Beginning the Second Week of Advent

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

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

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

Cookie

Mike

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

Secret Food Stash

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

Winter in Atlantic Canada

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

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

Grant us Peace

Mombean is Away

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

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!