Mom's chair.

~Patches~

Sunday Special

My what big ears you have!

Saturday Special

Mine Mom said that I deserve to takes weekends off from blogging, so she would post cute, funny, and sweet pichers she finds of kitties and/or other critters. We decided to call it Saturday and Sunday Special and hope you enjoy it.

I do need more nap time! This blogging is hard, very hard work......

Patches

Scratching Post

I think we need a new scratching post, this one is all worned out. What do you think?

Patches

Dr. Phil

Mine Mom and Dad are always watching the talking picher box. She likes somebody by the name of Dr. Phil, as you can see. She says he solves a lot of problems for purrsons. I believe there would be no problems if every purrson had a kitty or two or three, cuz we help with blood pressure and make people happy; I know I am always making Mom smile and laugh. She says my purr is settling (whatever that means.) She also says purring kitties help you to sleep and make the gray days less gray.

I will lay here by the hot metal fire box and bless them with my presence.

Patches

Something Stinks!

Our Mom came home "all stinky" and not from another cat, either. She said she was putting food in the metal monster and she thought the feeding tube was plugged up. She pulled it out to check......NO ....it wasn't plugged up! She said it spit-up all over the place.

She put her coat in the soaking machine and poured lots of lathers in there. Her hands still stink and she has washed them three times....DO NOT TOUCH ME!!! Mittens covered her nose, I hided.

Patches