Twofur Tuesday

TBT:  Laz and Lori are high-climbers!

Mancat Monday

MARLEY:  Long Jump Down.  Yeah, its just from the bed ta the floor. but my legs get tired sometimes...

I dont jump UP there often either, but somehow it seems easier.  TBT says when I am on the floor, the bed doesn't seem much far up.  But when I am standing on the bed, the floor seems further down.  So he says it is mostly in my mind.  

I don't quite get that.  I don't mind bein up on the bed at all.  Mebbe I have 2 minds.

And sadly...

Mancat Monday

LAZ:   There are places I go up high.  Cat Trees, bookcase tops, shoe rack...  But Im generally a 4-on-the-floor cat.  There are places I seldom go.  The kitchen counter near the sink and the bafroom near the sink are typical.

Why?  Well there is water there!  Sometimes even running water.  I even sneak up on the waterbowl on the floor when I want some.

So TBT was surprised ta find me up on the bafroom counter.  But I was careful to make sure it was dry...

BTW, since it is National Change A Pet's Life Day, I should mention that TBT sure changed MINE!

Caturday Saturday

LAZ:  Well, on Twofer Tuesday I waz tryin ta get ta te desk over Marley.  But I thot it best ta take another way.  So here I is on de desk...

I looked one way...

An ta other.

I got up top an wondered iffen I cud get higher.  That pitcher frame mebbe?  Looks kinna narrow.

So I looked down from as high as I cud get.

An there was big old Marley, still jus sittin there refoosin ta move!

Womancat Wensday

AYLA:  I am a cautious cat.  I'm a responsible cat.  I'm also the eldest cat.  And, far as I can tell, I have a better memory than Iza or Marley  (I swear to Bast, sometimes it seems like they dont even TRY).

Well, back when Grampa was here, there was a bad storm (Iza slept through it, Marley hid UTB, and I just stayed away from the windows).  TBT came in the living room and thought that a part of the ceiling looked odd.  It was "just" a little unflat, he told Grampa.

So he went into the attic and found a slow drip, and put a big trashcan under it.  Good thing he did, because we were all about to go to bed and maybe the ceiling would have crashed like melting jello. 

The next morning, he found a tree branch had poked a tiny hole in the roof.  He covered the area and called a ceilinger atticer roofer to come take a look.  But the roof was old and the flat things on the top were all crumbly and some of the top was rotting, so he had it all replaced.

So now, whenever there is a storm, I get up high and watch the ceiling.  We have had lots of severe storms lately., so I dont want our house to fall in.  I would get RAINED ON and I hate that.

So here is me watching the ceiling carefully during a recent rain...

  After the storm ended, I got down, and TBT gave me some treats.  He says I am a Very Good Girl...

Mancat Monday

MARLEY:  I'm not often up here, but I can see why Ayla likes it.  Ya can almost see the whole house from here!  And fer sure, up HERE, Iza isnt gonna tap yer ankles as ya walk past...

In fact, I can see Iza down on the floor now an she is lookin up at me.  She hates that...  PURR!!!

Werdless Womancat Wensday

Thankful Thursday

AYLA:  When Iza and Marley get too rembunk, rampbunc, active, I am thankful for my high places where I can watch safely and carefully.

And this is the highest place I can get to inside the house...

Caturday Saturday

AYLA:   TBT is cooking food out on the deck today.  Which means he goes in and out and around a lot.  So Im stayin away from the deck door, off the floor, and where I can watch him.

 Wouldnt you?

BTW:  Happy Hug Your Cat Day!  We got hugged a lot this morning while we were all still in bed!

Werdless Wensday

Easy Like Sunday

IZA:  I got up on Aylas high shoe rack!  OK, OK, TBT lifted me up there...  Just so I could look around.

 This is where Aylas food bowl usally is, but it isnt there right now.  Too bad.

But there are a lot of fallen food bits that have dried!  I cleaned them right up.

I even licked the towel a bit...

When I decided ta get down, the waterbed seemed an AWFUL long way below.  I know Ayla an Marley just hop right down onto it, but still..........

TBT was standing right there in the room, but he didnt offer ta help me down.  So I decided ta curl up on a towel an think about it.   Then Marley jumped up.  Boy was he surprised ta see ME there!   I told him *I* was using the shoe rack so he hadda get down.  I really didnt actally care iffen he was up there while I was, I just wanted ta watch how he hopped down.

So he just hopped down all casual-like.  Watchin didnt do me a bit of good.  It STILL looks way too far down to jump.

Fortunately, TBT lifted me down and we all had some crunchies!  Well, not TBT...

Friday Exploration

AYLA:  TBT left a chair near the bookcase and I was able to get up to a shelf I cant usually get to.  The problem is that I cant seem to get around the front to the next shelf and keep my balance.

Nor can I get from here to the shelf below.  I could get to it from the chair again, but Id have to get down first.

And jumping down to the chair from here doesnt look all that good.  Its one of those skinny wooden dining chairs.  Gettin up on the back of it from the seat and then jumping up was OK, but it doesnt look like very much ta land on.

Fortunately, the cat tree platform looks nice and wide.  I think I'll get down that way.

Unfortunately, TBT moved the chair as soon as I landed on the cat tree, so I cant get back up to a different shelf now...

Not Garden Tour Thursday

IZA:  We are a bit late posting today cuz, well, there is no Garden Tour today and we werent sure what ta post about.  All the garden stuff is dead.  The last of the Impatiens died after the last few freezing nights.

But TBT did find somethin fer me ta do.  Ya know I keep looking up at the shoe rack longingly cuz TBT feeds Ayla up there most times an I always figure there is some food up there.  But I cant jump that high.  So TBT decided ta lift me up there ta check fer myself.  He's done that once or twice before.  But this time a found something.  A few dried crumbs.

 I ate them.  But all was not lost!  I found a loose shoe lace ta play with.

 TBT dint mind iffen I bite them a few times, they are pretty sturdy ones.

But when I started ta actally start tryin ta eat one...

He put me back down on the floor again! 

Caturday Saturday

AYLA:  I like being up on stuff, but TBT needs ta clean this trash can!  After all, its the only thing I am allowed up on in the kitchen.  He just doesnt notice this stuff sometimes iffen I dont point it out to him!

I deserve the BEST!

Thursday Girlcat.

AYLA:  Give me a chance ta get up high on annything an I will!

The BBQ thingy,

Am I a glamour grrl or WHAT?

The deck rails...

The "high-ish" hibachi grill,

 But I gotta come down when TBT opens foods...

A girl's gotta eat...

Ess Panther

IZA:  I'm the panther of the hill!  Up HIGH!  Watching fer tossed mousies.

Being all normal usually...

But then the supernatural world takes me in...

And I is all SPOOKY!

Friday Farupday

MARLEY:  The top of the shoe rack is more Far Up fer me than it is fer Ayla.  It SHOULDNT be cuz Im bigger than she is so I can stretch halfway up there already, but she is a way better jumper than I am.  So much more that she just casually naps up there.

*I* only go up there fer the food.  Ya see, Iza will eat all the food in bowls on the floor, so I cant leave anny there "fer later".  But Ayla doesnt usally eat all of hers.  Well, she IS smaller than me an Iza (but gets the same amount of food).  TBT is always trying ta get a little more weight on her.

So after long enough, when I get hungry again, I jump up ta see iffen there is anny food left in Aylas bowl (she likes her bowl up on the green towel). 

This time there was an I finished it real quick.  TBT just caught me plannin my landing on the waterbed below (which has a couple superthick blankies on it ta protect it from our claws).

Exploring

AYLA:  I found a new place ta get up high on a few days ago!  I dont know why I never noticed it before.  But there isnt anny space to nap on up on the top.

I spose I could have shoved some stuff off to make room, but I prefer ta play tappy-tap with small stuff.

Highday Friday

AYLA:  I havent been up here in a while.  Its fun ta look down on Iza an pretend I am an eagle about ta swoop down on her (heh-heh-heh).  An its fun ta touch the ceiling while she is watching me, cuz she cant.

Top-Of-The-Cabinet Tuesday

AYLA:  Ive been really happy since TBT moved this stereo cabinet near the deck door.  I can be up high AND in the sun at the same time!

Sadly, there is less sun up here then there was just a couple weeks ago.  The sun is a little higher each morning...

I guess it just wont be up here at all pretty soon, so I am enjoyin it as much as I can.

Oh, I'll still be up here a lot, cuz its high.  But it wont be sunny.

Unless I can get TBT ta move it even closer ta the deck door.  Hmmmm...