Giddy up Murf!

 Murfee looks like he's wearing a saddle, but no...he got shaved :(

   "Look wut they didz to me, mah backside iz BARE....i iz so expozed" 

"NO you cant ride me like a SMALL PONY, Maizee!!!" 

 

Him's tushy was all matted so he had to be GROOMED, his first time and he behaved so badly they couldn't even shampoo him....he pitched a fit!

WE IZ BACK, With A TALL Tale OMC!!!!

 So Maizee decided to climb her first tree last week, a 100 ft pine where she got stuck on a branch @about 35-50 feet...literally since she doesn't know how to climb DOWN. You can see her head & ears shadowed about 3/4 the way up, left of and close to the trunk.

  I tweaked the pic a bit (bigefy it) & you can see my poor kitteh's precarious situation>>>she's the dark spot amongst the pineage (word?) and on a limb just to the left of the trunk. She was petrified, as was Mama!! :O

This is MY thanks from Maizee after my boyfriend Fred (her NEW daddy) climbed up not one, but TWO ladders to finally bring her down. The fire dept, human society and police dept all wouldn't respond to Fred's frantic calls, but 8 hours later & MUCHO thanks to my neighbors who's tree it was>>>she was 'wrangled down'. OMG what a Friday night!!!

And this is HER HINEYNESS exhausted after her long and harrowing ordeal. She cried herself almost hoarse and was completely exhausted having been perched precariously for so many hours. Her little cries were so pathetic, it was heartbreaking trying to find a resolution to such an unexpected situation. 

Dragonfly by.....

I think there is a dragonfly that is having a love affair w/my car antenna, bright orange & so pretty. EVERY year I get the same looking one...for over 3 years & always they just love to hang out on my antenna. They don't live long so I know its not the same one. Very pretty though, or handsome if its a MALE.

A tale of a tail....

I found the cats playing w/this lovely tidbit on the mudroom rug, it was still twitching & moving around quite 'lively'...totally grossed me out. I detest reptiles and THIS was a bit too much for me...AND where was the rest of it??? Outside or INSIDE the house, now I am totally freaked out!! (to be continued...)

Bleau & Jay

We recently showed our squirrel that I feed, but I also feed 2 Bluejays that have been around for over a year. They are a 'couple' and the Mr is named Jay & the Mrs is Bleau. They come when I whistle or just shake the peanuts and I have had soooo many opportunities to catch them on film but just never did...kinda like our private moment LOL! But then Bleau disappeared after our last winter storm and I thought she was GONE...even though Jay kept coming around. Finally she showed up again last week (can tell its HER cuz shes plumper) and I figured she had probably been off tending a 'nest'. Since my friends have been around going on 2 years now I think I should start sharing.....so w/out further ado>>>>making his first appearance on a blog, I introduce to you our leading man and main gatherer of the peanuts (drum roll) JAY!!!

You probably have to BIGEFY the picture for a better view of my buddy, but I will try to get some better shots to share.

IT'Z HOTTTT!!!!!!!!!!

After such a cool mild spring, summer is upon us and has REALLY heated up...much to FURRY kittehs dismay. Also being Maine's they have like '3' coats, so they tend to plop down right under the air vents>>>poor things sometimes look so lethargic LOL!

Murf all laid out, looks like he got runned over LOL!


Then he seems to come alive, you can tell that cuz YOU CAN SEE THE WHITES OF HIS TUMMIES...


AHHHHH BIG STREEEEETCH "Gawd Mawm, itz soooo dogGONE hot...pleaze flip on the AIRZ"

WHAT ARE THE KITTEHS LOOKING AT????!!!!! SO INTENSE AND FOCUSED, IS IT A LIZARD, BIRD, SNAKE, BUG, HUMAN, ......??



IT'S A SQURREL FORAGING FOR THE TREATS MAWM TOSSES OUT TO EM!!
(Bigefy the picture to see he is POSING for Mawm MOL!)

It'z a RAID!!!!

The copz are here, RUN!!!


MOL MOL, itz only Mawmz frend who came to vizit and uzez a polize bag az a duffle bag, MOL!!!

It's time to play ______

We think nowz iz a good time to play Guezz whoz feet diz iz. Mawm haz gone back to school full time so thiz iz all we could come up with for now.....

Thoze are some BIG feet huh??!! Whoz are they?????

And if we dont post again before Sunday, you all have a Happy Easter and we hope that Peter Cottontail is good to you!

Ninety-six cats rescued from hoarder

This was in our local paper, just breaks my heart and I hope many come forward to help...but also dont want the current 'tenants' @the shelter to be overlooked because they are not BREEDS.

This poor kitteh looks soooo frightened, cute little guy though! I have never seen an animal carrier like this, where's the air holes??!!
(click on the title to view the article)

Sasha Claws is coming to town...

Mawm said our cuzin Sasha waz coming after Xmaz but waz staying @our Grammy'z, so we probably wouldnt see her. But we did, sorta....when she came over in the big green machine but she stayed outzide & we were hiding upstairz~juzt in case. Mawm vizited her though over @Grammy'z & look @theze picz...she'z not a dawg, she'z a horze!!!

Mawm brought her a new toy from Santa, she'z getting a good whiff of it....


before she chompz on it, NOM NOM NOM...the tag waz even still on it MOL/BOL!!


She REALLY liked her new toy but stopped long enough to 'poze', iznt she purty?!


Mawm sayz she iz a SENIOR furbaby so iznt getting around so well, thiz could be our lazt xmaz w/her, we hope not. Even though she iz BIG, barkz, droolz, and is a DAWG....she'z still our only cuzin & we love her! Happy New Year Sasha!!!

We were buried....

Got SOOO much snow @once and the temps were record breaking, nothing would melt & our snow removal on the streets was QUITE lacking. I know this isn't bad compared to other states, but for this little town in Arizona it was a wallop...something (obviously) folks weren't prepared for. It sure is purty though....

The little pomegranate bush is almost to the ground again, looks like SPLAT! My snow covered car is barely visible @the bottom of the driveway.

My rocking chair looks like it's got white cushions on it, look @those berms....

That's a massive icicle, seriously! Bigefy the picture to see it clearer.

It's still there, I just took a pic of it tonite...kinda cool huh??!!

We have a mini blizzard blowing thru & there is nothing to do but hunker down @home w/my kittehs...who still get mesmerized by the falling snow.

Maizee gazing out the window as the snow starts accumulating...so intense.


"that wite stuf iz coming frum up ther sumwher..."


Looking down our street this morning, now you cant even see the street, STILL haven't seen or heard any plows. Supposed to snow all nite & most tomorrow, I bet alotta neighbors will be staying home.....

Santa cometh again!

Mawm came home from Grammy & Grampy'z w/stockingz Santa left there for uz, maybe he'z confuzed cuz mawm & Murf uzed to live there. We got sooo much more stuffz, OMC it'z like xmaz all over again...well it WUZ still xmaz LOL! She alzo brought uz some roazt beef & SHRIMP from xmaz dinner, we NOM NOM NOMMED on it...THANKZ Grammy!!

See thu cute stockingz grammy gotz for uz...soooo cute!


Maizee inspectz thu newly delivered stockingz, "wutz inzide mawm??!!"


LOOK LOOK...more treatz, wet food (stinky goodnezz), AND 2 squeakie fishiez!!!

Watch out Murfee, here comes a big red goldfish..."squeak squeak"


Murf sniff sniff sniffs the fishie before....


deciding that nomming on treats is much more appealing...NOM NOM NOM!!!

Maizee takes over & tries to get her some 'fishie'..."I'v got yoo my prety"....

Both cats are grateful for the humans they have in their lives & all their blessings...they have warmth, food, toys, love, and an abundance of cuddles!! We want to remember all the creatures in the world who arent as lucky, especially in the winter.

Xmas Morn'

OMC OMC OMC, Santa came!! Mawm said he would but we wernt sure cuz we iz kinda poor thiz year...mawm iz still out of work (sigh). There wernt 'prezentz' but our stocking wuz STUFFED....look at what ALL we gotz!! But firzt mawm put our stocking on the dezk while she got thu camera ready & I couldnt wait~HA HA, I reached up & tried to grab it.....

"SWAT SWAT...ooh i'z too short, maybe if i stand on my tippy toez...."


"I caaaan aaaalmost reeeach iiiiiit...." SWIPE SWIPE!!(bigefy the picturez)


LOOK AT THIZ LOOT! Cat nip, hard & soft cat treatz AND 2 brand new chirping birdiez...we LOVE thoze OMC OMC!


"CHOMP" Maizee put thu bitie on thu birdie...omc itz stuck to cardboard. MAWM!


SNIFF SNIFF, mawm can we haz some of theze treatz??!! PLEAZE!
(yes they got some but those AND other pics got deleted...oops)

Mamw sayz even though we are her 'kidz' she still missez xmaz morningz w/her REAL kid Brittney who iz now 26 & haz a little one of her own. BUT she sayz at leazt OUR toyz dont need batteriez MOL MOL!

I iz FREEE!

Today when mawm steped owtside i snuk thru thu screendor, whitch wuznt latched...teee heee! Mawm wuznt so hapy tho cuz she saw Murfee trying to ezcape too & thatz when she realized I wuz GONE! I wuz hiding under thu shed....shhhh!


She finaly saw me peak out but i wuldnt come to her cuz it wuz all wet & snowmelt wuz dropping EVERYWHER....pluz i wuz scared cuz i wuz probably in truble~RUH ROH!


Mawm banged on thu shed & blew thu airhorn but i wuznt budging, she wuz afraid to go inside cuz i might wandur off. FINALY i had enuf & started crying so mawm crawled down & coaxed me out a litle & wuz able to grab my scruf...whew it wuz nice to be outa ther, cold & muzty! Mawm WAS mad tho & said i getz no fudge for xmaz now.....yah like she evur givs us any goodyz she bakez. Prety kewl adventur huh??!!

Jingle Tails, Jingle Tails... MOL!

Mawm'z been feeling fluish all wknd so we'z thought we'd blog for her & what better way to ring in the holiday seazon but with a lovely carol sung by ALL our furenz on YouTube! We thinkz you will enjoy it & SEAZON'Z GREETINGZ to ALL God'z creaturez. PURRZZ, Maizee & Murf

JUST CLICK ON OUR TITLE (Jingle Tailz) TO TAKE YOU TO THE VIDEO~ENJOY!

Easy Like Sunday....

Maizee is basking in the splash of sunlight that graces their cat tower for only a short while in the morning hours. I snuck up on her & to my surprise she stayed in the same spot (for once) and I actually got some still shots of her...these are rather rare as she is ALWAYS 'on the go'! She even seemed to 'pose' for some close ups>>>an even bigger rarity.

"I iz in thu sunshine, starring out thu window, hoping for birdiez"


"Oh hi, you snucked up on mee...I wuz meditating."

"but soon turned to MUSH, dont i look mooshy??!! i luvz mah BOOGIE MAT, see it undur mee..."

"Then up for a glamer shot, dont i look meowgnifsently floofy & gorguz??!!! i iz stunning..."


"Thez iz how i normally look...but i likez the GLAM shot better! maybee i shuld get some walletz made, send them to all mah MAN CAT furenz"

Wake up & smell the snow.....

We got a pleasant surprise this morning...we got our first 'real' snow last nite, you know the kind that STICKS. I was a little excited but the M's were more like YAWN. I did capture Maizee peaking out the front door @it, since she is so young she is still a tad curious about this 'white crap' that covers our yard.

"Hmmm thu groundz gawt white stuf on it, how are thu birdiez gona find ther stashed pnutz now???"


"HELLOOOO, are yoo birdiez still out there...yoo better comez move your nutz befour it REELY snowz. Guyz??? Mawm wherz all OUR birdiez today????"

She is referring to our Blue Jays that are usually quite loud @this time, I go out & just whistle and they come flying for peanuts and then hide them all over the yard. We have a particular 'pair' that seem to hang around our house so have come to assume they are working parents...mom & dad. But today none were to be seen or heard, this cold snowfall has even sent them into warm hiding.