Introoder!

We checked our windows as usual looking for introoders in our backyard. Found one. TallSon told us that it looks like an over-sized gerbil.



Then mom came to take a look. She says that it's the woodchuck (aka groundhog) that lives next door. Apparently there is a den in our neighbour's yard. She was a bit worried when she saw it because they like to eat green things and it might want the delicious looking garden plants.

So we watched it for a while. Mom was very happy to see that it was chowing down on the goutweed in our yard. This weed is a pest in our gardens. We heard her mumble "gobble it up, eat all you want, furball".

'Beans really are strange, aren't they?

International Box Day

Zoolatry has invited us all to celebrate International Box Day.



Around here, we adore our boxes. Just take a look.










Cookie: a comfortable box -


Moe: a box too small, but I like it that way -



Bono: a box just right -


Mike: a peek-a-boo box -



Mindy has very discriminating and exact tastes in a box, it must be perfect. She is still looking for that perfection.

Mike is Proud

Hi all, it's me, MIKE, posting today. This is because I gots somethin' to say.I am a mighty hunter.Nobody around here would have believed it,but it's true!

A few nights ago, mom was still up and she heard me. I came running
upstairs to where she was and I was more vocal than usual. Yes, I am a vocal cat, mom says I never stop. So guess what? She ignores me. Yes, I had my snack before betime etc. so she figured it was nothing but me having my say. However, I wouldn't quit. After all I had something to show her, but she wasn't listening or looking (sigh). Anyway I tried some really, really different vocalizing. That got her attention.
So she came over to see what was up with me. Boy did I surprise her. I had caught a mouse. Okay, okay it was a small mousie, but it still counts. I managed to get it dead though, but mom was still amazed. Then she gave me Temptations treats. Yum. I don't know what she did with my prize, but I gots some more treats. I feel proud that my hunting skills are still good.

Easy Like Sunday

We are all having an easy, comfortable Sunday!

Mindy:


Moe:


Bono, on TallSon's bed:


Cookie, on one of my favorite spots:


Mike, taking over Cookie's most favorite spot:


It's a 'sunny' Sunday, after all that rain.

Photo Hunt - Books

The Photo Hunters Scavenger Hunt was started by tnchick, and anyone can play along.




Bono:
Here I am curled up with a book.


Tecknikcal-y, it's an MP3 player with an audio book on it. I am not in a listening mood though, I has to finish my nap first.

Award for Us

We were given the International Bloggers Community award. We think that is so cool! We have had our blog up about two years now and met many wonderful friends. We are still meeting other bloggers and still having a lot of fun.





The rules for this award are simple:


1. To link to the person who passed you this prize.
2. Display the badge, the rules and the questionnaire in all or one of your blogs
3. To publish the date when the award had passed to you.
4. To answer four questions following this rule.
5. To list at least seven (7) friends in its list of blogs.
6. Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNeR (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) at http://bloggistame.blogspot.com and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List..
7. Have fun!

Here are our answers!

We received the award from: Jasmim

The date: Monday, May 25, 2009

We wish to send the award on to:

Roxy & Lucky
Derby
The Island Cats
Furry Paws
Cats of Wildcat Woods
Faz the Cat
Cliff and Olivia

Other news:

We gots a brand new trash can for da kitchen. Take a look!



Heavy duty, heh! It has a metal fastener on the lid, so that when our buddy, Mike, pushes it over, he can't drag out the trash and spread it over the kitchen floor. Aunty Bean found this trash container for mombean. So far - so good!



Come on, Mike, we know it's you. You sure make a racket in da kitchen, then we hear mom bean running to see what you are doing. Mombean says you always have your mouth open hollerin' for food.







See, here's another one of you doing that



After all that fuss Mike, did you get enough enuff to eat? Anyway we saw mombean smiling at the trash can, do you think she's a little stressed this morning?

Traditional Water Cannon Salute

Hi all, it's Mindy, your blog reporter for today.


Let me explain the title of today's post. Even better, I will show you all a picture first.


It is traditional that the first flight of an airline to an airport be saluted by plumes of water using fire fighting vehicles. This is ceremonial and the aircraft travels on the taxiway under the arch that is created. In this case it is Globespan just arrived from Scotland, making its inaugural flight into Halifax International Airport.


The reason mombean and aunty bean were at the airport is that grandbean was flying to Glagow, Scotland to visit with her sisters and brother and she was on its first flight out of Halifax. Our beans did not know the significance of this 'salute'at the time, only knew it was something special so took some pictures.

Mombean says she took this next picture for all of the Blogosphere members that love lobsters. It seems some passengers on this WestJet flight couldn't pass up the delicious Crustaceans they saw offered for sale at the airport. So here they are packed and traveling up the conveyor and into the aircraft.


That's a lot of lobsters! You can almost taste them, right?

Finally Friday

Today is sunny and gonna be a warm one. We will probably find places to 'chill out'.

Moe:


Mindy:


Bono:


Mike:


Cookie:


We hope everyone will have a great Friday today!!

Thursday/Friday

This post will have to make do for tomorrow as well.....(sigh).....it's hard to get decent help around here!

Mindy says:
Here's my brofur, Moe, trying to make himself handsome and dashing. Well handsome at least.


and here are three of the mancats around here: Moe, Mike and Bono


...wait, there is one mancat missing! Where is Cookie?


There in da kitchen. Gonna help with the dishes, Cookie?

Mindy says: I'm outa here. I think I will help mom change the bed sheets.
Oh, here is mom's hoodie on the bed, I need to apply some of my furs.


Just what I don't need .....


......help from Mike.


Thanks, but I don't need any help from you


Scram Mike, before I get really annoyed, and trust me, you don't want to annoy this girlcat!

Have a great weekend everyone. It will be a holiday weekend here because it's Victoria's birthday.

Our Foster Cats

Dear Readers,

It's Bono here today taking a turn at blogging. Back in September, I got adopted into the family. Tall Son finally has a lap cat - me!


I want show you the two kitties we are fostering. They are from the same group of cats I was from. Our previous person had rescued us and we lived with her for many years. When she died from cancer, we needed homes. Our present beans wanted to help us.

This is "Mike". Our beans did find a home for him, but he was not used to small kid beans and after a month he came back. Another family was interested in him, but decided not to take him. He is here with us and fitting in.


Mombean looks after a neighbor's toddler two days a week. Mike has gotten used to the small bean. It just took a little time, not long. We don't know how old Mike is, but our beans say he is at least ten years old, maybe more. Anyway, I don't think our beans are actively looking for a home for him. Mombean says he is both endearing and annoying. Well, she gets annoyed when he tips over the trash can in the kitchen. It is a big trash can, but then Mike is a big cat too, and capable of getting into lots of trouble like that. Not me, though, I only get into the trash when Mike knocks it over. See Moe in the background? He's in the napping box.

The other foster cat is Cookie. Yep, from the same group. He is a handsome senior tabby.



However, he has some health issues, but is doing fine. Our beans are not trying to find a home for him. He is quiet and spends a lot of time napping in mombean's office chair. It must be because she has a cozy pad on it. Only drawback is - Mindy doesn't like him. She simply avoids him and won't go near him. That means she eats her meals off by herself and has mom catering to her. A bit of a diva kitty isn't she?

So there you have it - five of us kitties. Mindy and Moe are the two tabbies on our header. They are brother and sister, now nearly eight years old and our bean's first cats. They used to have dogs before us.

Thanks for reading about us,
Hugs from Bono (aka Bon Bon)