Trixie Thursday

Trixie: I like to do what we call the "Flop and Drop". It usually takes place in the kitchen and preferrably when there is someone in there trying to work. Here's how it works: when someone looks like they're heading for the kitchen, I run ahead, then I flop over and drop right in the middle of the floor. They have to work their way around me as best they can.

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Here, I've made the classic Flop and Drop maneuver.

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I've picked my spot well, it appears to be right in the middle of everything.

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And, whoever comes in the kitchen to cook has to step over me and be very careful not to crunch me underfoot. I also move occasionally so that they can't take anything for granted. They have to keep checking on me at all times.
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Isn't this a fun game to play?? What kinds of games do you play at your house?

Wordless Wednesday

Roughin' It - Summer Fun

Trixie: Well I had a fun time last night!! Crazy Lady said that it would be all right for me to do a little camping, so I pitched my tent and got ready to rough it.



The camp site was a little primitive, but acceptable.



I got everything all situated in my tent and I was ready to go.



First, I did some climbing.



It was dangerous, but I made it up and back without any problems.



Then we had some relay races with the catnip pillow. I'm good at that!!



Phoebe mostly snoopervised, but she was paying close attention.



D.C. grilled some salmon on a cedar plank. Roughin' it food is sure good!!



After dinner, my tent was acting up and turned itself over - then it attacked me!!!



I had to step on it to make it act right!



Then, I left for my real bed. You didn't think I was going to sleep all night in the tent, did you???

Phoebe's Photos

Phoebe's position on photos has changed a lot in her short lifetime!!



Back in the day, when she and Tom were living in D.C.'s workshop, she would pose for a picture and not be afraid at all.



We could get good pictures of her beautiful little face and she had no problem with that!!



We have good pictures of Phoebe, they just need to be cropped to get rid of all the junk in the workshop.




But, at some point before moving into the house, Phoebe started being wary of the camera and would start to run every time you pointed it at her.





Once they moved into the house, she still couldn't make up her mind whether to stay or go when it was picture-taking time.




We got a lot of snaps of her backside just leaving.




And, we got a lot of pictures of the back of her head. (Good picture of Thomas, though!!)





You never know when she might just turn around and leave.



And, this one looks like she is about to decide to leave!!


We are following Daisy the Curly Cat's advice to use lots of treats for photo time. Now, we just have to wait for Phoebe to decide it's a good idea, too!!!

Our First Meme

Grrreta tagged us for the Six Unspectacular Quirks Meme. We've seen other cats do this, but we're just guessing our way along here, so bear with us.

Meme Rules:
*Link to the one who tagged you.
*List the rules on your blog.
*Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
*Tag 4 more bloggers.

1. Thomas has a funny quirk when he comes in the house. He always rolls on the driveway first (Crazy Lady says that's so he'll be sure to bring in lots of pollen and dirt!), then he walks around the post to the bird house that sits right outside the door, then he winds between the legs of the table that sits beside the door, then he comes inside. Crazy Lady sometimes complains that that is too much of a production when she's in a hurry.

2. Phoebe sometimes roams the house in the middle of the night moaning. Behind her back, we call her Moaning Myrtle!! She starts off in the playroom (farthest place away from the master bedroom), then she works her way through the house just softly meowing. When she gets to the bottom of the stairs, Crazy Lady calls out to her and says, "We're all up here. Come join us." Then Phoebe meows her way up the stairs and gets in bed and Crazy Lady scritches her for a while and everything is okay.

3. Trixie likes to sleep on noisy things. We suspect it may be because she was all by herself in a parking lot for at least a couple of days, maybe longer, when she was 6 weeks old. That's where Crazy Lady found her. Anyway, she loves to sleep on crinkly paper or a good ole noisy plastic bag. Maybe that was to warn her if anything got too close.

4. Thomas is often called Kramer around here. Do you remember how Kramer on the Seinfeld Show used to come bungling into a room all crazy and loud and then would just stop and look around. Well, that's Tom when he runs upstairs and jumps on the bed with Crazy Lady and D.C.

5. Phoebe really hates to have the flea treatment put on her neck!!! You would think it was 4 gallons, not 4 drops and that it burned like heck. She puts up such a fight and then stays away from everybody for days afterwards.

6. Trixie talks ALL THE TIME!!! Thomas and Phoebe used to be very quiet cats until Trixie came along and now they talk a lot, too. Just to get a word in occasionally! D.C. says that Trixie talks almost as much as Crazy Lady (which Crazy Lady doesn't think is very funny).

We are tagging Daisy The Curly Cat, Jasper McKitten-Cat, Dennis Loves You and Poppy Q to do this meme next because we would like to learn more about them.

Terrifying Tuesday

Phoebe: I'm terrified of cameras!! Crazy Lady wants to get some pix of me to put on the blog, but I won't stay still for a good one. Daisy the Curly Cat has instructed C.L. to use plenty of treats to get good photos, so treats were brought out.



This one needed a flash (and a steadier hand).



The flash made me run away in order to save my life!!!



I went to my favorite chair - you can see all the lovely cat hairs that I have stored up there!! And, you can see the treats that Crazy Lady tried to bribe me with. What you don't see is - ME!!!



But, Trixie came in to clean up - the treats, not the cat hair.




That made Trixie a very smug little cat!

The Teapot

Trixie: Crazy Lady is getting ready for Hazleruthe's Show Me Wednesday next week featuring teapots. Well, I decided to play a game with her and made it very hard for her to take a picture of the teapot without me in it. I finally gave in and let her get the picture, but I think I look so cute in the pictures that I thought I would show you all.



I think I'll jump in here.

I'm a teapot expert!!!

Well, losing interest now!



I think I'll go have some fun somewhere else.