Team Tabby

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

2012-02-15T00:11:00.000-04:00

There simply has to be.......

...............a way to break in

Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T00:08:00.000-04:00

Rainy Weekend

2012-02-11T21:39:00.000-04:00

It is raining and raining so far this weekend. Our bird and squirrel "TV" isn't very interesting because the critters have sense enough to stay warm and dry and not venture out. So there is no activity around the bird feeder or in the yard.

We saw mombean trying to take a 'rain' photo this evening. We didn't want to hurt her feelings by saying to her that rain does not make an interesting photo.

However, one of her rain photo 'dud' shots - we liked.

Those small lit up rain drops looked almost like hearts to us.

Meanwhile, one of us saw an opportunity in the kitchen. A loaf of fiber bread was left unattended on the kitchen counter. It was, however, tucked safely into its bag......or so it was thought.

The Bread Thief has struck!

Moe: Oh no, who is so desperate? I mean 'fiber' is not the first thing I would think of to gnaw on.

I just can`t look!

Cookie: It wasn`t me, but I have a good idea who might be responsible.

Yes, indeed, I saw Mike getting a bit choked-up, a while ago. Bet he ate too much... ummm, fiber. I am willing to bet he`is the guilty one.

Mike says: You think it was me!!!

Bono says: Yep.

Also, I think it might also have been you that took the donut last night. It was wrapped in a paper napkin and placed in the upper cupboard for safe keeping - supposedly. It was found on the kitchen counter this morning, thoroughly gnawed.

Hummm, strange things sometimes happen during rainy weekends.......that is my story and I am sticking to it........signed, Mike.

Tabby Tuesday - Still Winter

2012-02-06T19:11:00.000-04:00

Yes, it is still winter where we are, but a good one so far. The outdoor rink across the street is great for skating, although we don't own skates and don't know of any kitties that do own skates. We do quite well without them.

Last Friday, we got this snow cloud. It arrived quickly and moved on just as quickly.

On Saturday morning, the sun came out and we woke up to this lovely winter scene in our backyard.

We love sunshine and sleep. So here is Bono and Mike enjoying a few colourful rays!

Our beans went away on Sunday to visit our furcousin, Bradley, and his people too, of course.

Doesn't he look comfy?

On the way back home, our beans got a photo of a beautiful sunset!

We hope everyone is enjoying a good week, hopefully with nice sunbeams and sunsets, too!!

Saturday with Mindy

2012-01-28T11:21:00.000-04:00

Mindy: On Thursday, our mombean went out for the day because she needed to do some shopping. However, her shopping included something for us!

This is a scratcher for cats and this model is called a Dream Curl. We have had lots of card board scratchers but Moe destroys them in no time - he simply adores cardboard of any kind. Loves to rip it into shreds and spread the pieces all over our place.

So far the new scratcher has passed the 'shred it' test! Most of us have been ignoring this creation though.

Sonbean uses it as a foot rest. So it is useful.

I thought I would pose with it to keep mombean happy. Have a great weekend everyone.

Tabby Tuesday

2012-01-24T10:56:00.000-04:00

We had a lovely weekend. It was sunny and cold but beautiful. On Friday we had snow which created a blanket of white over our landscape. This stayed until yesterday.

Today, however, it is pouring rain. The white blanket is gone. Mombean says there is no point in taking a photo and showing you our rain and fog. So - that means you will get a photo of me instead. I insisted on it.

Who wouldn't want to see me instead of all that drizzle? Oh, sorry I got a bit tired while waiting for mom to get her camera. Sorry, I didn't open my eyes. Well, by now you know much I hate posing for dat flashy box. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday!

Thankful Thursday

2012-01-19T00:07:00.001-04:00

We are very thankful for all of our treasured friends. We are thankful for many, many other things too - there is quite a big list. However, today we are thankful to our friends in far away Taiwan. Yesterday we received mail from Adan, Lego and Michico wishing us a Happy Chinese New Year. It starts on the 23rd of this month, which isn't far away.

It is the Year of the Dragon, so Michico created a lovely painting! Take a look - Adan is on the left and Lego on the right of the mighty painted dragon. We love this beautiful painting and we are very happy to receive a copy of it on this postcard.

Michico is very talented! If you didn't see their Wednesday post , Michico and her friend Malica created a lovely handmade figurine. We are thinking Lego was one of the models for the painted kitties.

We hope the Dragon Year will bring us all luck, good health and happiness!

Mancat Monday

2012-01-16T13:40:00.000-04:00

Moe says: In honor of Mancat Monday, may I present my handsome self.

It's been busy here on account of mombean painting the ceiling in the L-part of the living room. I just get comfortable in an easy chair with the sun streaming through the window onto me......then the next time I go to get into that comfy chair, it's gone!! I don't mean forever, but in a different place, and not where I can soak up some sunshine. Things get moved around because of the painting. I hates this changing things around business. I was almost ready to hide the paint brushes, when, thankfully, it was done. Yeah, I'm so happy -' order' has returned and 'chaos' is gone!

Mega purrs from me.

Special Wednesday!

2012-01-04T16:07:00.006-04:00

It is our Auntie Bean's birthday today!!

BonBon and Mike: We send you purrs and headbutts!

Moe: I wish that your dreams come true! (I hope my dreams come true, also, heh!)

Mindy: I want to send you sunshine and roses! I did get the sunshine part right, today it's beautiful! I might need more help with the roses part.

Cookie: I want to wish you the best birthday ever, and all that is good in the year ahead!

Mombean helped us make a birthday card for you, hope you like it!!

We loves you!

Tabby Tuesday

2012-01-03T00:05:00.003-04:00

We're having a long winter's nap!

It has been an exhausting holiday season. What a hard job it is to keep track of our 'beans' comings and goings - you have to do this, or you might miss out on something good. From where you see us - Bono and Mike - we can monitor the kitchen sounds and smells. We can usually get something yummy if we are being pesky in da kitchen and depending on who is there.

Our 'beans just got back from da grocery store and we checked all the bags. Another exhausting job.

Now, back to our naps.

Happy New Year - 2012!

2012-01-01T00:03:00.014-04:00

To old friends, new friends and soon-to-be friends............

.........we want to wish everyone all the very best for the year 2012.

May this be the best year yet!

Happiness

2011-12-26T16:09:00.000-04:00

We had ourselves a great Christmas Day! Santypaws left treats for everyone.

Mike: I had so much fun unwrapping presents.

After that, our very favorite time, Christmas dinner with TURKEY! This made all of us happy!

Mike: Tallson gave me some scritchees.......I love having attention, in fact I would like to have ALL the attention! This makes me happy.

Moe: My version of happiness is having some turkey, then stretching out on the clothes dryer when it is running - it is SO warm!!

Bono: While Moe is snoozing, I'm watching the washer drain. I don't know why, but I find rushing water so much fun to watch - it makes me happy!

Our hope is that everyone had a happy Christmas and was able to share it with their loved ones.

Happy Birthday to TallSon

2011-12-21T00:05:00.003-04:00

Our mombean and dadbean's younger son, the one we call TallSon has a birthday today! He was born on the 21st, the Winter Solstice, 26 yrs. ago.

Happy Birthday, TallSon!! Even though you don't live here anymore, I - Moe - remembers when you encouraged mombean to adopt me exactly 10 years ago. I was the first cat in the family. Then my sisfur, Mindy, came to live here too. We miss you, but we are glad you are happy and doing well.

TallSon is finishing up courses in digital animation, here is his demo reel:

demo reel

Countdown - Fourth Week of Advent

2011-12-19T03:35:00.000-04:00

Moe

Our people seem to be busy all of the time lately. It is hard for us to snoopervise when they won't stay in one place long enough for us to approve of all that happens.

Mombean seems to be making out lots of lists, then she loses them. There is no hope with that. We heard her on the phone inviting a bunch of relatives to dinner on Friday. Well anything involving food isn't such a bad idea. We bet some of those extended family members are going to be over whelmed with our cuteness and give us lots a treats. This could work out nicely. I think I will sleep on this idea a bit more.

Meanwhile here is photo of grandbean's cross stitch birds

A closeup of this photo show the elves that
Georgia and Tillie's mom made.

Our Christmas Card

2011-12-18T22:03:00.019-04:00

This is Team Tabby's Christmas card. Please take a copy if you would like to have it.

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Cards we received:

Cats of Wildcat Woods

From: Fui, Suey and Lishy.

From: The Island Cats: Wally, Ernie, and Zoey

From Ginger Jasper:

From Huffle:

From Goldie, Shade, & Banshee

from the Florida Fur Kids & Angel Sniffie

From Jan's Funny Farm

From:

"meowmeowmans"  Sammy, Moosey, Mom Tracey, and Dad Kevin

From: Artemisia, Fenris, Socks & Scylla

From: Fuzzy Tales - Derry, Nicki & Kim

From: Manx Mnews

From: Zoolatry

From: Eric & Flynn

From: Tillie & Georgia

From: Cat's Cats

From: The Meezers

From: Four Crazy Cats

From: Life From A Cat's Perspective

From: Tails From the Foster Kittens

From: A Wizard and an Angel

Friday Night

2011-12-16T22:52:00.000-04:00

Our Christmas tree is up and we can relax. Since this morning some wall paint got applied, it dried, and the tree got put up.

Bono: I am the Christmas tree inspector. I watched from a comfortable place while things were happening!

Mindy: I made sure our tree is nice and straight!

Then I rolled on the carpet, to view it from another angle.

Cookie: Mindy, I am watching you. That looks like fun, but I am too comfortable to get out of this chair

Moe: I found a quiet place to hang out. Now I can have a long nap.

Mike: I can't find a quiet place Moe, can I share come of your space?

We have to be careful, see those frosty snowmen? They are made of breakable glass. That is why they are placed away up high. Dadbean made those eons ago.

Another thing, our coldbox has more goodies like cream cheese......we will definitely have to help mombean with her Christmas baking.

Have a great weekend everyone!! Stay warm. Our run of mild weather is coming to an end.

Busy Weekend

2011-12-11T16:48:00.002-04:00

We kitties are not the busy ones, but we are keeping an eye on all activities! Sometimes a great opportunity comes along if we are vigilant and if we are in the kitchen at the right time.

A delicious dessert called Pavlova is something that gets made in our kitchen around the Christmas season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlova_(food)

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This is what got made in our kitchen!! Yum, yum. We get to lick the beaters afterwards

Mindy: I love whipped cream

Moe: Me too!

Moe, Cookie and Mike - sharing in the whipped cream goodness!

After that nothing very interesting happened. Mombean is fixing this wall in the living room after an old chimney got removed - now how is Santa going to get in here?

And dadbean was using this to fix some pipes in our cellar. We are not allowed to go there, but it would be fun the explore all the hidey places - when that torch is shut off! Mombean would like our water back on again soon!

We hope everyone is having a great weekend, perhaps even a busy one!!

Finally Friday

2011-12-09T16:05:00.004-04:00

We've been checking a few blogs and realize it is time to put up our fake tree for Christmas. We used to have a 'real' tree. It was lots of fun. There was always flavored water underneath it to drink and the branches smelled like the outdoors. We used to taste those branches, to make sure our tree was nice and fresh. The new tree is not as much fun, though. The fun is in watching our people try and remember how it all goes together, always a struggle, hee, hee.

Mindy

Moe

Bono

Mike

Have a GREAT weekend everyone!

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PS - bonus pics

Late this afternoon, around 4:45 pm

Setting sun in the west

A quick turn around, pointing east, to see the rising moon

It was a beautiful day!!

Beginning the Second Week of Advent

2011-12-04T21:49:00.000-04:00

Our 'beans were gone a couple of days this week, but returned Saturday night. They went to visit some family members that will be away at Christmas and celebrated with good food, fellowship and a few laughs. They are done with traveling for now and we are more than happy about that.

We can relax now,

As we approach the festive season, it is a time to keep in mind those who need our prayers and our support. Abby over at MANX MNEWS says this so well.

Purring for Ginger Jasper

2011-12-02T10:27:00.001-04:00

Moe: Evurryone at our house is purring and purraying that our buddy Ginger Jasper gets well again very soon!

Ann at Zoolatry sent us this lovely graphic to share. Please send him and his mom and dad some purrs and prayers and wishes that he recover and "turn the corner" soon.

Windy, Wet, Wednesday

2011-11-30T15:19:00.000-04:00

A week ago on a Wednesday, we posted a picture of our first snowfall of the season -

Here we are, another Wednesday, a week later -

Snow is gone! Lots of wind, rain, mild temperatures though.

Here comes the flashy box!

Mindy

Moe

Bono

Mike

We hope everyone is having a happy, treat-filled day!

Secret Food Stash

2011-11-29T11:48:00.003-04:00

Moe: I found it!

It is actually Cookie's reduced protein food. Tastes good whatever the flavor.

Mike: When will it be my turn, Moe?

Thanksgiving

2011-11-24T11:11:00.001-04:00

Winter in Atlantic Canada

2011-11-23T15:34:00.003-04:00

Our first snowfall of the season.

Snow sliding off our bird feeder - our snowstorms are often mixed with rain. Our word for this situation is, "greasy".

Our street is not plowed, but the school bus made it up our hill anyway!

Mindy: Bleh! glad I'm indoors.

Mombean here: I like to capture photos of the first snowfall, it looks so picturesque.

Window Cats

2011-11-22T13:48:00.003-04:00

Last time we reported in, mombean was away at grandbean's house. Grandbean's kitty, Pip, has gone on to the Rainbow Bridge to be with her sisfur, Squeak. Pip lived to be 18 years old.

Grandbean, however, is not without a cat though. She still has Stripes. Mombean got a photo of him to show you all.

Stripes is a senior kitty and he is a very quiet and mellow, fellow. Mombean has never heard him 'miaow'!! He is very good company for grandbean.

While mombean was visiting she took a photo of a photo in the upstairs hallway. Grandbean just had her 87th birthday last month! We posted about it here:
birthday

The copied photo is one of grandbean but taken on her wedding day in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1946. We thought you might like to see it.

We were glad when mombean returned because we missed her. Things are back to 'normal', which means we should get on with the theme of our post - windows. We love our windows. Just take a look.

Mindy is looking into the backyard. It is cool this morning and the birdies are flocking to our feeder looking for sunflower seeds.

Moe: I better look too. Bird 'TV' is the best.

Perhaps we'll both look out of the windows!

Notice that we each have our OWN window!

Bono has a window all to himself as well.

Bono: I likes the heat, so I is in this sunny window. I may even take a nap on the window sill.

Cookie: Do you mind if I don't seek out a window? I was having a lovely nap until I was disturbed by that darn flashy box.

I think I'll have a few more zzzzzzzzzzzzzz's before lunch.

Mike: did someone mention lunch/food?

Mombean, we have a problem. I check this container that we keep our food in - and it is almost EMPTY! It needs refilling right away.

Mombean says: Don't panic, Mike, I have a secret supply. We are not out of food.

Our hope is that everyone has enough food and a window or two to look out from. Have a great day!

Blog Blast for Peace

2011-11-04T02:19:00.001-03:00

Grant us Peace

Mombean is Away

2011-11-03T15:34:00.000-03:00

Mindy here, just wanted to say we may not be able to blog for a few days.

Our mombean is going to away to be with grandbean.

Grandbean's kitty is not well. It is most likely kidney failure, mom thinks. Her kitty, Pip, is 18 years old, maybe older, mom isn't sure.

Grandbean needs some help to deal with this. We'll be back when we can.

November Tuesday

2011-11-01T18:49:00.001-03:00

We've been gone for a week and missing out on visiting and updating our blog, because our human beans went away and left son bean in charge. Son bean does know lots about computers, but not about blogging. Also, we had to train him to get us breakfast on time.

Bono decided that a good nap after breakfast is very productive!

He is dreaming of menu ideas for the next meal.

While our humans were away visiting relatives, they took a trip to a local vineyard.

These are bigger grapes than the vine in our backyard produces. However, mombean made two small jars of grape jelly from ours. We were proud of her efforts even though we don't like grape jelly.

When they got back, mombean went over to her sister's home. Her sister is Tillie's mom

You can see Tillie's mombean making coffee before the two of them went out on their Ghost Walk. They waited until nearly Halloween to go on the tour because by then it would be dark when the tour started.

They met the other beans going on the tour at the Town Clock

They met up with about 30 other people and the storyteller too. Off they went! This building is one of the oldest in the city. It is now a restaurant.

Mombean said they were told that a spirit hangs out by the salad bar. She wasn't sure about that, but they certainly have spirits in some of their other bars.

Mombean took a few pictures of some of the old buildings they passed

Last night Mike was being helpful as usual. He helped mombean get out the Halloween goodies to pass out at our door.

Cookie insisted that he accompany mom outside in the yard this morning.

It is a lovely, sunny day and he saw this Chickadee rush over to the bird feeder after mombean added more sunflower seeds to it.

Cookie, however, was too busy eating blades of fresh, green grass to take much notice of it.

Mindy wants to show you the Canada Holly that grows wild in our backyard.

People collect it to make arrangements for decorating.

Is is my turn now?

Hi, it's Moe. I just wanted to show you all my handsome face!

Mindy on Monday

2011-10-24T00:04:00.000-03:00

Mindy: I am in charge of our blog this morning.

See my laptop? It does not fit my paws very well, so I get mombean to do the typing.

Here is Bono (the hopeful). He loves milk or cream. But, guess what, I don't think that there is any of that
left in the small pitcher.

Cookie is also in the kitchen. If there are going to be handouts, he is ready and waiting!

Before I forget, I wanted to show you our fall crocus. They were quite lovely, until we had all that rain last Thursday.

Also some people in our area have started decorating for Halloween, some in a big way!

Oh, there is my brother, Moe. Yes, we are litter mates, and sometimes I tease him, he doesn't like that, but that's okay because he can't get into my hiding place!!

Last there is Mike. Last because, he was the last one to come into our family. He is the biggest and loudest of all us kitties here.

Hope everyone is having a good start to the week!!

Catch Up Thursday

2011-10-20T13:19:00.001-03:00

We are back today, after taking a break. Actually, mombean took a break. The other two beans in our home - dadbean and sonbean - do not know how to help us blog. They know lots about computers, which is useful, especially when the computers suffer from hairballs.

Mombean went away to help grandbean celebrate her 87th birthday! Here's a photo of the two of them, they were making plans to go out to have a celebration lunch, along with auntiebean.

They had a great lunch, then took a sightseeing drive to the bay which wasn't far away. Mombean says the bay is called the Bay of Fundy which has very high and low tides.

We are guessing that this is low tide! We were not there; however if there were lobsters in those traps at the end of the wharf, we could have been pursuaded.

Next they returned to auntibean's home, which is ruled by our furcousin, Bradley. Bradley insisted we post his photo for the girl cat's to admire. The first closeup photo shows him lying on the floor, giving mombean a 'dare touch by belly' look. She just took the photo, she knows better.

Mombean likes this photo she took of him.

When she got home, finally, we were all there to greet her.

Mindy

Moe

Bono: did you wake me up just for a picture?

Mike

Um, mombean are these edible?

No, Mike, those are grapes. That is our entire crop from our one vine. I hope to make a couple jars of jelly!

Mike: how is our catnip growing?

Mom: Slowly.

We hope eveyone is having a great Thursday! We are all going to take another nap - it's raining.

Frosty Friday

2011-10-07T12:33:00.002-03:00

Good Morning! Cookie reporting to day.

I just checked to see if the lap top is on. Next I'll get mombean to help me with our blog.

It has turned cold, yesterday we saw some snow flurries, yikes.

However, in spite of a sunny morning, mombean went out on the deck and saw frost!

It won't last though, which is good because I like going out on the deck, but hate cold feet! Before the sun hits the garden, mombean took a couple of 'frost' pictures.

Our grass

at the edge of the lawn, the plants look so white.

Don't worry they'll survive, it's a light frost.

As soon as this blog post is finished, mombean is going to get busy. She has been collecting ingredients. Huh, ingreedy....what? Not sure what she means. I see, she says it has to do with food. Ok, I'm interested, I LOVE food.

Cookie: Mombean what IS this stuff on da countertop?

Mombean: I need to make a vegan Tourtiere and a vegan friendly pumpkin pie.

Cookie: Oh, now I remember, someone in our family does not eat meat or dairy and they are having a get together to celebrate three birthdays and Canadian Thanksgiving, too. Um, how can you have a proper celebration without turkey?

Mombean: Oh, Cookie, there's going to be a roast turkey, would be like us to bring you back some?

Cookie: I bet you know what my answer was!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, and on Monday - Canadian kitties celebrate Thanksgiving and in the US it is Columbus Day!

Wednesday Washday with Bono

2011-10-05T01:42:00.000-03:00

I heard dat washing machine start up. I raced - okay, maybe I just walked fast - to the laundry room.

After a bazillion years da machine stopped churning and sloshing around - den comes the exciting part. All da water dat was in da machine comes rushing out, really fast. This is my favorite part!! Then da water swirls around and around in da set tub, it's fascinating to watch - really, try it yourself.

After a few minutes da waters start disappearing into da drain hole at the bottom of the tub. After dat, I's not sure where it goes, but the fun part is over a'cause der's no more water left.

I wish mombean would come and watch wif me, she is missing all the fun!

October 2nd is LiveStrong Day

2011-10-02T00:35:00.000-03:00

We are supporting the global movement LiveStrong Day
which is a day of global, collective action in the fight against cancer.

http://welivestrongtoday.blogspot.com/

Cookie is a cancer survivor - almost two years now, it is why he had to have his tail removed. His previous owner died from breast cancer after a very long battle with it.

Tabby Tuesday

2011-09-27T07:45:00.000-03:00

Happy Tuesday to everyone! We are having some awesome early fall days here. The sun is shining and it is HOT again. Makes up for the the drizzly, foggy days we had over the summer.

Mike - I found a great place that's cooling to lie on. Can you guess where I am?

Bono - I love the heat. I am lying in the sun, soaking up the rays.

Moe - I found a comfy spot on the floor. Now if I could have a snack, too, I'd call this a perfect day.

Mindy - I like this comforter, it's soft and cozy. The mancats don't come in here very often, and that suits me fine.

Cookie - It's portrait time. I thought I'd show you my handsome face and my whisker bumps.

We received the "You Are An Inspiration Award" from Brian and we are so pleased he passed this on to us!

Though we are not 'new' bloggers, Brian is a 'new' friend with an inspirational blog of his own! Thank you, Brian!

Now we would like to pass this award on to Tillie and Georgia. Besides being our furcousins, they have inspired us over the years with their own terrific blog, so we would like to show our appreciation!

Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-21T16:21:00.001-03:00

Well it's Wednesday afternoon already and no post from us!! We got tired of looking handsome, pretty, cute, fetching - oh, but there are five of us, we need one more adjective - ummmm, what about awesome?
We'll let our visitors figure out which word applies to which of us.

We were ready to do 'wordless' but that didn't happen for us - because mom's busy - and we need some fun.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!!!

Meow Like A Pirate Day!

2011-09-19T01:02:00.000-03:00

It's September 19th, so you know what that means!!!!

We're ready and willing, mates.

Avast me hearties, it's time to go on the account and seek out da booty to fill our treasure chest. Pieces 'o eight twill do, but it's doubloons we're after. Our hold has premium nip grog, all the tuna you can eat and our ship is fast. So it's time to set sail, so join our crew and be off!! We have vessels to plunder, we rule the seas!! We meow like pirates.....wait, we ARE pirates, arrrrh!!

Saturday With Bono

2011-09-17T14:56:00.001-03:00

Oh, no. I didn't get any stinky goodness this morning - at all. Nor did a get a spoonful of milk. I think I am losing my touch!

I tried really hard to give my humans the pleading look, the soft meow, I tried to look skinny - what am I doing wrong.

Ok, ok, I did get my breakfast, but I look forward to those little extras........so do the other four kitties....but I'm the one that asks in the nicest way.

Wordless Wednesday

2011-09-14T00:07:00.000-03:00

Afternoon Tea

2011-09-12T00:00:00.000-03:00

Mindy says: I'll start off our post today, since Moe is distracted. Over what, you say? Oh, usually it's because he thinks he is starving and not getting enough food. He lives for food and catnip.

While our humans were ~~abandoning~~ er,away from us, they visited this lovely park.

This property once belonged to Canada's 10th prime minister and this building has a 'tea room' where you can get lunch and traditional English afternoon tea. The menu, however, is written in French, the official language of the province of Quebec. Yes, the property is located in the lovely Gatineau Hills. It's about a 15 minute drive from Ottawa.

While waiting for tea and lunch to arrive, they demonstrated how to raise your 'pinky finger' when you are drinking the tea from a teacup.

Aren't they being silly!!During lunch, here is the beautiful garden that can be seen from the outdoor tearoom - what a view.

Our mombean saw this lovely Monarch butterfly visiting the flowers!

Moe says: I would have a wonderful time there catching those butterflies. I knows just how to sneak up and - 'gotcha'!!

Mindy, lets make sure we get to go along next time they goes away someplace. They would have lots more fun, if we did that!!

Remembering 11Sept 2001

2011-09-11T22:30:00.003-03:00

This is a link to joe's nyc. Joseph Holmes is a photographer who lives in New York city and posts photos of the city on his blog and we have been following it for years. He has a special photo for today; he took it from the WTC in 1985.

We remember the tragic events this anniversary day holds, and this makes us sad.This is a photo of a place near our home, taken this evening. It is very peaceful there.

We wish everyone could have a peaceful place to live and a contented heart!

Wandering Wednesday

2011-09-08T17:53:00.002-03:00

Mindy says: We were not wandering, our beans were though.

They were gone on a road trip. They went to our capital city, Ottawa. They said the round trip was over 4,000km. Our country is big mombean says. Mombean's sister who is Tillie and Georgia's mom, also went to Ottawa, but she flew on an airplane and got there first!

Here they are in the 'downtown' part of the city.

They liked theByWard Market

fresh fruit and

garlic

Mombean liked the mix of old/new buildings. This 19th century house is a heritage house and cannot be removed, it is supposed to be haunted. She found this out by going on this walking tour - at night! She said it was all in fun.

She didn't see any cats on this tour because they were all at home (of course), same as us!

However she did see one of our ancectors here:

This is the Canadian Museum of Nature

She said that Dinictis lived in the plains of North America about 30 million years ago. She said she wasn't scared of this one because it wasn't alive or even real because they are now extinct. This model is what the humans think it might have looked like. We are very impressed!

Here is something that is not extinct! Our nip is just a bit scarce.

That is because Moe does not believe in saving any for later!!

He's just a little nipped-out right now and can't talk straight. He's hugging the floor mat because it still smells like nip. Yes, it was fresh nip from our garden. Mom says we have to let it grow some more before she can pick some more.

Sigh :(

Mancat Monday

2011-08-22T00:03:00.001-03:00

Time for Mancat Monday, with me, Moe. Notice I am looking at the camera for once. Occasionally it's a good idea to pose - er - show off a bit. Of course I did expect to be compensated. I told mom I would accept stinky goodness, some 'nip or Temptations. Preferably all three.

Do other cats have any nose freckles like I do?

Whisker Hump Wednesday

2011-08-17T00:17:00.002-03:00

Today we honour Kismet the originator of the term Whisker Humps. We think on Wednesdays it will be a fitting memorial to the originator of the moniker "mancat" i. e. 'Mancat Mondays'. Yep, and it caught on. Perhaps Whisker Hump Wednesdays will catch on too.

Here are ours!

Moe

Mindy

BonBon (aka Bono)

Mike

We think Kismet would be proud of all our 'whisker humps'.

How about you, are you participating? It's all in fun

You will find out more about it at the Cat Blogosphere

Monday, Monday

2011-08-15T00:06:00.006-03:00

Mindy, blogging today - as the song says "Monday Monday so good to me"

I think I will take it easy and enjoy the day.

I hope for everyone it "will be all you hoped it will be"

PS mom wants to know if anyone remembers the singing group - The Mamas and the Papas?

Right now, I think I will "dream a little dream"

PS One of the members of the band, Denny Doherty, was born and raised in our city.

Wednesday Washday

2011-08-10T00:51:00.002-03:00

BonBon: Fresh and clean, I love laundry. I don't care that it's not folded, it's much nicer like this.

Weekend Cat Blogging #322

2011-08-07T01:11:00.005-03:00

Mindy

Mombean made a portrait of me, today. She tried a new technique. She got the texture here Pixel Dust Photo Art

Weekend Cat Blogging #322

2011-08-06T09:21:00.025-03:00

We've decided to join in on Weekend Cat Blogging.

It's the weekend and it is sunny, yay, after many days of rain, thunder storms, oh yes, and fog.

So here are the five of us - in a happy mood.

Moe

Mindy

BonBon

Mike

Weekend Cat Blogging is hosted this weekend by
CatSynth

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

In the Garden on Thursday

2011-08-04T13:16:00.013-03:00

We have a garden, so we thought we would participate in the Society of Feline Gardeners with Jonesie and Figaro

Mike here, and I am showing you around our Garden today.

This flowering bush is 'climbing honeysuckle'. It does need a fence to climb on, a sturdy fence preferrably. Actually there are two bushes here - one is rosey pink and the other orangey pink. I can't believe I am saying this; it's as if I know what I am talking about!!

The hummingbirds really like this bush, here is a close-up of the flowers.

Next up is one of our ~~yummy-looking~~ critters. It takes birdseed and hides it in several of its dens.

This is another visitor to our garden. I am thinking it is called Hummingbird Moth. Anyone know for sure?

Okay, moving along. This is our bird bath and some hostas.

Nearby is a Japanese Fern.

You are probably wondering by now, how I know so much about gardening. It is all written out for me. I was ~~bribed~~ asked if I would do this while my sisfur and brofur went off to Bora Bora.

I have one more critter picture to show you, and it's a lovely ~~delicious-looking~~ robin.

That's all for this week, the end, I quit! I am so exhausted.....I need a nap. Please have some nip-ade, and find your own way out.

Cheers, Mike

Bora Bora Here We Come

2011-08-04T00:28:00.010-03:00

The two of us, Moe and Mindy, have decided to join Gracie in Bora Bora!

Yesterday at our place, it thundered loudly for hours and we don't like that. Tonight the thunder and lightening has started up again - is there no end to this? Of course, that means it is raining again, too. We were going to join Cory to attend the weekly meeting of the Society of Feline Gardeners at the Headquarters. However, because of the impossible weather and our mom's busy, we packed and have already left and arrived to absolutely beautiful weather.......Oh, we feel so much better!!

We left BonBon, Cookie and Mike behind because they couldn't all agree on when and if they are coming. Also, we told them they were packing way too much stuff, so that caused a very heated discussion. So, in a nutshell - a coconut one - they are going to make their own arrangements.

Oh, this is the life! Later, we're going fishing, and meet up with our friends.

Rainbow, Thunder and Lightening

2011-08-03T03:18:00.015-03:00

On Tuesday our day went well, until about 5:00 pm......

See us? - Moe and Mindy - in the stairwell, where we feel safe.

We heard noises outside da house. Mom went out on the deck to check. This is what she saw.

We were informed that a thunderstorm was beginning. Our powers went out - twice! We decided to keep hiding in the stairwell. It rained very hard and thunder rolled. After an hour it got brighter. We saw a glimpse of the sun and then this rainbow!

There are two rainbows in this picture.

We enjoyed the rainbow lots, we liked the colors.

The sun was setting, and we thought the storm was over, but oh, no!

This time mombean got a photo of lightening! The storm was NOT over.

Mindy: I stayed put in the stairwell, but Moe ran under the bed. We were stuck in our hide-y places until after midnight!! Can you guess that we do not like storms that flash and boom?

Monday With BonBon

2011-08-01T00:21:00.003-03:00

I am also known as 'Bono' at the place where I am living now because my old nickname "Bonnie" didn't suit a mancat, mombean says. She found out that I am sixteen years old. I could have told her that, but I let her figure it out for herself.

Mombean says I always look this sad, even when I am happy.

When I needed a home, my new family took me in. That was about two years ago, or maybe it was three, I don't keep track.

When I was at my old home, I was a 'scaredy-cat because there was a lot of other cats there too, and some were bullies. I spent a lot of time on my own in the kitchen on a window sill. It was okay though, but I was very happy to leave there and come to live here, where I am now. I get along with my new buddies that came here before me.

My favorite things in life are mealtimes, sleeping, watching water run out of the tap and getting attention from my beans. I give purrs and headbutts when I am content, but still all low-key expressions of affection. I have been known to chase the occasional feather thingy, but that stuff is for the younger kitties here - you know, the ten year old ones.

I have a favorite cardboard box lined with a soft towel to curl up in. If you have any questions for me, you will find me asleep in my box.

Finally Friday

2011-07-29T08:20:00.002-03:00

Mike is working on our blog post for today

PS he's got the whole day to do it.

Cookie is Thankful!

2011-07-27T19:24:00.005-03:00

Cookie here: All of your purrs, grrrs, purrayers, whinnies, stomps, chirps and snorts of encouragement and positive feelings for me, have been working!!

I can see again! THANK YOU!!

Perhaps not 100 percent, but I am well able to go from room to room without bumping into anything. As many of you already know, I went to my vet to get my teeth cleaned, but something unusual happened that never occured at that clinic before - I lost my sight when I woke up. They took good care of me and did lots of research and said there was a chance I would regain my sight within two weeks, but I was their first case of this unusual occurence.

After a week and a half, I went back to the vet for followup and had a great check-up......and they gave me a test. They tried standing in front of me, but I went around the vet and the vet-techs without running into them. This made them so happy. Of course I am even more happier that I did not run into anyone or thing!

I still have trouble with depth perception, at least I heard the beans talking about this. Not sure what that is but I think it is why I am not allowed to go up and downstairs on my own - on account of, I can't see the edges of the steps very well.

Oh, and the vet said I couldn't go outside. I promised I would stay on the deck, but of course that is a NO for me. I guess they know I will try to get off and go look for some yummy grass to chow down on. Guess I will have to stay in our office and make sure mombean gets our posts organized to publish.

Look, I have the office chair first.

I am so thankful that everyone's healing thoughts for me have helped me through my struggles with temporary blindness - at least it was temporary! Now I want to take a moment to pass on my own purrs and purrayers to all of those in the Cat Blogosphere that are in need and have their own serious health issues. Mombean was telling me that there are many that we need to keep in our thoughts and in our hearts.

Headbutts and purrs from Cookie.

Fog on Friday

2011-07-22T00:04:00.000-03:00

Hi, it's Mindy.

I am watching the mancats I live with. Moe is really being silly because mombean brought in a few catnip leaves from our plant on the deck. I like it in moderation, but Moe goes nuts.

The others, meh, take it or leave it. Moe? He looks a little 'out of it'.

I think I will find a comfortable spot to spend today. Yesterday mom took this photo of our sky in the morning, only the sun was redder than this

Then mom came up with one of her mom-isms - it went like this.

'red sky in the morning, sailors take warning'

If you say so mombean! We did get wind and then fog

This is our front yard, our roadway and beyond is our neighbour's yard and you can definitely see fog.

Our local forecast for Friday is possible thunder showers -oh no! at the first boom, I will be in hiding.

Helpful on Thursday & Farewell to Ninifee

2011-07-21T07:11:00.006-03:00

We just found out that our friend Ninifee in Germany, has crossed over the Rainbow Bridge to join her boyfriend Pigeldy. Christiane is heartbroken and we have lost a good friend. We send comforting hugs and purrs.
..............................

Well, we had good intentions today. We were going to help mombean wif da laundry.

Mombean says it's gonna rain today so she is putting it off. Darn, we always snoopervise and make sure the laundry has lots of furs. Sometimes, oops, it lands on da floor.

Cookie says:

Mike is trying out my new 'room'

I think he finds it comfy.

Cookie Reports

2011-07-19T12:03:00.004-03:00

Cookie on Wednesday: I'm giving a bit of an update --

All of your purrs, purrayers and good thoughts have been working for me - a big THANK YOU!! Even though I am still without sight, I'm a much happier mancat. Confusion is now being replaced with routines and I can find things better. Mombean helped me figure out how to get in and out of my 'room' (the giant-sized woofie crate) . It has a lip on the front about 4 inches high, so mombean left the door open and put my front paws up over it onto the floor outside and left my hind paws inside it, and I went out like this a few times. Now that I know I am not going to fall of a cliff, I go in and out on my own now, which is good 'cause that's where my things are.

Mike comes in and hangs out wif me, just like old times, but he has a habit of helping himself to my snacks. I got lots of those and mombean says I have even put on some weight. She and da vet worried I wasn't eating and drinking enough - ha! That stinky goodness I get sure is yummy.

I'll update if I have more news to share and once again thanks so much for your support, it has meant a lot to all of us!! The CB is so caring.

Cookie: I'm much calmer today. Yep, that means that I wasn't when I woke up at the vet hospital and couldn't see anything. Since I can't see to get around, I need a safe place to stay when no one is around to help me, like at night.

At first I fought being my new 'room'. I tipped over my water dish and then walked through my litter box, of course I shook my paws. Mom said I was messy, the wet litter makes a kind of mud which dries like cement.

Mombean had to put me in a tub with a couple of inches of water. Yuck.

That was okay because I couldn't really clean my feet with all that litter clay on them.

Then she had to clean the tub.

My beans got me a new kind of litter called silica crystals.

I tried walking on it and it sounds crunchy and feels strange, but I'm getting used to it. I can't make as much mess with it - oh well, fun while it lasted. Even though it is low, I am still sometimes missing the box. My new 'room' is such a nuisance.

My favorite thing to do though is get comfortable in my new bed, which is in ~~'my'~~ our office and guide mombean through our blog posts when I know she is at the computer.

As you can see I take frequent snooze breaks. These pictures show I have no tail, that is because I am also a cancer survivor and have had my tail tumor removed a year and a half ago. That adjustment wasn't as hard as this one is.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Mancat Monday

2011-07-18T00:03:00.002-03:00

Mombean, when you took my photo, were you playing around with da camera's filters?

Cookie is Home

2011-07-16T19:26:00.008-03:00

Cookie reporting, with assistance: I am home and so glad of it too! Home is best and I can really get a good rest now.

I don't remember much since early Thursday when I went to the vet to get my teeth cleaned. Good news is they are clean and I didn't lose any teeth while I was sleeping, but I did lose my sight. It became a big mystery at da vet hospital. The staff made lots of phone calls and got on the internet and it seems that I have about a fifty/fifty chance I will get it back, I figure that is way better than zero.

My beans took me to the emergency clinic for the night. The staff took good care of me, but it was hard to get comfortable, I had a IV in my arm and they gave me oxygen but I didn't feel much like eating or drinking. The place was busy. Mombean said they brought in two large and very sick woofies. Mombean said the front doors at this place were guarded by two big fluffy kitties. Mom thought they probably lived there.

Friday dadbean took me back to the vet clinic and I stayed there until today. Da vet thought it best if I was confined at least for a little while until I get my bearings and learn all over again where things are. So I got sent home wif dis big pet carrier. Take a look,I'm told it is LARGE and roomy enough for me and all my stuff.

Nice gesture, but I don't like it!

My beans bought me a new bed and put it in the PTU, nope, not gonna try it in there. Then mombean brought it out of there. Well, I walked around on it for a while and then I felt sleepy. You know, it's kinda soft and just my size. Ahhhh, I think I will nap now and forget all about the last coupla days.

Oh, almost forgot, THANK YOU so much for all the get well wishes and the encouragement!! This means a lot to me and I will try very hard to get back to my 'old self'......I can say that because I am a senior kitty....'night...ZZZZZZZZZ.

Purrs for Cookie

2011-07-15T05:59:00.007-03:00

Cookie is in the emergency clinic and spent the night there.

He developed a complication following a routine procedure, which could leave him permanently blind.

Yesterday, Cookie went into our vet clinic to have his teeth cleaned. He is an older cat and his vet felt that bacteria in his mouth could affect his heart. He had tests for blood, heart and kidney function the day before as a routine check up. His kidneys are responding well to his daily supplement which is good news.

However, he was put under anesthesia for the cleaning and was doing well following this, but sometime later it was discovered that he could not see probably due to a blood clot or sometimes it is because of lack of oxygen. He did so well on his tests, that this was not considered a risk and his vet clinic had never ever had such a case before. So he is getting oxygen therapy and he is not very happy. It is possible he my regain his sight, we of course are hoping for that. In the meantime, we are trying to get him eating and drinking. His is a smart cat and knows he is in trouble and loudly expresses his frustration.

Today we are taking him from the overnight emergency clinic and returning him to the vet clinic and hoping for some good news.

........Mindy, Moe, BonBon, Mike and mombean Nina

Whitey Wednesday

2011-07-13T00:02:00.001-03:00

Hi everyone!
BonBon, aka Bono - taking over blog duties today.

I am mombean's quietest mancat. I decided to let mom take my photo and she agreed to help me with posting our blog today.

We kitties spend a lot of time watching the critters in our backyard. Today I want to show you the squirrel on mombean`s "squirrel proof" bird feeder. This is a very highly movitated squirrel because, as you can all see, nothing stops it from raiding those sunflower seeds. I find the whole process highly entertaining, of course, especially when mom gets highly annoyed with the critter.
I keep telling her that I could take care of the problem for her, heh.

Another critter that made mombean much happier instead, is this luna moth.

It crawled over her hand and she got a picture of it, then she put it deep inside a rhodendron bush so it would be safe until evening when they normally emerge. They usually hide during daylight, but this one mom found hiding in a plastic bucket.

The next picture is for those who like lighthouses. We have some of these in our area. Mom took this one on Canada Day. This one is still is use.

Mombean said the small beach looked so inviting on a warm day.

Not too far from the lighthouse, she got this photo -

She called it 'whimiscal' ...... huh? okay, mombean, I'll post it anyway.

Team Tabby Takes a Break From Blog Hiatus

2011-07-09T21:06:00.003-03:00

Friends, mombean and the five of us kitties have been extremely neglectful of our blog posting in the past, what? two months at least. Were you all aware that since the last time we posted it has rained? Almost every day. There was even rain today

We tried our best to keep mom ~~crazy~~ from GOING crazy. We needed to keep her busy while we napped so we suggested, since she was trapped indoors anyway, that she redecorate our living space. Therefore, almost all the upstairs rooms have been repainted. Guess what everyone? That is a LOT of snoopervising. We're exhausted!!

BonBon: I was in charge of one of the most important duties -

.... making sure our pot of precious catnip got watered by all that rain. Isn't it coming along nicely?

Mindy: I encouraged mombean to take rest breaks with me because

I love to have mombean scratch my belly

Moe: I am a mancat with a busy schedule, I have make sure that there are no introoders on the property

This is a busy job, because this critter keeps raiding the birdseed mom puts out.

anyone want me to transport it to your yard?

Mike: Could I have a little, care and attention?

You see, here's the situashun. I hadda go to that stabby place, anyone know that place? Da vet on duty stabbed me, oh yes, I do not lie. I am not trying to get sympathy, but it would really help if you could send me some.

Cookie: Pay no attention to Mike, he's fine. He's eating again - his own food and as much as he can scarf off of everyone else's food dishes.

Sometimes I get to go out on the deck and hang out wif mombean. I love fresh air and eating grass...mummm.

Here is a plant in our yard the hummingbirds really like.

Mombean calls it climbing honeysuckle and got the picture when we had about 15 minutes of sunshine! We sincerely hope everyone is enjoying a happy and restful weekend. Hugs and purrs to all.

PS - is anyone else having trouble saving and publishing?

Remembering our Furry Angels

2011-05-01T14:04:00.002-03:00

We are joining with everyone in remembering on May 1st our friends that have crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge....especially our furcousin Mickey

Royal Wedding

2011-04-29T07:40:00.001-03:00

Congratulations to William and Kate on their wedding today!

Potted Plant Obsession

2011-04-23T14:26:00.008-03:00

Mindy says: No, I am not obsessed, mom is over-reacting......probably the stress of shopping and planning for Easter this weekend. Well, I am here to assist.

Mom really sweated putting up our Easter decorations - these six glass 'chicken' egg cups with wax candle 'eggs'.

In the lower left, do you see a spot of bright yellow? That's our lovely, bright potted plant fresh from the store.

This plant needed some expert arranging.

Oh, did I mention that it was also very ~~tasty~~ ...um, lovely?

There, that should do it!!

I really think mom should buy these ~~delicious~~ attractive potted plants more often. I wonder why she doesn't?

Happy Easter everyone!!

Mancat Monday with Moe

2011-04-18T00:02:00.000-03:00

It's Mancat Monday. Yeah!

Rest and Recovery

2011-04-16T00:09:00.000-03:00

BonBon says: Usually I am a content and happy mancat. Yesterday mombean noticed that I did not want my breakfast and I always eat breakfast. Later I was trying to get comfortable on the sunny windowsill and mom thought I might be chilled, so she got out the heating pad for me.

That was so nice and warm and I slept all day. I feel so much better now.

By early evening, I was hungry enough to eat supper in my usual spot. I am happy and mom is happy!

Sew, Sew Day

2011-04-15T00:05:00.004-03:00

Moe: Yesterday it rained. Mom figured it was a good day for her to catch up on some sewing. Her neighbor doesn't sew at all, and wanted mom to hem two pairs of slacks for her.

Black is a difficult color to sew with and having to use black thread on black fabric on a dark and rainy day is almost impossible. We tried to tell her that. Also we suggested that it would be more rewarding to spend her time with us. Well, once mombean got started she wanted to get it over and done with so she went to get dadbean's fluorescent magnifying light to actually see where she was sewing.

We were going to supervise this task, but thought we could make better use of this time by napping.

Mindy: I agree, in fact, I was quite annoyed. Now if she was going to make us some new cat mats, that would be wonderful.

Easy on Sunday

2011-04-10T00:06:00.000-03:00

Moe says:
This is what to do on Sunday.

However you spend Sunday, enjoy the day!

Just Chillin'

2011-04-08T23:58:00.002-03:00

Here we are, taking it easy. We mancats are even in the same room.

......on the same bed, too!
Have a great weekend everyone.

Mike's Chair

2011-04-07T00:05:00.000-03:00

Mike: Look what I found!

Mombean told me not to get too comfortable on da chair. She wants to drag it to the curb on Monday. Huh, what's wrong wif it? Besides having no chair legs or wheels and the arm rests are tattered - who needs them anyway? I am lying on the back of the chair, where there's more room to stretch out = perfect chair placement position. So comfy. It's a keeper, don't you think?

Get to Work Tuesday

2011-04-05T10:36:00.013-03:00

Mindy: My day to blog. Today I am spending my precious time snoopervising. It's because mombean is going to paint Tallson's old bedroom.

This dark blue is very nice and has been on the walls a few years, but it suffers from nicks and scrapes since it was applied. Mom says a lighter color will make the room look bigger. Really? I am not the interior decorator, I just make sure the painting gets done, hopefully in as little time as possible. I like going in there, to have a nap, and not be disturbed.

She did get the primer on the walls.

Looks ugly, but it's done. Now I think I will take a break, this is hard work.

Mom is getting the new paint ready to apply.

I think I will stick around for a bit and make sure she stays on task and doesn't miss any spots. I am the 'missed spot' checker.

This is hard work, we could be here all day!

Mancat Monday

2011-04-04T09:51:00.004-03:00

Bono says: It's a beautiful 'Mancat Monday', our snow from Friday is gone! The sun is out and it's going to warm up, so life is good and I'm on my way to pick out a sunny spot by the window

Not So Fine Friday

2011-04-01T18:46:00.005-03:00

Mike says: Do you know what I woke up to today?

This is what greeted my eyes!! Is this a joke that the weather office is playing on us? Oh, yeah, it is April Fool's Day....it IS a joke....and April is starting off with a Nor'easter which is bringing with it - snow, freezing rain, high winds, followed by regular rain, possible thunder showers, ugh!

I'll do what I do best - take a nap and forget all about it!!

Cookie the Chef

2011-03-29T17:06:00.004-03:00

Cookie:
Seriously, I found this great recipe, and I wanted to impress evfurryone......

.....but first, I got to...you know, plan things out first. That made me tired, I'll let you know how things turned out.

Furball Thursday

2011-03-24T14:55:00.010-03:00

BonBon:

Do I look like a handsome gentleman? Uh, I am the white kitty - ignore Mike at the side, trying to get into my photo.

Last night I curled up in mom's lap. She noticed I had many mats in my furs so she got busy with our ZoomGroom and a comb. I guess I did more snoozing and less grooming lately. She managed to comb out lots of fur!

My white fur is nice and smooth again. I didn't get my nails done though, I left before mom got that idea.

Here is a picture of a nice mural painted on the side of a building in our city.

Our mombean took the picture. She spotted three faces in the mural, can you see them? Click on the picture to make it bigger.

Easy Like Sunday

2011-03-20T11:38:00.003-03:00

Repeat after me:

eat, sleep
eat, sleep
eat, sleep

Goodbye to Mickey

2011-03-12T14:22:00.006-04:00

All of us are feeling down over the loss and departure of our best friend and furcousin Mickey.

We are sad and mom is sad, too. He tried to tell us as gently as possible that his time to leave us was nearing. He said he had been dreaming lately of some of his special friends that went on before him and last night he went to join them. He wanted us to know that he will be alright and whenever we want to find him, to just look inside our hearts and find the rainbow and he will be there.

Our tribute to you Mickey -

Remembering you always

from Moe, Mindy, Bon Bon, Cookie, Mike and Aunti Nina!!

We Love Auntie!

2011-01-16T10:08:00.006-04:00

Our beans flew off ahead of a big snowstorm last Wednesday.
We had food and lots of water but we were so relieved when Auntiebean made it home safe and sound.
She told us that even though she went to work early so she could leave before the storm, it still
took her over 2 hours to get home to us, it was such slow going she took pictures of the snow and
later sent them to our beans, heh, heh.

Tallson is here today, but he is not feeling well. He is in bed with a bad cold/flu, we think we will pile on
the bed wif him and keep him cozy. We have lots of healing purrs for him.

Rainbow Cat

2011-01-06T12:27:00.001-04:00

BonBon: Here I is, in my favorite sunspot soaking up the heat.

Look what the sun catcher did to my furs.

Tabby Tuesday and Happy Birthday

2011-01-04T01:18:00.005-04:00

Moe: I is striking this fetching "belly pose" to get everyone's attention.

Now that I has yer attention, I want to announce that it is Mickey's mombean's birthday today!!! so head on over to his bloggie and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Hope you have a wonderful day, Auntie Bean - we tried to get you the day off from work - I guess they need you, though. So all of us here send you our best purrs and wishes enough to last the whole year long!

Love from all of us here,
Moe
Mindy
BonBon
Cookie
Mike
and from big sister, Nina

Mondays

2011-01-03T01:27:00.002-04:00

It's the first Monday of a brand new year! Happy New Year and let's hope 2011 is a very good year for everyone.

Meantime, I will lie here a bit longer and simply contemplate Mondays, Tuesdays, maybe Wednesdays etc.......that way I can stay here and not have to get up just yet.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T16:47:00.000-04:00

Scram

2010-12-15T00:08:00.000-04:00

Dude, can't you take a hint?

This is my deck. This is my window. So, stop peering into MY window and scram!

Mancat Monday Scarface

2010-12-13T09:20:00.005-04:00

Mike

This is not my best side, I have scratches on my cheek and nose. I just can't help myself, before I know it, I'm in a whapping duel over somethin' wif da other cats. Mombean says I usually start it and come off the worse for it......how about some sympathy, huh!

Fearless Friday

2010-12-10T00:03:00.006-04:00

This kitty comes regularly to peer into our window from outside. This morning the window is frosty, but this does not deter our visitor. Wanna see?

Have a great weekend everyone!

PS........ to those asking - the black kitty looking in our window belongs to our neighbor we are quite sure and is healthy and well rounded.

You mean fat?

No, no.......I mean plump and furry.

Thursday with Us

2010-12-09T14:55:00.009-04:00

Mombean seems to be out a lot.......the weather has been super, do ya s'pose that might be the reason? More likely it's because Christmas is coming - soon.

Mindy: I hope she does some more baking. The things she's already made went out of da house - she gave the stuff away!!

I keep hoping that during her baking frenzy she'll share some of that butter or cream wif us.

Bono: Yeah, Mindy I agree. Even if it's only a spot of milk. I sit right by the fridge ...hoping.

Ok, ok, I hadda take a nap. I got tired, and there's no activity in the kitchen. I think mombean went outside to put Christmas lights on our evergreens outside. I think she is getting carried away, she already put lights on the back deck.

Cookie: Usually I help mombean with our blog. I position myself between the keyboard and the monitor. Good spot don't you think?

Today I figured she could go it alone while I nap in this comfy box. I'll check back later to make sure our post gets made.

Moe: I just had a thought. I wonder if mombean needs some help wif decorating for Christmas?

In that case, I must get into the spirit of things! I wonder where my holiday hat is? Haven't decided if I'll actually wear it, but I like to know where it is.

Mike: What Moe? Tell me you're kidding me - about the hat.

If you wear the hat, I'll sing, how's that? Mombean says I have a great singing voice - though, no singing after midnight.

Has everyone made out their Christmas list yet?

Waiting Wednesday

2010-12-01T00:09:00.003-04:00

Mindy: I like to lie here and wait for those mancats to walk by.

I can tag them first.......then it becomes " ha, ha, you're IT!!!"

Saturday Mystery

2010-11-27T00:04:00.000-04:00

Look what mombean found on the kitchen counter top.

Yes, of course, it is a loaf of cinnamon bread with raisins and certainly very tasty...er I mean, I imagine it is. Somehow Mombean is blaming me for the torn bag and the snacking.

Of course, I showed the others how to perform this task, but why do I get the blame? Really it could have been any one of us. I suppose I have been caught a few times with other yummy things, but it doesn't mean it was me this time. Do I look innocent - enough?

Here We Are Thursday

2010-11-25T00:07:00.000-04:00

Mindy: Sometimes you have to look up to see things.

Mombean said she looked up today - at the sky. There were snowflakes falling. When they hit the ground, they melted.

Moe: When I look up, I want to see something really good.

For me that usually means food - and someone willing to share!

Bono: I am a patient kind of mancat.

I am right now in the kitchen, I stare at the beans...and you know, it works for me. I usually get some sort of treat.

Cookie: Today, Thursday, I went to the back door. I just love to go out this door and out to the deck.

There was a huge problem. It was drizzling at first, I came in. Then I went out again, this time there were some snow flurries, and in I came. Can anyone tell when where summer went?

Mike: Sometimes the other cats don't like me.

They tell me it's because I am big, loud and pushy. Do you think that could be true? I can't believe that myself.

Mancat Monday with Bono

2010-11-15T00:06:00.001-04:00

Bono: You might be confused, my former owner called me BonBon or usually Bonnie. Now I am referred to as BonBon or Bono by my new beans...... but never Bonnie.

I am an older and quiet gentleman. However, did you notice how handsome I am?

Girls Day

2010-11-13T01:21:00.002-04:00

It's me, Mindy - on Saturday!

I made the boys take a break, it's my turn to blog. I get my beauty sleep and I keep my weight down, and I was thinking of trying those soft paws - maybe in pink. I'll have to discuss this with mombean. For now I'll just enjoy the spotlight.

Say Cheese

2010-11-12T00:03:00.000-04:00

Bono: I hate dat camera, so I am ignoring it. Dadbean, what do you have in your hands? I think it's something I just can't ignore.

Moe: This means we gotta check this out more carefully, can't miss any opportunity.

Mike: Yeow, dadbean, down here. I am your favorite mancat, right?

We better get together on this. All together now......CHEESE!

Yummmmmm, nice of dadbean to share some of his cottage cheese....it's the best!

Are we a bit spoiled? No matter, life is good.

Remembrance Day

2010-11-11T00:09:00.004-04:00

In Flanders Fields

written in 1915 by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
***********

about the day and poem

Our 'beans nephew has just returned from Afghanistan from his second tour of duty there, we are very thankful for his safe return. Today we commemorate and remember all those who have given service and some their lives in wars and the many peacekeeping duties in which Canada has been involved.

Jackpot!

2010-11-06T00:10:00.000-03:00

Bon Bon: you should always investigate any plastic shopping bags that your mom hides in her bedroom. First I dragged out the nice toys I found in there

I got the toy bag open, but didn't find what I was looking for.

Oh, great! Temptations - am I lucky or what!

Wait a minute, I smells something even more exciting.

There, I almost have it! Just a second more, and it's mine, all mine!

Now off to my secret hiding spot.

Darn it all, there's Mindy on the stairs. I am caught with the goods.

Maybe if I rush back to the bedroom, she won't follow me.

Hooray, I gots the bag open!

Nom, nom.....my favourite - Party Mix. These are not like ordinary Temptations, these are the very best!!

Uh oh, I have company - Moe wants some too.

I'm willing to share, so everybody got some.

Aren't these worth all the extra effort? They were at the bottom of the bag, of course, but there's no way I could resist........well you all know what I mean.

BOO!

2010-10-31T00:48:00.001-03:00

Wordless (Rainy) Wednesday

2010-10-27T16:55:00.003-03:00

Tabby Tuesday in the Window

2010-10-26T00:00:00.004-03:00

Moe: I tries to do a good job of watching for introoders while I look out of da window. Then up pops dat flashy box. Yes, it's outside - where I can't reach it.

Did I ever mention how much I hate dat thing?

Fresh and Tasty

2010-10-23T15:30:00.000-03:00

Moe: Sorry I can't talk wif my mouf full.

Ugh, she caught me chewing da leafs, even if dey are prickly roses. We haven't had fresh flowers in da house in ages. I couldn't resist. I don't understand mombean just looking at dose flowers and not trying dem out.

Mindy Helps

2010-10-22T00:02:00.000-03:00

Mombean was setting up her sewing machine.

This type of activity requires help from me. I needed to supervise hemming the blue jeans. Without my help and added furs and of course, precise positioning, the task would not have been completed so expertly. I am glad I got there in time to help and guide mombean.

Wordless Wednesday

2010-10-20T15:18:00.007-03:00

Mindy

Moe

BonBon

Cookie

Mike

Hope everyone is having a good Wednesday or at least a restful one.