20Apr21: warming up the kitty boy…

Step 1: Present the hand.

Step 2: Watch the kitty boy reject the hand.

Step 3: Don’t become discouraged.

Step 4: See what I mean~!

Step 5: Let the purring begin! Your kitty boy is warmed up!

19Apr21: shameless…

What’s up, Andrew? You look suspicious.

Seems I caught wee Andrew taking a bath.

Nom! Nom! Nom!

18Apr21: walking the cat…

I tried walking the late Louie, with mixed results. I took Andy and Dougy for walks in a carriage designed for safely walking small pets, but never on a harness.

As much as Louie love, love, loved being a part time outside kitty boy, he still determined when that outside time was.

This was a particularly successful walk with Louie. Note that I let him freewheel it. The one time I tried to put a harness on him, it took him less than the time from putting him down on the ground till he was out of it!

17Apr21: What’s on your agenda, Andy?

Andy poses for his best “Noble Rin Tin Tin” impersonation, never mind he was a doggo!

“Get ready! Now I’m going to do…

…my best impersonation of a kitty taking a nap!”

That Andy! What a great impersonationist! Here’s his absolutely best impersonation, though:

See what I mean?

16Apr21: backyard birding…

The late Dougy (on chair) and Andy used to “argue” over who got to perch on the little red chair. The back door was a perfect place to bird watch the backyard birds that used the trees just outside the back door.

I put the flower pot next to the chair so both kitty boys had a perch. That helped reduce the squabbles. Both kitty boys love, love, loved to bird watch from these perches.

Dougy chattering at the birds outside.

Me watching Andy on my computer monitor, and Dougy watching Andy from the stereo. Andy’s “horns” are up!

15Apr21: sleepy boy…

What a busy morning! Breakfast. High praise for ending mousies in the cabinet. (There never were any, but I tell Andy he’s a good kitty because he takes care of mousies! LOL!) Playing with the toy mousie. Whew! Andy’s ready…

…for…

…a…

…nap.

14Apr21: tears for Dougy…

Two seconds long, this four-year-old memory popped up on Facebook recently. Two seconds of the late Dougy’s life as he exited a hidey hole he had in the guest bedroom…. It tore at my heart and I cried tears for Dougy, who died at nine years and two weeks of age on the 15th of July in 2020. Tears for Dougy….

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13apr21: relaxation video for kitties…

I found a YouTube video that supposedly puts your kitty to sleep in five minutes.

Naturally, I tried it on Andy. He took longer than five minutes, but…

…he slowly succumbed…

…to the soft purr and music.

I confess! It works on humans, too! Try it on your cats and let me know how it went.

12Apr21: “‘Kitty food time’…isn’t it?”

Andy is sure it is “kitty food time”.

Andy is very sure!

Andy asks, “‘Kitty food time’…isn’t it?” [It wasn’t, but he missed “kitty food time” earlier when he got wound up on catnip. I put out more kitty food. Then he ate from the earlier plate and left the second plate!]