Happy Holidays!

We don’t say Happy Holidays to be politically correct. We say happy holidays because our friends are a mix of Christian, Atheist, Pagan, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, etc. We want to include EVERYONE in our wishes rather than a select few. Some of my friends just celebrated the Solstice and another will celebrate the Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food for Christmas. Lastech and I will celebrate by eating beef bourguignon and watching movies.

I want to make a special shout out (in no particular order) to Sally & hubby (with Dizzy Lizzy and Durango), Ryan, Labby (and Miss Lee), Lynn, Grace (and all her fur-people), Nekoneko (with Carolyn and Ting-Ting), Abra (and Tsula), and my family.

I also want to give a special shout out to those who make TNR a thing of wonder. The amazing Flumptytail is NOT a crazy cat woman. She does have lots of them though. She has opened her home and basement to many abandoned and feral kitties. She spays or neuters them and provides them with veterinary care and they come and go as they wish. She also has an adorable teenie dog named Dilly.

Another amazing cat activist and protector is Nofuratu and his entire family. Nofur and his family have TNRd and re-homed many abandoned and feral kitties. He is also provides outstanding travel commentary and he’s a wonderful political activist. I almost forgot. He’s an outstanding fashion model.

I didn’t mention Lastech yet. My bad. My very bad. It took me half my lifetime to find him, but it was worth it. I love you my husband and I’m so happy that I found you.

Did I get gooey enough? I certainly think so. Soooo, here’s a couple of random pics we took that seem to suit the mood.

We love to go to Golden Gate Park. In particular, we like to go to Stow Lake. This time we were just cruising through but had to stop for this.

I saw this on the way around the lake
I saw this on the way around the lake
Someone(s) decorates the tree every year.
Someone(s) decorates the tree every year.

We also have interesting wildlife

This wild birdie is NOT on our dinner menu. It was spotted in the East Bay by Lastech
This wild birdie is NOT on our dinner menu. It was spotted in the East Bay by Lasteach

Happy Holidays from the JBoD household to yours,

Rudha-an, Lastech, Tito, Miss Nightshade Jenny, and Titanescu aka Titanus Grumpicus Bunny Butt


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Caturday: Warm fuzzies

While we don’t actually celebrate Christmas, we DO get into the holiday spirit. Today, I’ll be making a batch of pumpkin bread. Tomorrow, I’ll bake more. I’ll be sharing them around the neighborhood. Sometime after the 25th, I’ll post my final batch of photos from Angel Island. In the meantime, here are the wonderful, warm, and fuzzy pointy eared people.

Warm and fuzzy Tito
Warm and fuzzy Tito
Warm and fuzzy Jenny doing her helicopter imitation
Warm and fuzzy Jenny doing her helicopter imitation
Titanescu looks all warm and fuzzy, but don't touch unless you want to unleash the tyrant
Titanescu looks all warm and fuzzy, but don’t touch unless you want to unleash the tyrant

For those who may remember, back in 2008 klusmanp and his pal posted a video called “The Engineer’s Guide to Cats”. They have finally posted the sequel. I love it!

Just in case you missed the original, here it is.


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Caturday: Titanescu left a surprise

Last week I mentioned the pointy eared people plotting against me in the wee hours. They managed to have a slap fest and use me as a trampoline without waking Lastech. They did it again.

Titanescu is actually the guilty one this time. He has a habit of eating way too fast and then the food bounces up on him. I got up at 0430 and gave them their gushy food and went back to bed. 5 minutes later..

HOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!!

Nuts

I grabbed my flashlight to see where he made his deposit. He had excellent aim. He managed to blarp it all over Lastech’s bare foot. Lastech slept through it until I woke him so I could clean it up without getting kicked. 🙂

Note: As a precaution, we give the pointy eared people hairball remedy on a regular basis.

Titanescu: The dark hoarker
Titanescu: The dark hoarker
Miss Jenny: NOT a hoarking queen
Miss Jenny: NOT a hoarking queen. In fact, we’ve never seen her hoark
Tito: The polite hoarker, he leaves his deposits on the floor for easy cleanup
Tito: The polite hoarker, he leaves his deposits on the floor for easy cleanup

Yes, they have been clawing and nomming on the drapes.

For your amusement


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Random pic from Lastech: The tree

Lastech hasn’t posted much at all. He’s currently working a LOT of overtime. He still tries to take a pic or two when he’s working.

Trees and the sky by Lastech
Trees and the sky by Lastech

I will try to post more of his photos as he takes them.


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Caturday: Evil cats

It began at 0412 this morning. I sleep on my side. As any cat, dog or child person knows, this position would be better called the protecting-the-bladder position. Moving objects bouncing off your bladder at a high rate of speed at that hour is nightmarish. So there I was. Sleeping. I was dreaming away and then it happened. I awoke to find Titanescu creeping from his normal spot on my hip (yes, he sleeps there) to my ribcage. Tito was perched on my hip (oh joy) and Miss Jenny was playing Queen of the Mountain and standing on my head yelling “mee ou”. Then it happened. Titanescu reverted to butthead mode and decided to have a major slappy paws moment with Tito. Biff! Bam! Smack! At that moment, Jenny hopped over to the nightstand. Just as I got the boys to quit trying to slap the crap out of each other, she jumped. She landed right in the middle of them, ricocheted off to bounce OVER Lastech and jetted off down the hallway, but only after smacking into the wall heater with a loud crash. Tito and Grumpy Butt followed. Evil buttheads!

They were hungry, of course. Lastech slept through it.

They looked guilty when I caught them. I guess Titanescu and Tito really WERE plotting.
They looked guilty when I caught them. I guess Titanescu and Tito really WERE plotting.
Definitely plotting! Miss Jenny is only pretending to sleep.
Definitely plotting! Miss Jenny is only pretending to sleep.

Yes, I fed them. The original feeding time was 0530. However only humans deal with the idiocy called Daylight Savings Time. Cats have their own clock and by their reckoning, they know that feeding time is now 0430. They’re gonna make darned sure I don’t miss it.

And now for some cute corgi puppies.


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Caturday: Post Thanksgiving edition

We hope everyone had a wonderful day. On Friday, Lastech had to work and I wasn’t going anywhere near a mall. I shopped on Black Friday once. It was before it was called Black Friday and it was an accident. While I take pride in being frugal, I’m not THAT intent on saving a dime or two. Instead, I spent the day with the pointy eared people. Lastech took these photos.

Tito
Tito
Blue-eyed Miss Jenny
Blue-eyed Miss Jenny
Titanescu: Я хочу мяса индейки сейчас!
Titanescu: Я хочу мяса индейки сейчас!

I know that most of you are familiar with the Simon’s Cat videos at Youtube. Here is a video of his real kitties who provide him with a lot of inspiration.


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Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Pumpkin Bread

Thanksgiving is upon us and we would like to extend our heartfelt wishes for a great holiday season for everyone.

Thanksgiving 2013

In addition to Thanksgiving, many of our friends are celebrating the first day of the Festival of Lights, otherwise known as Chanukah. The first day of Chanukah and Thanksgiving fall on the same day for the first time since 1888. It won’t happen again for a long time.

Hanukkah

 

And now for the recipe… This is the only pumpkin bread I have ever really enjoyed. Most of the time I find it dry and mealy. This is NOT dry. It’s rich and heavy and moist. 🙂

Mom and Dad’s Pumpkin Bread

5 cups pumpkin (1 large and 1 small can)

2 cups white sugar

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup oil

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cloves

2 tsp cinnamon

4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup nuts

5 cups flour

Mix all the ingredients well.  Makes 2 large bread loaves, or up to ten mini loaves.  Bake at 350 for 1 hr. for a large loaf and about 40 minutes for a mini loaf.  May take longer. I check the small loaves after 30 minutes and the large after 50 minutes. Bread is done when a toothpick is inserted and comes out clean.

We always greased the pans and sprinkled them with sugar (rather than flour).  We also sprinkled a bit of sugar on top as it made the top crunchy.

Love and best wishes to all from everyone here at JBoD,

Lastech, Rudha-an, Tito, Miss Jenny, and Titanescu

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Jay bird?

One day I came across a Steller’s Jay in the park. I wasn’t happy with the quality of the photos, but I DID find them a bit humorous. 🙂

Hmmmmmm
Hmmmmmm
Whaaaa?
Whaaaa?
OMG! I'm not decent!
OMG! I’m not decent!


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