Whacky Wednesday

 

Moe: Is our blog title word 'whacky' spelled right, or should we lose the 'h'?   Our typist - aka - mombean, isn't sure.

As you can see from my photo today - I am a little, um 'whacky' myself because we have a new scratching post with a little catnip added!

This makes my day!  I even shared it with Mindy.


Mindy:  Of course Moe you have to share!  I like the new catnip scratch post too!  Although, I don't seem to get as whacky.

I love investigating anything new, especially when it is something special for us.
Not much going on outside today - on account of the rainy day.  Apparently, it is supposed to rain tomorrow and into the weekend.   Yikes.  

This means that looking out of our window is not so much fun, however, there are a few brave birds at our feeder.   The pheasant shrieks when it wants seeds put out......so loud!

Here I am on the bed keeping dadbean company.  He is suffering from a bad cold, so I am helping him to feel better and get well quick!

Looks like I have to share with Mike and Moe too.  

Mindy:  I am quite sure that it is my care and attention that will do the most to cure dadbean! 

We hope our friends are having a drier day, perhaps even a sunny day!

Finally Friday

Moe says:

 

 

I have an announcement - our city council has voted to provide funds to help the local SPCA spay/neuter stray and feral cats!      

Halifax chips in $40,000 toward SPCA spay-neuter clinic | The Chronicle Herald


This money will also help low income families with this  surgery so that their pets will be healthier.

Good news.
 

Local Feral TNR

Mindy reporting today -

I thought I'd show you a link to an article posted on this site

http://meinkat.com/2013/05/06/salty-cats/

 about feral cat rescue in my city.



Pierre Filiatreault started working with feral cats at the naval dockyard a few years ago using trap-neuter-return which has turned out to be quite successful.  Here is his website:  Pierre's Alley Cat Society

We always buy one of his Dockyard Cats calendars to help support this effort.   Eventually Pierre would like to construct a cat sanctuary to help the feral cats even more. 

We salute Pierre for his success and great vision!!

Saturday Photo Hunt - Lazy

Moe says: Yes I am looking lazy this morning, however, I am not lazy at all, I am merely conserving my energy!   For instance, I may be called upon to warn intruder cats not to invade our yard.  So far, I am doing a great job, didn't see any strangers.

..... to visit more participants in today's Saturday Photo Hunt, visit this site and follow the links:

The Saturday Photo Hunt

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Thankful Thursday

Mike:  This is how I am going to spend today - I highly recommend this method.

The thankful part of this post is - we have a new computer, the old one kept losing its mind, well actually its memory.    It took us a few days to break it in - under my supervision of course, which is probably why it took so much time.

Have a great day everyone!

Photo Hunt - Wither

This tall perennial grass grows beside our driveway.  It is probably about 7 or 8 feet high and  it goes by the name of giant silver grass.   The long green leaves have 'withered' and were blown away by the winter winds, leaving behind these tall, dried stalks.    Now that  spring has arrived, these old stalks in their state of 'wither' will be cut back to allow the renewed growth to take over.

To see more participants, go to Photo Hunt

  

Moe:  I keep looking out of our window hoping to see lots of green grass.

I can see our planter where we grow our catnip - that is definitely in a state of wither!  I keep looking to see if it will grow again.  I am impatient, waiting is hard.


Mindy:  Lots of fog and wind outside, when I looked out of our window.

However, we have been told that it will be a sunny day tomorrow - after all it will be SUNday.


Cookie:  I am going to spend my day here in the music room/office space.

I have my choice of comfy office chairs to occupy.


Mike: Aw, you caught me taking my bath!

See, my toes are clean!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!!

Monday Morning

Moe:    First day of the week.  Tradition says that it is wash day

Therefore I am starting the week off right!


Mindy:   This is my favorite viewing spot - up high enough that I can see what goes on, when it happens, and who is planning to sneak up on me.

  

Also, I think I look good up here.



Mike:  My nose is healing up.

I still like to be first at meal times, so what's a few scratches when securing my position.


Cookie:  I decided not to pose for a photo session.

It's highly over rated.



We hope everyone is having much better spring weather than we are.  If so, could you send some of your warm weather our way?

Friday - Not Looking Forward to Weekend Weather!

We are supposed to get bad weather this evening, before midnight.  First rain, then on to freezing rain, snow, and eventually back to rain by tomorrow.  

We are simply going to ignore this situation.  We have many ways.  Take a look:


Cookie:  See my disgusted look.  When will I be able to go out on the deck again?

I want to see some nice green grass.  Will it ever turn green again?  
I will take a snooze while I wait.

Mindy: Oh, there's that darn flashy box!  I am looking a little bit crabby.

There! that's better, now I don't have the green 'lazer eyes' look.

Moe:  I just had a big fat idea.....

..... I know where to hunt for those delicious cat treats!!

I am almost certain that I saw them hidden in here!


Mike: Whatever,  I will stay comfortable right here.  Moe works best on his own.

However, if Moe does find something tasty - I'm right there!  

How are all of you going to spend your weekend - complaining and disgusted like we are - OR - are you going to share some exciting and/or interesting news wif us.   Show us some nice green grass, or some bright flowers, or some bird TV!   Well, you pick!!! 

Update!!!

As of 10:00 pm this evening, we looked out the door to see this, which is just getting started:

It is endless Winter even though it is officially Spring - however, Spring is not back from vacation yet.

How to Spend Wednesday

Photo Hunt - Quirky

We are participating in this week's  Photo Hunt.   The theme is "quirky".  One of the definitions of quirky is: A sudden sharp turn or twist.

We looked all around our house, we had almost given up, but there had to be at least one quirky thing that we were missing.

Then we looked up - and there it was!  That oddball plant that hangs over the table that we like to nap on.

It is certainly twisty and quirky.  Its formal name is 'hindu rope hoya', sometimes it produces waxy clusters of pink flowers.  Oh, another name for it is 'wax plant'.  

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Moe:      that is probably more than you all wanted to know about this plant!  I am going back to my job, which is looking out of the windows just in case there is something exciting going on out there.

Mindy:     Yep, Moe, that is important, so I will keep watch out of this window.   

 Please don't tell our hu-mom, that I am on the table!

Have a great weekend, everyone!