Wordless Wednesday - Friends

 

Tuesdays with Tigris - Less Than Sweet Dreams

 Reader,

I was napping beside the Lady the other day while she was reading and I started to have dreams.

At first I was just running and twitching.

Then I started to growl.

I could have been growling at garbage cat, or maybe I was growling at the new monstrosity that Lady purchased for the bathroom that is now the litter room. 

A toilet paper holder

This is a secret I will keep.

Tigris

Mischief Monday - Weather

 Hi friends, hi friends, hi friends,

Thank you from the bottom of my future too big heart for all the POTP and kind thoughts sent my way. I really am doing well and I love, love, love my pill. I jump up on the counter to get it. I think the girls are jealous that I get a special treat. 

Lanie and I love to look out the window together

It has been a quiet week here, except we were alone way, way, way too long Saturday. Lady and Man went out for dinner and to a movie and then 10 minutes from home, they hit a road block. We had a bad, bad, bad thunderstorm while they were in the city and the low road (the highway) and the only other reasonable detour (the mountain road) had flooded. The firefighter said they had no idea when they may be able to open again, so a tired Lady and Man had to take a detour that took about 1.5 hours. 1.5 hours! They drove so, so, so long without a break, Lady's car gave Man a reminder that he should take a break (they were almost home then so he was not, not, not, going to stop).

We saw this the next morning and thought this could sum up our life

At the time of this writing on Sunday, the detour was open but the highway was still closed and may be closed for several days. 

Your pal, the great watcher and waiter, Styxy

Nature Friday - An Adventure

 Hi friends, hi friends, hi friends,

First, it is a very, very, very special day today. It is Lady's birthday. Happy Birthday to our Lady!

Your host Styx

Grissie told you about Lady's cat driving adventure on Tuesday. While she had time to kill she went to visit a place called the Aquatarium. This is a small aquarium.

Here is some of the nature she saw.

Justin Beaver! 

Thanks to Rosy and Sunny for hosting this event. 

Lanie's Log - Training and Other Things

 It has been 240 days since my imprisonment. Don't let the Wardens know, but I may be living my best life and the cat distribution system may have worked magic, even if Tigris calls me a garbage cat. 

I have decided I trust the Man Warden the best, just like I like Styx the best. Maybe I just like guys better. So this has put the training burden on Man Warden. Apparently I have heard whispers of a goal of letting my nails be cut (that sounds terrible).

So here is the training he is doing with me.

Taking treats off his lap in the chair.

Taking food off the dining room table.

Taking treats off his lap on the floor, on a blanket. 

Now, in case you are worried I am too domestic now, I am keeping my fierce side.

Jack-O-Lanie - Prisioner #3

Wordless Wednesday - Lady Squish with Styx

 

Tuesdays with Tigris - A Helpful Lady

Reader,

I think the Lady may be a bit crazy

Lady saw on social media that a local cat rescue TRN Lapeche needed a driver to take a carload of cats 1.5 hours away to a spay and neuter clinic. So she took the day off and drove 14 cats about 150km/90 miles (one way, return that is twice the distance).

The clinic is an all spay and neuter clinic (they vaccine and microchip too and do a few other things). The rescue works to send a few car loads a month there. They first send cats from their rescue (a combination of feral from colonies who they support and rescued who have a chance of becoming house cats) and then open it up to the public, as the cost is about half of what Lady paid to get garbage cat fixed. 

Then a volunteer picks up the cats in 2 locations and drives to the clinic. The clinic is all drive through. You drive up, you give them your dog/cat and everyone comes back at the same time that day. For Lady, she dropped all the cats off at 9 and picked them up at 2:15.

When loading the cats back into the car, the guy in line behind her yelled "who's the crazy cat lady" and Lady laughed and said "cat rescue" and he said "I figured" but they both laughed.

Then Lady drove the 14 cats back tot he 2 drop off locations and home.

She was rewarded with a $50 gas card for her time.

She said it was easy. She had to make sure the crates were labeled and zip tied. She had to Tetris them all into the car. They were very good. Only 2 complained a little on the way there. The feral ones (who had been taken from the colony the night before) stunk a bit. She had to do the same thing on the way home, where no one said anything.

She is doing it again in July. She can imagine doing it a few times in the good weather. She will not be doing this in the winter as winter driving is not her scene.

I guess it is good she is helping other cats out of our house. I made sure she knew I was still in charge and could kill her in her sleep. 

Tigris, Queen of the house