Saturday, December 10, 2022, 8:29 pm — Perkins … with faithful guardian, Ms Koala …
Monday, December 12, 2022, 2:05 pm … two days later …
10 years ago! … Ms Koala … ever vigilant … Teeny Tuxedo and Perky, new printer box … Eye of the Printer Cat, Oct. 26, 2013 …
Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 11:39 am — Teeny Tuxedo … “Hey, Perky … how about going undercover in the camo cat tunnel?” … (they’re under the self-heating thermal mat right here) …
1:32 pm … Looks like I’m the only one playing “undercover cat” in the camo tunnel …
… Time to find more mischief … the Kitty Kick Stix will have to wait …
Monday, November 14, 2022, 12:59 pm — Perkins … Does Perky follow the sun? … or … does the sun follow Perky? …
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 3:07 pm — Perkins … sports her year-round fall colors … matching 1st day of November golden autumn leaves …
Sunday, November 6, 2022, 6:50 pm … 5 days later … Teeny Tuxedo still minds her manners while Perky eats … whether fall or summer … Ms. Manners Cats, July 30, 2022 …
Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 1:48 pm — Perkins … the grooming gloves are on the floor so I can do my own groomin’ … If only I could use both at once …
Thursday, June 16, 2022, 9:31 am — Male house finch … likes the new bird seeds … “Sizzling Variety with Habanero” … “Squirrels detest the pepper oil, but it’s harmless to birds” … Especially like that it has “no milo, no filler” … Songbird Selections, by Audubon Park, Seattle … who “work to help support small farms by purchasing local seed from local farmers as much as possible.”
… 10:35 am … Perkins … perambulating with a purpose … through the paper maze …
Friday, June 10, 2022, 9:37 pm — Perkins … Before serious play begins, a girl has to be well-groomed … Your feather toy awaits, madam … (Dad’s traditional Finnish boots, from their 1980’s trip to Finland) …
… How to play with a feather toy … (See the feathers in their prime, 6 years ago, Feather Toy Winner Cat, Nov. 26, 2016) …
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 1:12 am — Perkins … bedroom door … pondering her post-midnight plan …
… 1:14 am … two minutes later … “It’s my box … and I’m not gettin’ out!” …
Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 1:16 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … catnapping … stretch those toes! …
… front paws aren’t just cute …
… they’re a sunscreen, too … (Perkins on her own kitty sill in background) …
[from My Photo a Day Adventure blog]
Saturday, April 2, 2022, 12:39 am — Teeny Tuxedo … It’s After Midnight Movie Time! … Hey, Teeny … what’ll we watch? … Your tail’s pointing to All About Eve, 1950, Bette Davis … perfect choice! … On demand … on practically perfect Turner Classic Movies … the one channel I HAVE to have … since it first began in 1994 … uncut, commercial-free …
Teeny and I had the need to rewatch All About Eve … 1950 Best Picture Oscar … Poster on wall, Summertime, 1955, Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, directed by David Lean, filmed in Venice, Italy.
March was “31 Days of Oscar” on Turner Classic Movies … every year a different theme … This year, every hour of every day was filled with Oscar-winning films … All About Eve had six 1950 wins … Best Picture … Director AND Writing, Joseph L. Mankiewicz … Supporting Actor, George Sanders … Costume Design … Sound … (and eight more nominations).
Ever so fortunate to have seen Bette Davis (twice) and Katharine Hepburn in person on stage … Two of my favorite actresses … All About Eve, 1950, and Summertime, 1955, are favorite films … Plus the extra fortune of staying a month alone at Bette Davis’s Butternut Cottage, Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, July, 2016.
Friday, March 11, 2022, 11:54 am — Perkins … room to stretch out over two Kitty Sills …
… 2 days later … Sunday, March 13, 4:06 pm …
Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 9:58 am — Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … a quiet morning … catnapping their way to the first day of Spring … Sunday, March 20 …
Monday, March 7, 2022, 11:01 am — Perkins … the comfy loveliness of a well-aged, vintage catnip sock … See 7 years ago, same sox! … Sock It To Me Cat, May 13, 2015 … We Love Socks Cats, Sept. 8, 2015 …
Thursday, March 3, 2022, 6:34 am — Perkins … meets Little Perk … the Christmas miracle! … The Priority Mail 1-Day gift that should have arrived Dec. 18, 2021 … ONLY took 75 days … on my doorstep March 1 … What a torturous 65 mile journey it must have had! … from Salem, Oregon to Vancouver, Washington … more photos …
Little Perk … Special gift from Cousin L … spun cotton orange tabby kitten … who joins Little Tux (arrived Christmas 2020) … both by VintagebyCrystal …
Thursday, February 24, 2022, 6:26 am — Teeny Tuxedo … every once in a while Teeny gets in a seriously happy Kitty Kickstix play mood … Both she and Perkins will be 15 years old this year! …
… What’s going on over there? … Is it Perkins? …
… Pha-a-a-a! … Broke my play concentration … sorry, Kickstix, ol’ pal! …
Sunday, February 13, 2022, 10:03 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … whoa!! … who are these tantalizing boxes behind me? …
… Don’t worry little box … I won’t desert you … you’re still my favorite! ...
… 3 days later … Teeny kept her promise … Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2:07 am …
Saturday, January 22, 2022, 1:47 pm — Perkins … day after first day of Winter … shortest day of the year … sun sinks low behind the trees … still enough shines through to highlight the edges of her hair …
How long do I have to keep looking artfully pensive? …
Wednesday, December 22, 2021, 1:10 am — Teeny Tuxedo … hunting the elusive laser pointer red dot! … look for the white arrows … red dot doesn’t show up as well when the lights are on …
… taking a break to pose demurely … rather than a fierce huntress! …
… there it is! … up on the door …
… Red dot action …
Thursday, November 4, 2021, 11:35 am — Teeny Tuxedo … happy tiny box sitter …
… 5:16 pm … back for some afternoon tiny box time …
…Whew! … Tiny boxes are hard work … but worth it! …
Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 6:47 pm — Perky’s curly tail … catnapping with Teeny …
Monday, October 18, 2021, 7:50 am — Caught a view of Bunnster’s white cotton tail … Watch out for the thorns on the blackberry vines! … from the deck …
… munching grass and leaves … around and about the blackberry vines … left and right …
Wednesday, September 29, 2021, 12:52 pm — Perkins … her multipurpose tail … keeps the light out of her eyes during a mid-day cat nap … while Teeny Tuxedo watches birds …
Thursday, July 22, 2021, 4:06 pm — Perkins … eating and drinking … May seem ordinary, but this was a positive day … 11:00 am, Feline Medical Clinic … 1st B-12 shot … went in with her to learn how to give the next 3 weekly shots … then monthly … Glad I had experience giving Tinkerbell her subcutaneous fluid … this needle is MUCH smaller …
Yesterday, July 21, Dr. B. called … results of pancreatic blood panel from Dr. John August, leading authority, Texas A&M … Starting B-12 … Then, August 23 appointment, internal medicine consult, ultrasound of intestines, Sunstone Veterinary Specialists, Portland … Immediate veterinary appointments are VERY hard to get now … side-effect of Covid pandemic for a number of reasons …
Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:44 pm — Perkins … summer afternoon siesta … all seems quiet … until you watch the video below …
… Wind blows the deck umbrella shadow about … and Perk’s tail keeps up with the action …
Saturday, July 10, 2021, 9:40 am — While Perkins wants to catnap next to the thermal mats … Teeny Tuxedo has other plans …
Perkins and Teeny Tuxedo 