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Finnish Tram Cat

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Sunday, December 18, 2022, 6:23 pm — Perkins … does some of her best Finnish learning while she sleeps … red spiral notebook for Finnish notes …

… 8:29 pm … discovered Google translate works on smart tv, livingroom … What’s “tram” in Finnish? … raitiovaunu … Had been watching a YT video by “asitis” … quiet, snowy walk in Helsinki …

“Most trams (raitiovaunut) running in Helsinki traffic are of the Artic type … specifically designed to meet the requirements of Helsinki’s tram network and the Nordic climate.” … “Artic on suunniteltu erityisesti Helsingin raitiovaunuverkon tarpeisiin ja kestämään pohjoista ilmastoa.” – kaupunkiliikenne.fi …

See the green and yellow raitiovaunu / tram in action … at 5:27 … Helsinki Christmas Walk – Snowy city center after several days of snowfall (15 Dec 2022) … by “asitis”

Two days earlier, at tram stop … at 19:00 … HEAVY Snowfall after Blizzard in Helsinki Finland (13 Dec 2022) … by “asitis“

All Around Cat

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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 …

Invitation Cats

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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 …

After Snow Snoozes Cats

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 7:02 pm — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … it’s freezing outside … but they’re staying warm on self-heating thermal mat …
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Thursday, April 14, 2022, 1:19 pm … Teeny … Monday’s masses of snow have disappeared … time for yawning on a warm window kitty sill …
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Quiet Celebration Cats

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Monday, March 21, 2022, 11:26 am — Perkins … while rabbits spring about on this day after the First Day of Spring … Perky maintains a stoic pose …
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… 3:48 pm … Teeny Tuxedo … Spring trees and sky reflected in her eye … rabbits are down lower, munching grass … Springtime for Rabbits …
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Christmas in March Cat

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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 …
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Little Perk … Special gift from Cousin L … spun cotton orange tabby kitten … who joins Little Tux (arrived Christmas 2020) … both by VintagebyCrystal …

Learning Finnish Cat

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022, 4:06 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … waiting for the weekly Finnish discussion class on Zoom, 5:30-6:30 … while birds are skittering outside … and Perkins naps on the thermal mats …
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… Close-up of last week’s Finnish discussion class notes … Feb. 1, 2022 … this is the 3rd 6-week set … Began the 1st, last September … on Zoom … through Salolampi, the Finnish Language Village, at Concordia Language Villages near Bemidji, Minnesota … Mom attended two summer sessions in the 2000s … a convenient addition to visiting Russ, Kathy, Krista in St. Paul … We’re all hunnert percent Finnish … with 1% Norwegian, 1% Swedish thrown in … per latest Ancestry.com DNA update …Finnish discussion class notes, Feb. 1, 2022. Salolampi

Orange Hay Net Cats #2

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 8:09 pm — Teeny Tuxedo … and a brand spanking new “Pumpkin” Orange Slow Feeder hay net … made locally in Washington … replacement for Doobie’s original, which lasted 5 years! …
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… Investigation completed … blue cord rest stop …
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9:01 pm … Teeny told Perkins … “Hay! There’s something new here! Take a sniff!” …
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… Perk ends investigation at the same spot Teeny Tuxedo did … the blue cord …
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Dreaming & Dining Cat

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Saturday, January 18, 2022, 5:29 pm — Perkins … dreaming about her outdoor friends … dining on the deck today …
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… 10:27 am … Mr. Squirrel … “Corn! … I LOVE corn!” …

… 10:32 am … Polite female Northern Flicker … waiting her turn at the suet holder … and for stray pieces that fall on the deck rail … Is her friend a boy or girl? …

White Paper Cats

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Friday, December 31, 2021, 2:01 am — Teeny Tuxedo, Perkins … snoozing next to my Finnish discussion group notes … Started Sept. 2021, once a week, one hour, six-week sessions … via Zoom … Maybe they’re learning Finnish by osmosis …
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7:36 pm … that night … New Year’s Eve … Teeny Tuxedo … none too pleased to share her box with empty TP rolls …
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April 1, 2020 … Perkins, Teeny Tuxedo … much more impressed when there was a TP shortage … and this magnificent box of wonderful white stuff showed up … see Rare, Elusive TP Cats …
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