Frustrating Friday

There is absolutely NO WAY that I'm going to look at that camera!



That is final, forever.

Wednesday Utterings

That should be - mutterings! Our beans have gone away for a few days.



We'll be here, awaiting their return.

Mancat No Fun Day

Mike: I'm reporting the post today. Can you see that I'm a little crabilated? Okay, a LOT crabby.



Mombean's at fault. She gots a new flashy box and wants to push that thing in front of my face. Dat blinding flash is disturbing my sleep. Doesn't she realize that I have some serious napping to do? And I just managed to nab the bestest nap spot, too.



I can't keep my eyes open any longer.

Moe: Huh, that Mike is such a complainer. Not that I like da flashy box any better.



So, if it has to happen, here is my best side.

Bon Bon: There's a new flashy box? (Yawn) Whatever.




On the weekend, mombean and her sister (Mickey's mombean) hiked into a wilderness area. Beside a big lake they saw these beautiful butterflies. They were flying around beside the water. There was no one else around, so our beans enjoyed the sunshine, the butterflies and the big lake.




Later, they discovered that the butterflies are called Yellow Swallowtails.

Mancat Monday Fun

The little three year old bean that comes here on Mondays and Fridays decided to try and scare us and mombean too.



We were not fooled with that mask! We knew all along who was under there.

Then he asked mom for the bag of Temptations, yeah!



nom, nom, nom. We all got more than mombean gives us.




Moe: I let the little bean give me scritches, he loved that.

What's Cookin'

Mike: did I ever mention, by any chance, how much I love to eat?

Cookie Reports on Wednesday

Cookie: I got to be outside, yay!! Mom was happy because she managed to get a really good photo of me, too. The other cats don't go outside, just me, even if it's only for a very short time, it still counts. I don't go far, but once (maybe twice) when I didn't want to come in I climbed a tree and mombean had to bribe me with Temptations to go back inside. Life is fun!



Here's some things to be seen in our yard.

These are For-Get-Me-Nots, hard to forget these because they just grow all around the yard, mombean never has to plant their seed. They plant themselves!



And this is a Hosta. They are great for hiding under, ha, ha.



Our bird bath, which I find very entertaining!




Yep, this cool toy is in our yard too. It's not my toy though. It's not much fun because you can't bat it around, or eat it.



When mombean took another walk in the woods behind the ballfield (she does that lots) she got another photo of a woodland plant. It's a pink Ladyslipper.



And on another walk, in another part of the woods, she spied this green guy. He might be fun to try to catch, but I don't like jumping into the water.



I sure hope everyone is having a good week!

Easy on Sunday

Moe: Did you know this is one of my favorite spots in da kitchen?



Bon Bon: I decided to look right at the camera today!



Mike: Is that a treat you has mombean? I'm always, always ready for a treat.




This beautiful woodland flower is called Painted Trillium. It grows in the forest near our house. Mom was very excited to get a picture of it. It is so rare to actually see one.



Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

Headshots

Bon Bon: I don't like my photo taken, but mom got this one in spite of the fact that I usually close my eyes or turn away. I hate the camera.




Mindy: I'm with you Bon Bon. That camera is annoying.




Hope the weekend will be nice. Yesterday the weather was so unpredictable and cold! Hardly any birds to watch or even that pesky squirrel!




Have a good weekend everyone!

Critters in our Yard

This squirrel, for some strange reason, actually bypassed our bird/ squirrel feeder and ran up into the oak tree.



You can see the young oak leaves starting to grow. However, the squirrel seems to be eating the flowers? Maybe someone knows if those dangling things are the blooming stage of an oak. We are only guessing.



As you can see, I am on the windowsill supervising all outdoor activity from my vantage point.

Whitester Wednesday

The other day I got some comments on the chair that I've claimed. Well, it's finished. It looks new, but it is an old chair. Mombean reupholstered it by ordering and buying fabric from tonicliving.com a place that specializes in vintage and retro inspired fabric designs. Do you agree that it looks good against my white furs?



I have other exciting news! We have a new baby in our neighbourhood, next door to us, in fact. His name is Ben and he is a baby horse. He was born this morning and in these pictures, he is about five hours old.



You can see Ben's mom, Susie, in the background. Jessica is taking him outside for the first time with help from Emily.



Proud mom with her new son.



The horse in the photo above is Ben's dad.




We seemed to be waiting a long time for Ben to arrive. The young girls you see in the picture even slept in the hayloft so they wouldn't miss his birth - guess what? They did sleep through it, ha, but woke up soon after.

My, I had lots to say today. I am usually such a quiet mancat.