Blurry Activities

Abby: Good evening, friends! Ms. C meant to post our pictures yesterday, but obviously she did not. She said the pictures are blurry, but she still likes them -- and they are of us, so what's not to like, right?

I have told you about how I have my own personal chair next to hers. In this picture, I had been relaxing on her desk, but the chair is a great stepping-stone towards the floor. I am a very busy cat, and I have many things to do, inspect, and know about each day:

Sen-Chan and Tama-Chan posted lovelt pictures of their whiskers this past week. Here is one of Ms. C's favorite kinds of whisker-views: whiskers in the sun. It's much easier to catch my whiskers in the sunlight than Stygia's, because mine are mostly white and reflect in the light nice and brightly, but Styggie's are black and seem to blend in with almost anything. It will take some lucky lighting to get a picture of hers!

Stygia: Ms. C was wrapping some presents up, but she considerately offered us a piece of tissue paper to have for our very own! It was so much fun, Abby and I played with a mouse in it. We love the crackling!

Also, we would like to thank Grrreta, who originally gave us this award, and we are ashamed to say we know we received it from a couple of others but cannot recall whom. We are very sorry, and next time we get anything like it we are going to harass Ms. C and makes sure she writes about it right away!

A Passing, Awards, and more

A good friend of Ms. C's lost her friend Katie yesterday. She was two months away from her 16th birthday. Katie shared her home with two other doggie pups and three kitties, but she was unquestionably the Queen of the whole caboodle:

Katie was a dog with attitude and knew that her place was in the lap of her humans. One of her favorite things was when her mom had a job at a nursing home, where she adopted a woman resident's lap as her own. She and the resident would squabble joyfully all day. In return for nosing the woman's book out of her hand, she received a lot of pats and treats!

Here she is in that favorite spot (you can see how happy they all are!!) along with her mom Ms. A:

Katie had a great life, a great mom, but now she goes on free of pain. She will be missed.

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Next, I'd like to thank the beautiful Grrreta and her family for honoring me with The Cool Cat Award! I am tickled pink! In fact, I am so excited I just have to go play herd of thundering elephants right away! *thunders*

I'm going to pass this award on to Adan and Lego, Parker, Sen-Chan, and the Cat Street Boyz! I think that's 9 cats in all. Thanks for making me and Ms. C smile every day!

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Finally, I would like to share some cuddly pictures of myself. If one of my humans is napping on the couch, I love joining them there. I expect to make my nest in the safe, warm spot between their knees. I'll arrive smiling, and knead the cat-blankie softly before settling down. Here I am with Mr. R:

I hope you were not looking at my belly!

I also like to cuddle this fleecy scarf. I like to lay on it too, but sometimes I just want to put my paws on something nice like this, if Ms. C's foot is not available or I just feel like sleeping in my own chair.