Weather Bomb

Cookie:

I just heard the news on the radio.  We are getting a weather bomb tomorrow which is Wednesday.  I admit I rushed to the computer and had to look that up.

Here is what I found out:

" A low-pressure system is designated as a weather bomb when it intensifies by at least 24 millibars within 24 hours "

   

I have no idea what a millibar is, however, when it is mentioned in the same sentence as bomb, then this must be serious.

Mindy:

I agree with you Cookie.  I think our mombean does too.  I saw her go out get in the car and then she brought home extra cat food, groceries for her and dad, bottled water in case our pump stops, put gas in the car.  

All this is confusing since today it is a gorgeous sunny day and most of the snow we got on Saturday is gone!!

Moe:

 Weather bomb, is this something that I should be concerned about?

I have a hiding place all picked out for us, I am prepared.   Right now I am conserving my energy.

Mike:

Good plan, Moe, I am with you on the resting up in case we are called into action.  After all mom and dadbean probably need all the help they can get!

What would they do without us?

PS - did Spring actually arrive, or did it completely miss us?

Easy on Sunday by Mindy

 

 

Mindy, here I am waking up from a nap.

 

 

I just yawned, however my mom only caught this much of it!!

 

You know, Sunday is a great day to catch up on beauty rest.

That is another way of saying, I am not finished my nap and since it is also Sunday, I am doing "easy"!

 

Have a great and restful Sunday.....love from Mindy.



St. Patrick's Day

 

 

 

 

 

All of us at our house want to wish everyone a great St. Patrick's Day.

 

PS - I am getting a nice treat because I agreed to wear this hat.....love from Mike!



Very Cheeky Squirrel

 

 

Moe:

Hi all, I am reporting that the squirrel has been raiding our bird feeder (again).  We put this out for the woodpecker and the other suet loving birds like the nuthatch and even the chickadees.

 

 

This feeder is designed to hold a suet cake.  It used to be in excellent shape, that is, until the squirrel took a special liking to it.  The hardware cloth that keeps the cake inside is coming away from the frame, thanks to the squirrel or squirrels - there is more than one and they do not get along with each other.

 

Oh, oh, it's looking in at me. It is teasing, I think it stuck it's tongue out at me.

 

 That is a very cheeky squirrel!

 

Scram squirrel!  You are lucky this window is not open!

 



Sunday Evening

 

Moe:

I am so helpful.  I love doing the dishes!  I don't think my efforts are appreciated sometimes.

 

 

Mindy:

I am getting my beauty rest.  How am I doing?

 

Mike:

I really think it was MY turn to do the dishes....rats!

 

Cookie:

Do I hear someone calling me?

I hope it is time for supper.

I might be hungry enough, that I might not leave anything leftover.

 

It was a beautiful day!

Even if we lost an hour of it due to the time change!

 

Caturday with Mike

 

Mike:  I can sees you evfurry body!

 

Our mombean was away - again - helping out with granbean - again.  Granbean is fine but needed an new 'lift' chair so she could be more comfortable and get out of it much easier, so she helped to get her one.

 

Wait a minute!  I, me, could use something like that too.   Yes, very comfortable  and I would like to have it all to myself! 

 

 

Look at this!  I have to share the sofa with Cookie and it looks like he is about to fall off the edge! Okay, I could live with that, because then I could really stretch out without him there.

 

 

Here is my sisfur, Mindy

 

She is waiting for the squirrel to show up.

 

The squirrel was here this morning.  Look, I will show you.

It was in our window feeder.  Oh, so, so, close!

 

 

You want to know who else showed up for food?

 

Yes, stray kitty.   She comes every day.  She also visits several of our neighbors, and they also leave food for her.  Okay I am a tiny bit jealous of all the attention and food she gets, however, I do appreciate a comfortable sofa, even if I do have to share it.  Oh, and a warm place to sleep!

 

Well that's about it for my reporting. 

 

Oh, I almost "forgot" to say a few words about my brofur, Moe.  I'll try to keep it nice.

 

 

It is hard though, because Moe is also a bit strange.  I mean, see how he has to put his paw in the water dish when he takes a drink!!

 

Is he the only cat in the world that does this?

 

Have a great weekend everyone.

 

 

 

 



Wintry Tabby Tuesday

We are still getting lots of storms, everything was shut down on Sunday.  However, our 'beans were able to get out and celebrate dadbean's birthday on Saturday.   Happy Birthday to you 'dad'!!

 

While our mombean was away at grandbean's recently, she took some photos of the bird "TV" that our grandbean can see from her window.

 

This is a male cardinal

 

Mike:  We do not get these (licking my chops) ) birds coming to our bird feeder at all.

 

Mindy:

I will show you the female cardinal. 

I think her bright orange beak is very 'girly' 

 

 Moe:

 

I will show you the landscape at granbean's.   Early one morning, our mombean took this photo - there was no wind to disturb the snow piled up on these branches.....I was safe at home enjoying this sunpuddle! 

 

 

Cookie:

Guess who is back on our doorstep?

 

 Yep, stray kitty is back, eating our food!

 We have lots right now, so we can share it, I guess.  Our mombean does not think this kitty is a stray, but certainly neglected.  It followed her and our next door neighbour when they went for a walk around the block - a 3 kilometer trek!  Mom thought it deserved a snack.  I for one would not want to wander the neighborhood in this weather!

 

 

 

 



Getting Back to Normal

 

 

Moe here: 

 

Our mombean is back home after being away helping grandbean with her physio appointments.  In the meantime, I will demonstrate how self sufficient we kitties need to be.

 

 

Whenever the fridge door is open - make the most of it!

 

 

Dadbean took good care of us, but just in case I might miss one of my snacks, I made sure to quickly take action - the good stuff is on the top shelf!

 

I  know, for instance, that Cookie's leftover cat food is in here - he never finishes his meals, which I do not understand!

 

See that chicken pie?  These shelves are packed with good things.  It is so hard to decide what to have first! 

 

It is important to stock up on food, a big snowstorm is expected tomorrow and we need to be ready!

 

For all of you who are already experiencing this large weather system, still to the south of us, .....stay safe and warm! 

 

We also heard of flooding in the United Kingdom across the Atlantic Ocean, we hope everyone is safe and dry.



Back Soon

Our typist, aka mombean, will be back soon to receive our dictation, and update our blog.  In the meantime, although we miss her lots, we know grandbean needs her more than we do and our dadbean is doing his best, filling in on the daily chores.  He takes our intructions very well - he is doing a great job.  We are proud of him and happy too!!

Photos will have to come at a later time.

Purrs from all of us,

Mindy

Moe

Cookie

Mike

Tabby Tuesday

Mike

This is how you spend Tuesday.  I mean mom just finished vacuuming the sofa and getting rid of our cat fur - now I have the hard job of putting all that fur back on it.  It is hard work, I need a rest.

Moe:

Don't tell my humans, but this table is where I found this lovely sunspot! 

Mindy:

 I got this chair first and it's way at the end of the living room.  It is quiet and cozy here.

Cookie:

While the other cats are getting their 'easy on', I think I will do some bird watching or hunt around in the kitchen to see what's cooking.  In any case I want to wish everyone a great Tuesday.