Kibble Vigil

aka Keeping Track of Mom's Movements for Signs of Imminent Supper

Tracking the Dog Guy

When the weather's pretty, Lady will stay outside for nearly an hour before coming inside for breakfast kibbles. While she's outside, Toivo moves from window to window, intently tracking her movement. Funny cat!

Stinky Smelly Mud

Yuck. The mud puddles at Puppy Choir were more muck than puddle this morning. Thick. Stinky. Smelly. Complete rank. Even Lady didn't seem happy and seemed grateful for the long hose-down and two shampoos. YUCK.

Cat's Eye View

When does Toivo sleep? I have no idea! She loves to watch out the bedroom windows all night long ... here's what she sees just before dawn.

MY Bed, Okay, OUR Bed

Some days, Toivo seems to WANT to be shut inside the bedroom and I suspect it's because she luxuriates on Lady's big bed. Tonight Lady hovered for a bit, trying to decide what to do ...


... and then capitulated to sharing.

Sit for Supper

Lady's taken to watching for "it's supper time" signals from a few feet away. She sat like this for a good 30 minutes tonight ...

Cat Basking

A windows-open day, everything's getting so green!

Lady's New Perch

The mulch pile makes for a great look-out and ...


a great hide-out. Lucky for her, the mulch pile's liable to last awhile!

Hand Stands

Stefanie came over for some Chocolate Mentoring (chocolate pudding and no-bake chocolate torte made with mousse) and afterward worked off some of the taste-testing with handstands in the backyard ... Lady thinks: Stefi has four legs like me! But why is she standing on only the front ones?!

Spring Breeze

Toivo catches the cool spring breeze, wamed in the sun ...

Frisbee Heaven

... one or more's always lost but at the moment, there're three to toss and catch ...

ANother Picture?

Okay, I'll hold still a minute ... except the tail.

Suppertime?

It's too nice to be inside but Lady, who's sitting right outside the kitchen door, seems to know, that it's almost time to eat ... at least she's hoping!

Pearly Whites

... dog-style!

Photogenic Cat

Note the bottle caps in which she's feigning disinterest ...

Toivo & Her Twin

... pose in the noontime sunshine

The Bottle Cap Game

Toivo's favorite game, one played again and again ... bottle caps placed on the mantle to be batted onto the floor whether from a precarios perch ...


... or with a big stretch. When Toivo was a kitten, she used to deposit the bottle caps on my lap, asking for another round!

The Patience of Kong

Lady's taken to waiting patiently just outside the kitchen -- where I can't leave without stepping either on or over her -- for a treat inside her Kong ball. The "new game" is that once it's filled, she does a Sit/Stay (she likes this so much, she's even doing it without asking!) while I hide the Kong somewhere and she does a Hunt It Up, her tail wagging the whole time, looking behind doors, up the stairs, on window sills, around furniture, even right on her chair. She * always * finds it!

Ink in Sunshine

More cat shadows, this time Toivo ...

Lady & Her Football

Silly Dog: She sure has favorite toys! This is her "football" and I found it when cleaning out the dogwood garden. When I threw it to her, she went nuts -- tossed it up and down all along the back yard, rushed it to the front, batted it around, came running around to the back again. By the time I got the camera, believe it or not, she was pretty calm!

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