Thursday, December 15, 2022, 11:48 am — Perkins … contrasting faces … grumpy … on Mom’s wingback chair … Grandma’s Pylkki’s map of Finland …
… 11:56 am … curious … from other side of chair … looking north at kitchen window … Mom’s china cabinets …
… 7 years ago! … same spot … Morning Chair Cat, June 4, 2015 …
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 1:27 pm –– Perkins … takes her loafing seriously … computer chair …
Friday, December 2, 2022, 2:36 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … the watcher … gets around … from high … the kitchen ledge …
Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:26 am … to low … in a box on the floor … looking at Perky, posed under a lamp on the floor …
Sunday, December 4, 2022, 2:48 pm … and in between … on duty on the edge of the tub … making sure the freshly washed self-heating thermal mats dry properly …
Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 4:08 pm … Two days later … Perk and Teeny test-nap a newly clean and dry self-heating thermal mat …
Thursday, December 1, 2022, 5:32 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … any time … any place … catnaps are our passion … laundry day …
Friday, December 2, 2022, 9:04 am … Mom’s wingback chair … with towel protectors, just for us …
Friday, March 25, 2022, 10:58 am — Teeny Tuxedo … travels to Monument Valley … on the computer chair … best seat in the house … Behind the Mittens, edge of framed collage, photos from National Geographic … created in a workshop when worked at the WA State Library, Olympia … before started my MLS studies at UW, Seattle, 1985 …
Sunday, February 27, 2022, 12:44 pm — Perkins … natural light from kitchen window … photos being sorted for My Photo a Day Adventure blog … bright yellow means Kodak film developing … on Mom’s Ethan Allen dining table, chairs …
Tuesday, January 4, 2022, 11:27 am — Perkins … multicultural cat … Finland and Sweden … newly arrived DVD set … Ingrid Bergman’s Swedish Years … she’s star of the month on Turner Classic Movies … The green and red are part of a table runner I wove on a loom at my cousin’s shop … Mikkeli, Finland … 1999 … a week’s visit between home exchanges in Kirkintilloch, Scotland and Durham, England … (Mom’s wingback chair) …
Friday, December 31, 2021, 7:38 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … After the disappointing box on the floor, two minutes later she saw boxes on the table … special boxes … photo boxes! … Perky’s orange tabby-ness gives away her secret napping spot on the chair under the table …
A closer look … Who’s that in the black and white photo? … Me! … Anniella, manager of the Hotel Paradiso … Hotel Paradiso, written by Georges Feydeau (1862-1921) … on Broadway, 1957 … Anniella was a man, Anniello, in the original … Mrs. Decker changed it for me … early 1970s … Penguin Playhouse …
… Teeny’s curiosity has been satisfied … Now, to sit and scan the territory for more boxes …
Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 1:04 am — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … Mom’s wingback chair … Teeny’s trademark sleeping position … stretched leg, claw anchor …
… 1:10 am … Teeny hopped from chair to table … time for after-midnight table patrol … white bag from Feline Medical Clinic passed inspection …
… Unopened BinaxNow Covid-19 Antigen Self Test for Infection Detection … not as interesting … Russ brought back an extra from Walgreen’s before his flight back to Minneapolis, Dec. 15 … tested before he left, 1:47 pm flight …
Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 11:45 am — Teeny Tuxedo … You found me! …
Sunday, October 3, 2021, 6:48 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … start the morning sharing Mom’s wingback chair … handy-dandy towels protect it from sharp cat claws …
… 10:17 pm … that night … Teeny guards her stack of catnip toys … Kitty Stick Stix and sock … If you ask her nicely, she’s probably willing to share …
Tuesday, August 31, 2021, 11:49 am — Teeny Tuxedo … so many interesting things on the table … Fell pony sculptures … 1930s Depression glass … glass candle holder from Finland … Uhtua design dishes by Arabia of Finland …
… Wait! … What’s over there? …
… a box! … a Scrabble box! … that means Krista and Russ were here …
… a wonderful chair to rub my chin on … Mom’s Ethan Allen dining set … My table investigation is complete! …
Thursday, August 26, 2021, 11:13 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … Teeny woke up and realized this was our visitor’s last full day … what shall I do? …
… 8:09 pm … Teeny stayed close by the visitor’s chair … even Perkins was out and about! …
… 8:10 pm … She watched in rapt attention as the visitor from Minnesota did some stuff called remote work on the little traveling computer gizmo …
Sunday, August 15, 2021, 8:03 am — Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo … love dreaming about movies … If they could read, they’d love these books … Even better is the DVD, Lassie: Best of Jeff’s Collie, 1954-1957 … the original tv series, with Tommy Rettig as Jeff … really the BEST … before the cast changed and annoying little Timmy took over …
Monday, July 19, 2021, 12:40 am — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … show their good manners … waiting patiently while the other drinks water …
… 4:47 pm … sharing the glider chair for a catnap …
Monday, July 12, 2021, 4:39 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … glider rocking chair … Careful … Don’t wake her up! …
Sunday, July 11, 2021, 1:06 am — Teeny Tuxedo … queen of all she surveys … from the self-heating thermal mat on the Finnish Marimekko bedding …
… 5:49 pm … to the computer chair … and beyond …
Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 4:56 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … keep their computer chair traditions … today …
… 3 years ago … Catnap Conundrum Cats, June 15, 2018 …
[from My Photo a Day Adventure blog]
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 8:21 pm — Teeny Tuxedo says … “I’ve been practicing my dance moves … How ’bout it, West Side guys? … Can I join the gang??” …
History and movies, all in one … Nice to have a stash at hand … The switch this past year, with libraries closed to in-person browsing, led to these purchases …
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 1:05 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … a half-day, random sample of her prime catnap, lounging locations … Finnish Marimekko Pieni Unikko … red poppies …
… 4:23 pm … computer chair …
… 12 hours later … 1:37 am … Wednesday, May 26 … double-decker thermal mats … Perkins says, “Does Teeny have to hoard BOTH thermal mats?!” …
Thursday, April 29, 2021, 3:36 am — Teeny Tuxedo … a rare cat opportunity … enjoying Mom’s wingback chair … without the usual towel chair protectors … no clawing allowed, Teeny! …
… 12:58 pm … later … not so rare … daily yawns …
Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 7:34 pm — Perkins says … Glad you’re taking the David Lichman virtual horse liberty clinic with Doobie … ’cause I can play with Mr. Snappy … I’m a natural liberty cat! …
… David Lichman’s Heart of Liberty virtual clinic … 4 Saturdays, March 27-April 17, 2021 … live Zoom sessions, 11:30-1:00 … no travel, one of the benefits of the current pandemic … “More than just techniques, The Heart of Liberty goes directly to the core of a deep and mindful relationship with horses.” … more about Mr. Snappy …
Saturday, March 6, 2021, 12:35 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … a cozy hideaway … Mom’s Ethan Allen chair, table …
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 5:30 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … Mom’s wingback chair …
6 years ago … chair without its cat-resistant towels … Wingback Warrior Cat, June 27, 2015 …
Tuesday, January 26, 2021, 11:00 am — Perkins … on Grandma Ahola’s sewing basket … a good view of the humming bird feeder attached to the deck window …
… 7 years ago … a prime spot in front of the forced-air heater … and tv … Pristine Frankenstein Cat, Nov. 23, 2013 … until the ductless heating / cooling system was installed, Nov. 2019 …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 