Cats, everywhere

Hana hanging out in my spot of the bed with G as he reads.

Gonzo watching me water the plants. Too hot to open the windows any more.

gato en una ventana

chat dans une fenêtre

Hana the Sphinx

Gonzo's favorite toy

Sliver of sun

Cat Contortionist

More window

The Engineer's Guide to Cats is back

More Sunday Snoozing

The weather this month has been wonderful and the kitties have enjoyed the opened windows.


Hana takes her afternoon snooze on the couch when the afternoon temperatures force us to close the windows until the evening. The fur on her belly is still growing in (it was shaved for her surgery).

Sunday Snoozing

Home again

Twin lurking around while I garden. She's supicious of the camera.

Hana snoozing. She came home today after surgery. She went in to have a bladder stone removed. The doctor x-rayed and did sonograms two different times to confirm the stone. When she opened Hana's bladder up, no stone! She did have an unusually shaped bladder and a cyst they removed. Poor kitty's belly's shaved.

Gonzo "helping" me fold laundry.

Cat Café

What a great concept.

One hour of heavy petting

I went to a cat cafe in Osaka yesterday. Although, describing it as a "cafe" is somewhat misleading. It's more of a cat brothel than a cat cafe.

Click on article title to read the whole thing.

Henrí, the haunted cat.

'est magnifique!

Belated Happy New Years and Mardi Gras.

Here's the latest from our feline household. They were not happy about all the noise that goes along with either New Years Eve nor Mardi Gras. NYE the never ending barrage of fireworks upset them. Mardi Gras is noisy, especially with police car sirens going as the police escourt krewes and "royalty" to parades and balls.


Gonzo maintains the status quo. Still equal part sweetie and stinker. Though her claws have gotten very long and she's not very cooperative about letting me cut them. I get one or two a day if I'm lucky.


Good news: Hana has lost a pound. Bad news: last time at the vet they discovered she has a bladder stone that requires surgery and $$$. We had to put it off. She has shown no signs of discomfort and it was a fluke they even discovered the stone. G took her in last week and the stone is still there and she had a mild bladder infection. She is on antibiotics for 2 weeks and then goes in for surgery. Poor kitty. Thankfully we can grind the pills up and put in canned cat food.

This is freaky and totally funny. How did people video this stuff and not laugh the whole time?

Happy Halloween (late)

New napping spots

For cats, variety is the spice of life when it come to napping. We've all noticed how our cats cycle through favorite napping spots.

Hana now gets into G's spot on the bed when he gets up in the morning.

And Gonzo has taken to sleeping on top of his monitor.

Cat Update

I was looking over my old posts and came across one that had a photo of the three stray cats we feed. Unfortunately, we only have one now. Ballsie McBalls took off when we were having a new roof put on the house, and never returned. Mr. Whiney has been looking rough that last month and we haven’t seen him in over 2 weeks. That leaves Twin, Hana’s nemesis and, well, twin.

Twin

Hana

Evacuation with a cat who HATES getting into her carrier is a nightmare. No cat likes getting into a carrier, but I have never seen one put up a fight like Hana. I have a scar on my wrist from one time. Greg managed to get her in by himself to evacuate for Gustav, but it took both of us to get her back in to come home. She managed to draw blood from both of us. Nothing super major but painful still. If any one has some suggestions… or a cat lasso or tranquilizer gun, I’m all ears. One thing we discovered, if we managed to scoot her in backwards, butt first, she puts up less of a fuss.

Gonzo "helping" pay bills

The printer Gonzo is sleeping on has stopped working (it's under the bills and towel). But she loves to sleep on it so and it keeps her off our key boards so it stays.

Simon's Cat "TV Dinner"

See you in the funny pages

"We are not amused."

Urban kitty sprawl

Yep, it's summer alright.

Bath time with Gonzo

After my shower I put on my terry cloth robe and Gonzo MUST be picked up! I'll be trying to put a towel on my head and she's practically jump on my shoulder from the floor. Not sure what it is with her and the robe. One friend said it's because I've washed her scent off and she's trying to put it back on. Now I have a camera again(!!!) here's some self portraits with the Gonzo one.

How to recognize a Persian cat

This came in my inbox. So bad, but so funny.

Engineer's Guide to Cats

Fun-ny.



Hat tip to Adrastos.

What are we going to do

when we no longer keep the ladder out? Gonzo loves it so.

The Zen of Hana

Hana was sleeping in the chair and Gonza decided she wanted to sleep in the chair with her. Nice leg on the neck.

Let me in!

We are all too familiar with this....

Nice day

New Bed

We got a new mattress, and the kitties were a little confused. But they tested the bed out and seem to approve. Hana slept half the night on the new bed with us and half on the old one. Gonzo's never known this room to be the bedroom. It's been the cat room since Greg finished he renovation. You can see the accumulated toys I stuck in the condo to get them out of the way.

Happy 2008

Hana's pelt is as colorful as the blanket.

I got a Gonzo for Christmas!

Afternoon snuggle. First Gonzo washes Hana...

...then Hana washed Gonzo.

Who are the kitties in your neighborhood?

We have Gonzo, checking out the wall Greg just painted blue.

Hoda, the office cat.

Nola the office dog - who acts like a cat.

The outdoor kitties - from top to bottom:
Ballsie McBalls, the newest stray of the pack, Whiny and Twin.

And Hana and Gonzo snoozing on the bed.

Remembering Cleo

Friday was the one-year anniversary of Cleo's death.

I'm posting this photo of her to honor her memory.
Here she is with a 3 month old Gonzo.