Itty Bitty Kitty Snaps

Misha my friend, these itty bitty kitty photos of me are for you. I was only 8 weeks old when I came home with my mum, and I am snoozing on the big couch.

Well today is the winter solstice for us folks in the Southern Hemishphere, and we welcome every minute of daylight back. Our winter has been mild, but we miss the warmth and blue skies, and mum looks forward to the washing drying outside on the line.

Have a great day friends.

Awww Fanks

Fank you for all the nice comments, about my Poppy Q in box photos. Mum loves the ones of me when I was an itty bitty kitty. She had some shampoo sent to her in that box, and as soon as she opened it, I climbed in. Luckily she had her camera handy and got a couple of shots.

The big box came when we had two chair delivered and I had a lot of fun in there, exploring and running around in it as it was soooooooo big.

No boxes this weekend, just the heater on and lots of snoozing.

Sweet dreams everybuddy.

International Cats in Boxes Friday

I am good at squeezing into little boxes and big boxes!! Thanks to our friends Maggie and Zooey at Zoolatry for International Cats In Boxes Day.

Hope you all find a box, just your size. Have a great weekend everybuddy.

Remebering

Remembering what it was like to be warm, and the sun was shining and the bricks were warm. Hurry up winter, we want the warm weather back.

Wordless Wednesday

Cleaning out the Closet

Mum found these pictures of me cleaning out the closet, last year.


It is so cold here, I could do with all of those old jackets to keep me warm!

Mum took them all to the Salvation Army shop. We hope the neighbourhood are enjoying mums old warm clothes.

We hope you all help clean out the closets and recycle your old clothes. Most shelters, SPCA, and vets are happy to take old sheets, blankets, towels and old woolly or polarfleece clothes to keep animals warm. Not to wear the jackets/jumpers silly, but to be wrapped up in them after surgery or when in cages.

We have a pile of old worn sheets, and mum is going to take them to the SPCA soon. She should really give up her old pink towels, she has had them since she was 18, and that was ages ago.

Gorgeous grey friends

A big big huge thanks to my lovely friends Maggie and Zooey at Zoolatry , and their mom for making such beautiful pictures of me and my gorgeous grey friends. Please pop over and see the other pictures of Darby and Alexi, Alfie and Franklin. How lucky I am to have such super friends.

Have a fantastic week everybuddy.

Shopping Sunday with Poppy Q

Sittin at home on a cold Sunday, we were browing through Etsy : http://www.etsy.com/. ETSY is one of our fave websites, as artists all over the world sell their art and products directly to customers. We like to support the artists, and buy many presents and gifts this way rather than all that generic stuff at the mall, that everyone can find in any town. Most sellers are really helpful and keen to customise their items to what the buyer wants.

We hope you like our selections and enjoy your sunday shopping with Poppy Q.




Fit for a princess this gorg cat bed is a little pricey, $600 (US), but a girl can dream. Mum knows if she bought it for me, I would be unlikely to sleep in it, preferring the dirty laundry or a cardboard box. You can find it here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12161036


Diamond cat collars - how posh. These are very sweet and purrfectly modeled. $35 (US), from this seller: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5354335



If diamonds are a bit out of your price range, these cute baby/cat scarves are cute and on sale. They are only $10 (US), and you can buy here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=14919915



These hand knitted fish toys are cute, and come loaded with nip. At only $5 (US), they are cheap and cheerful and look like fun. Buy them here:http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20775999


We love these custom pet portraits done with a vintage Victorian edge. They are $45 (US) and you can buy them here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25606109



Another fab way of capturing your cuteness is to have one of these cute cat lifelike toys made. That way you can travel with your beans wherever they go!! They are $160 (US), and you can buy here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23995608

Thanks for shopping with us, we hope you like the things we choose, they made us smile!.

What to do with myself

Misty and wet here today. Nothing to do but poke my tongue out and play with my scratching pad. Oh, and help make the bed, cause I love to do that on Saturday.





Look at me and all the gorgeous greys!!! Zoolatry is making us famous!!

Get Horizontal

Have a great weekend everybuddy. We hope you all get some down time, get horizontal and party with your feathers.

Whatever takes your fancy!!

Smooches

I was just fluffin the pillows for you

I was just fluffin the pillows for you mum. Getting it all ready for our sleeps.

Love for Sale

Mum likes to look on trade me, NZs answer to Ebay, at the cats and dogs. She doesn't look too often, for her heart gets broken every time. These were some of the sweet faces she found on their recently, all looking for furrever homes.

Sniffles

Mum works at the hospital, and as it is entering the winter cold/flu season, and with swine flu on the rise, she rolled up her sleeve and had the flu vaccine three weeks ago. Now she hasn't had a cold in about 9 months, but ever since her jab, she has been feeling sniffley and today sneezy as well.

She would have rather stayed at home with me, but she is on-call and tomorrow is on shift, and Thursday is the only one able to help out, and then on-call on Frid, Sat and Sunday night and then shift next Monday and on-call next Tuesday. So maybe she can schedule a sick day in bed with me next Wednesday. Til then, lem sip and hopefully an early night.

We hope all the germs stay away from you all.

Sniffley smooches

Monday already?

Mum thought you might like to see photos of where she went walking on Sunday, it is the beach about a 10 minute drive from our house and is right next to the airport. It was sunny, but very, very cold and windy.


Now back to the birds, I don't catch them. I just sit and watch them fly onto our roof and eat the bread, and hope that one of them slips off so I can chase him. It works better when mum throws the bread onto the neighbours roof, as it is lower that ours, but as they were home they might have thought something strange was happening. So mum only throws bread on their roof during the week, when they are at work.

Have a great week everybuddy.

Cat Vs Wild

Get yourself a tall mum or dad, so that they can throw the torn up bread on the roof, not a shorty like my mum who lets lots fall on the ground.


Wait for the birdies to come.

You may need a hidey hole, like my garden weeds.

Can you see me hiding there?

I hope this little instructional post of outdoor survival skills is helpful for my indoor buddies.

PS - no birdies were harmed in the making of this post. Alas, one loaf of bread had to be sacrificed.

Winter Sun

Today we had a bit of winter sun, and I got some on my window seat bed. This is my sleeping spot after I have had breakfast. Mon-Fri it is a good spot to sit and watch everybuddy rush off to work, and I even sit and watch my mum head off.

We hope all of our northern hemisphere pals are enjoying their summer. Only 16 days to the winter solstice, so enjoy every day of sun, then please send it south for us.

Enjoy your weekend.

More Drying

Ahhh this towel is getting real dry.

It is Friday, and mum has done some of the chores. She got the groceries, she put three loads of washing on, and did the dishes. So we might have some time for relaxing. We hope you all get to put your tootsies up and help with the laundry.

Have a great weekend everybuddy.

Cat Jobs

Cat jobs - helping to dry the washing.


If the washing is laid out to dry in front of the heater, you may use your body heat to help it along. This also helps your humans, by giving them their daily requirement of cat furs on their body.

Payment - lots of temptations.

Fanks for all the well wishes, mum says I was back to being my perky self today, and finks I might just have had a tummy ache. She is carfeully watching me though, and watching her quilt covers for any more little brown marks.

Purring for our friend Mazie Grace - Wordless Wednesday

Vet Visit on Hold

Mum says I was looking more perky this morning, and my pooper was a bit better too. So she has decided to put a hold on the vet visit and keep an eye on me. As you all know, a vet visit can sometimes be a bit traumatic.

Thanks for all of your well wishes and your pooper advice. We will keep you posted.

Big smoocheroonies to everybuddy.

Mum and Poppy Q

Ooops

Mum noticed that yesterday where I had been sleeping on her bed, were some dirty brown smears. So she decided to embarass me and look at my pooper. Now, it was very smeary and matted back there, and she tried to clean me up with a warm flannel and some paper towels, but I did not like that. She can see some stuck lumps there too.

It was too hard for her to do by herself, and today is a public holiday so all the vets are closed sept the mergency one. So tomorrow, she is going to have to ring the vet and take me down there. Oh boy, this doesn't sound like it will be a good visit.

Now mum says I has been a good girl and is eating and drinking as normal, so she isn't worried that I am too sick, but she says I has been a bit quiet today and maybe feels a bit sick, so she thinks I might have a sick tummy.

Wish me luck.

Hail

Today was a day of dark dark skies and hailstones.


It came close to snowing in our city. We hope everybuddy here was bundled up nice and warm.

Me, I didn't move too much. The first day of winter starts for us tomorrow. That means 3 months of snoozing before spring arrives.

Saturday is for snoozing

Just a quiet day, catching up on my zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzs.

Have a nice weekend everybuddy

Dis is my mums bed, and cause it is winter this weekend, we are going to snuggle in it. She has two duvets on top, and two quilts folded up over her legs, and a merino blankie on top for me.

Just plain cosy. We hope you all have great snuggles this weekend.

Smooches

Mums New Boots are made of Sheeps

Yesterday we showed you a glimpse of mums new boots!! They are made of sheepskin and she said they are super cosy and warm, especially in the cold. They are inside boots only, so no splashing in puddles, and they are almost my colour, just a little bit more brown although in this picture they do look a lot like me!

Mum has moved them from outside my cupboard, into her room. That way I can leave my smells on my cans of fancy feast.

Wordless Wednesday

Sleepy Spot

This is my cosy winter spot. Mum has put a sheepskin bed beside the heater, but I likes it best with a towel on top.

You can see it is very close, but don't worry I won't get burnt. Mum only has the heater on when she is at home and soopervising.

I hope you all have somewhere warm and snuggly to curl up.