Caturday and OMG! We got cookies!

Last September our friend Grace sent the pointy eared people a box of goodies. The were rolling in mouse toys, crocheted toys, snacky bits, and yummy gushy noms. Imagine my surprise when Thursday turned out to be our turn. 🙂 We received a lovely card, some beautiful cat ornaments and some of the best cookies ever!

Thank you Grace!
Thank you Grace!

I intend to find a place to hang the ornaments as they are lovely year round. Now, in keeping with the heart motif, here are the pointy eared people.

Tito
Tito
Miss Jenny
Miss Jenny
Titanescu: He may have a heart around his head, but he's still a curmudgeon.
Titanescu: He may have a heart around his head, but he’s still a curmudgeon.

Many many thanks to the lovely Grace for her delightful gifts.

Love and bonks from Rudha-an, Lastech, Tito, Jenny and Titanescu


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Caturday: Of cat caves and chronic begging

When we sit on the bed to watch tv or read with the blankets up over our knees, the pointy eared people dive in. It’s their cat cave. If we’re not under the blanket, one of them will paw and claw at the blanket until we comply.

Miss Jenny in her cave
Miss Jenny in her cave
Tito enjoying his cave
Tito enjoying his cave

I don’t have a good photo of Titan in his cave. Being black makes it even harder to get good pics. However, I do have a pic of what I face every day. It starts an hour or more before feeding time. Normally, I’m at the computer desk and rather than staring, Titan comes and sits in front of me. He sits in front of me and alternates between nibbling on my arm and licking it. Nibble nibble lick lick. However, if I move my arm, he BITES it followed by the licky licks. He never breaks the skin. It’s just far less gentle than the nibbles. Miss Jenny sits on the floor, mews plaintively and jabs claws in my butt. I refuse to let them win. 🙂

Noms? Feed us Noms? Nao? NOMS RIGHT MEOW!
Noms? Feed us Noms? Nao? NOMS RIGHT MEOW!

And now for something different. Zefrank is a favorite. It’s borderlined NSFW (language) but so much fun. 🙂

Clowns are only mentioned, not shown.


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Caturday: Rainy day edition

It’s finally raining! It won’t be enough to hold off the drought, but anything is better than nothing. The pointy eared people are using the rain as an excuse to sleep. That’s not exactly true. They use ANY excuse to sleep.

Tito is being a contortionist
Tito is being a contortionist
Titanescu decided that Miss Jenny had a flavor
Titanescu decided that Miss Jenny had a flavor

In the meantime, this is what Lastech is dealing with today at work.

Rain and high winds. Photo by Lastech
Rain and high winds. Photo by Lastech


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Caturday: The pointy eared people are sad

Titanescu is especially sad. His hero, Colonel Meow, has passed away. The Colonel was a rescue who was found abandoned by the side of the road. He was later adopted by Anna Marie Avey aka Slave Beast. His rise to power began when his pictures were posted to Instagram. From there, he extended his power to Facebook. On top of his rise to power, The Colonel also holds the Guinness World Record for the longest fur (9 inches). He accomplished much in his short time on this earth. We’re sure he’s finding new minions beyond the Rainbow Bridge and living by his motto:

Enjoying life, one scotch induced nap at a time.

Jarrett Bellini of CNN has written a wonderful and humorous obituary for The Colonel and you can find it here.

Colonel Meow will be missed greatly and we wish to extend our condolences to Anne Marie and ALL of his friends and minions. With much love from Titanescu, Tito, Miss Jenny Nightshade, Rudha-an and Lastech

Here are the pointy eared people.

Titanescu using Miss Jenny as a pillow
Titanescu using Miss Jenny as a pillow
Sleepy Tito
Sleepy Tito


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Caturday: Dead bug, jellybeans and a beggar

I finally got a few pics of the fur kids. Miss Jenny is learning to NOT run when she sees me with a cam. 🙂

Tito doing the dead-bug
Tito doing the dead-bug
Miss Jenny and her pretty pink jellybeans
Miss Jenny and her pretty pink jellybeans

As for Titan? Well, he’s the beggar. He’s the one who loves his mushy food. During PDT, he was fed at 5:30 am and pm. Now that it’s PST, it’s 4:30 am and pm. However, begging commences an hour ahead of time. In the wee hours of the morning he and Miss Jenny are a tag team. In the afternoon, Titan does something different.

When Titan is hungry, he sits in front of the computer monitor
When Titan is hungry, he sits in front of the computer monitor

Removing Titan from his perch is hazardous and usually results in a sound slapping session with or without hissing and biting. We both refuse to give in. I won’t feed him until the appropriate time and he doesn’t move. I sit and read my book instead. 🙂

And now for something completely adorable from WorldBirdSanctuary at Youtube.


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Caturday: Sleeping with the fishes

Not quite, but what the heck. I was bored and we haven’t gotten out much lately as our free time was taken up with a stupid phone problem. It’s fixed for the moment. Since I had no brilliant ideas, I went off to play with some photo editors.

Tito
Tito
Miss Jenny
Miss Jenny
Titanescu
Titanescu

So that we don’t ignore the doggies of the world, here is an amazing trick brought to us by nicknozzy (Nick and Ozzy) at youtube. Yes, it’s safe for work. 🙂


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Caturday: Titanescu is getting creepy

As you all know, Titanescu is grumpy. His other name is Titanus Grumpicus Bunny Butt. He’s called those names for a reason. He’s bloody grumpy!

He has lightning fast paws and he’s bitey. To date, he’s never broken the skin when he bit. It was always followed by an immediate licking of the bite area. He doesn’t smack with his claws out either. He will hiss loudly in your face and spray plenty of fishy smelling spittle if the slaps and bites don’t work though. I always thought it was funny.

Now I don’t know what to think. He hasn’t slapped or bitten me in days. He hasn’t hissed for a few weeks.

He’s plotting something. I know he is. It’s just not in his nature to go so long without one of his grumpy meltdowns. He’s been far too calm and he’s even been a tad snuggly. I’m going to be tiptoeing around the apartment waiting for the paw to drop.

Oh yeah, it’s Caturday! Here you go.

Tito and Miss Jenny enjoying the cushion together
Tito and Miss Jenny enjoying the cushion together
Here's Titanescu pretending to be lovey and using Miss Jenny for a pillow. He's plotting something I tell you.
Here’s Titanescu pretending to be lovey and using Miss Jenny for a pillow. He’s plotting something I tell you.

And now for something different. You can find more like this at zefrank1’s Youtube channel. It may be a bit too NSFW for some.


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Caturday: End of the year edition

It’s almost the end of the year and I don’t have any new pictures of the pointy eared people. Instead, I’m going to post (or re-post) some of my favorites. 🙂

Tito makes me want to bury my face in that fur. I do it often as it's safe with him. He likes it.
Tito makes me want to bury my face in that fur. I do it often as it’s safe with him. He likes it.
It's hard to get photos that show off his beautiful green eyes. I get lucky on occasion
It’s hard to get photos that show off his beautiful green eyes. I get lucky on occasion
Lastech took this one of Miss Jenny. She's looking extra cute
Lastech took this one of Miss Jenny. She’s looking extra cute
Lastech took this one as well.
Lastech took this one as well.
The look on Titan's face in this photo makes giggle.
The look on Titan’s face in this photo makes giggle.
Titan may look silly in the previous photo, but he looks quite regal here.
Titan may look silly in the previous photo, but he looks quite regal here.

We’ll get more active on the blog once we get past the New year. Until then, be safe everyone.


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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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