Saturday with Mindy

Mindy reporting today -

Days 'n days ago, we were given the Liebster Blog Award by Mario over at

Mario's Meowsings  and then a couple of days later we got the same award from Georgia and Tillie at

Mickey's Musings

We are very honored to receive this award TWICE!!

Now, we read over the instructions and here is what we are supposed to do.


Upon receipt of the award, one is to:
1) Link back to the blogger who gave it
2) Paste the award on the blog
3) Choose 5 blogs to pass this award to (they must have fewer than 200 followers)
4) Let the recipients know about their nomination by leaving a comment on their blogs.

Choosing was the hard part, but we finally decided to pass the award to:

Fur Everywhere
We just discovered their blog!

Roxy and Lucky
Our favorite canine girls. If you find their post from Wednesday past, you will see their baby pictures. So sweet!

The gang over at
Noir's Nook

The very handsome tuxie
Herman!!


Last, but certainly not least, the Carolina mancats
Smokey, Devon and Tanner

Pillars of Strength

Today KB's dog K is undergoing chemotherapy.  We want to add our purrs, purrayers and healing vibes to dear K and hope this latest treatment cures her.  We wish them all the best!!

Please check out their blog Romping and Rolling in the Rockies

Nearly Wordless Wednesday

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

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

Valentine's Day

Rainy Weekend

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

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

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

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

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

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.