Help! My Bed Runneth Over

Please tell my person I need a bigger bed. Please??

Living the Good Life

 

Lumpkin and Callie have found their favorite spot... what smart kitties they are.

Breakfast Time

Patchie knows when the people breakfast is ready. She comes and jumps up on a stool and waits. She has had her breakfast long ago so I wonder why she does this. When we ask her to please jump down, she does and is off to do cat things... like a nap!

Lizards at Play

I finally got this picture of the lizards entertaining the cats. The lizards come out from under the door jam and sun themselves while showing no fear of the felines sitting there staring and making their funny chattering noise. Somehow they know they are safe... there is a screen between them after all.

This is a group activity on both sides. The lizards have now moved over on the black door mat to face their foes! This simple little game provides hours of fun for both lizards and cats... I know it does or why would they do it day after day? That my story and I'm sticking to it!

Cat Patrol

The cats are on guard... they are watching a lizard. He lives right outside under the door jam in a special little hollow between the cement and the bottom of the door. He sits a few inches away from the door and suns himself. Of course, the cats go crazy but he does not move. He knows he is safe. Even when the side door is open he still sits there... in the sun.

Slip Sliding Away

Lummy is slowing sliding off the back of the couch. He is sound asleep. He will land on the cushion so I will leave him alone. If he were going to fall off the back onto the floor, I would wake him up.

Sweet dreams sweet boy!

BFF's

Callie and Lunkpin (Lummy) taking a nap and they brought the rattie with them. How cute!!

Best Friends Forever. 

Callie Up High

Somehow at this time in our life we have ended up with several cats. Now, we didn't plan it...it just happened. They all needed homes. So, I have been able to study cat personalities. They are all so different, just like us people, I guess! Katie. the black one, insists on going outside. I've told her all about the coyotes, bears and mountain lions out there. Not to even mention the raccoons and skunks! But she insists...and so we reluctantly let her go sometimes. Lumpkin is a scaredy cat, Patches is a cuddle bug and Callie, the calico, is the cat that likes to be up high!

This cat is wacky!!! She find the most unlikely places to go. I've been collecting pictures of her.

" I saw a bug flying around up here somewhere...don't make me get down, please!"

"Ummmmm...I wonder what's in the attic?"

"Whoa...they are moving!"

"I'm as high as the bird feeder out there! I think I could catch one."

"How could I get up there!!!"

"There must be a toothbrush in here somewhere."

"One foot in front of the other. Oh..."

"Nice View."

"It's cozy up here."

"Nap time."

There's more folks... but you get the idea!

Wannabe Hunter

Callie made an escape from the house once again. She can be tricky and waits for the door to open and then streaks out behind your back.

Once out, she plays little chasing games until she is tired and ready to come in. When hubs saw her distracted by this gopher hole, I was able to just walk up and nab her. Shame on you, you naughty kitten

Patchy Cat

The day dreaming cat with her little slit eyes.

Callie's Close Call

Callie used up one of her nine lives last night!

She slipped out an open door about 5PM. When this happens she plays this little game where if you go to get her she runs away. After chasing around for a while she is ready to come in.

Last night we couldn't get her in and then she just disappeared. She wasn't in any of the usual spots out in the back yard and would not answer when called. I walked down in our grove of eucalyptus trees and this huge hawk flew out of one of the tallest trees. Then I heard Callie crying! She was way up high in the trees and she was jumping from tree to tree... like a monkey! She was calling to me but would not come down, just jumped from one tree to the other. I think the hawk had been trying to catch her and she was trying to avoid it. She was so scared.

Then she fell... down, down, down she went. It was like slow motion... I saw all her colors turning in the air...orange, white, black... orange, white black. She landed in the crook of two big branches on her back about ten feet off the ground. So much for the theory that cats always land on their feet.

After a few seconds, she turned herself over but she would not come on down the tree. I ran back to the house to get hubby and we got our tall ladder. Then, the two dogs from next door ran out to see what was going on.  We were sure all the barking would scare Callie even more and she would go back up high in the trees. When the dogs stopped barking, I went up the ladder. The chance that Callie was injured and would not want to be held was going through my mind, but as I got close she wanted to come to me but was afraid to let go of the tree. Finally, I convinced her it was OK and she clung to me. She willingly went into the carrier I had grabbed when we got the ladder from the garage.

Once we had her back in the house we checked her over and watched her closely. She got a drink, ate some food and went and sat by the door looking out!!

Now what was she thinking???

Callie, all the jumping and climbing skills you practice in the house saved your little butt.

Holy smokes... what a night!

Ready to Eat?

Patches is waiting...just waiting for breakfast. She usually sits on the empty stool beside us while we eat breakfast, but today she beat us sitting down. I asked her to move over and she did! She is a perfect furkid.

Patchie

Patchie says, "Hummmm...an enpty box. Must be for me."

Callie the Crazy Cat

Callie is a crazy cat. From the tips of her toes to her pink little nose. She is just trouble! This picture is so deceiving!!

Homeless Patchie Cat?

No way, but Patchie will never let a perfectly good box go unused. She was outside on her rope and we were unpacking from our Costco trip. I tossed the empty boxes out the laundry room door and Patchie immediately made it a game. She is a funny, playful cat and has a home with us for life...even if she likes to sit in cardboard boxes.

Come and Get It

Dinner time in cat country.

The Stand Off

And the cat won!

Callie Bug In A Rug

Callie is such a funny cat. She loves to get under the rug. She thinks she is hiding. I need to break the news to her...we can see you!