Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Quasi


Quasi is a part-Siamese white cat with blue eyes and lots of catitude. He regularly shows his displeasure at being left alone by trashing the house. He is a master of shredding TP and hacking up hairballs in inconvenient places. He has written a book, The World is Your Litter Box, and his blog has a lot of information about it. He also blogs about a lot of interesting things having to do with cats, but not a whole lot about himself. I did find a limerick-inspiring story about one of the times he climbed the Christmas tree.

                                     Quasi climbed the Christmas tree.
                                     He got up as high as he could be.
                                           Then the tree fell down
                                           With a crashing sound.
                                     The thud and the boom made Quasi flee.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Award

Oh, I am so embarrassed. I forgot to mention that Boy also gave me the Friends award with the hearts. Thank you, Boy. I got this lovely award from Piggy. Thank you, Piggy. I love it. You make my day, too. There aren't any rules attached to this award. Just hand it out to whoever you like and as many as you like. I will pass this award on to:

Gattina
Missy, KC, Smokey, Sol, BJ and Faith Boo
Boy
Beethoven
Sniffie and the Florida Furkids
Sanjee, Boni, Pepe, Mini and Gree

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Faith Boomerang

On October 29, 2007, ML got a call from a neighbor who said that she saw a momcat carrying three tiny kittens up onto the Sherwood porch. ML checked and, sure enough, there was a tortie momcat with three kittens, just waiting to be taken inside. Although she still had Dinah and all her Mites, along with Missy and KC, ML just had to take in these cats, too. ML swears that there is a sign that only cats can read on her front porch which says that all kittens and their mothers are welcome there. Off they went to the bathroom, which Dinah and the Mites had just vacated. When they all checked out healthy, they joined the merry crew romping all over the house. This was just about more than Missy could stand, but KC was having a ball. Missy got her very own quiet room in a large closet. When Dinah, the Mites, Mama Tortie and her three were old enough, off they went to the no-kill shelter to find their forever homes. ML was very sad, as the house seemed too empty and much too quiet. Very soon, she got a message from the shelter that Mama Tortie and Baby Tortie were unadoptable, as they were too wild. They were going to be sent to a refuge for unadoptable cats. ML let Mama Tortie go, as she and Missy didn't get along well at all, but she went and picked up Baby Tortie. After dealing with KC, ML knew all about fractious tortie kittens. In fact, ML suspects that KC told Faith just how to get a forever home with the Sherwoods. Faith Boomerang got her name from a friend who had told ML when she was so sad about all the kittens leaving that she just had to have faith and the fact that she boomeranged back.

Faith Boo, as she is usually called, is the most fractious and mischievous of the cats in the Sherwood home. She is very creative in making paper art, using TP and paper towels as her favorite media. She loves to get in places where she is not supposed to be, like inside the kitchen cabinets. At first ML couldn't figure out how she got in there, then remembered that KC knew how to open the door to the cabinet where the treats are kept. Obviously, KC had showed Faith how to open the cabinet door and Faith realized that it would work with any cabinet door. Faith loves to play with toys and the other cats. There is a red kitty tent that she has claimed as her own. She adores KC, but she is also very fond of the three boys. Wherever there is something interesting going on, Faith is right in the middle of it.

                                     Faith Boo likes to get into trouble.
                                     When mischief's afoot, she's there on the double.
                                                 She is very smart
                                                 With her paper art.
                                     Little Faith Boo just loves trouble.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Farewell, Misty

Misty was a beautiful cat with very floofy gray fur. She also had a white undercoat, which gave her a very rich look. She was gorgeous and she knew it. She loved to model for the camera. Her Mom adopted her when she was a kitten. She had kidney problems for half her life. Three years ago she had to have a kidney removed. When she got CRF it was very hard on her. She purred a lot, but never meowed at all. Just recently she started to meow at her Mom, telling her it was time for her to go to the Rainbow Bridge. This was very hard on her Mom, as PooPoo went to the Bridge only last month. Luckily Dumplin' has just joined the family to cheer her up a bit. Misty was a calm and loving cat and will be greatly missed.

                                      Misty had such gorgeous fur.
                                      It was gray and floofy and suited her.
                                          To the Bridge she flew
                                          To Taffy and PooPoo.
                                      She's having fun, but we are missing her.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Farewell, Bandit

Bandit was a outside kitty that ML fed, petted and tried to convince to become an indoor kitty. A lot of other neighbors tried to convince him that life inside was better, too, but he always refused. He liked roaming around the neighborhood and getting fed in many different places. He always showed up at the Sherwood house at six pm for dinner, though. He also accompanied ML to the mailbox, rubbing up against her legs and mewing until she petted him and rubbed his tummy. Then he was off again, looking for new adventures. Unfortunately, he was hit by a cat and went to the Rainbow Bridge. Everyone in the neighborhood will miss him a lot.

                                     Bandit was a cat who lived on his own.
                                     He wouldn't let anyone give him a home.
                                            He got hit by a car
                                            And travelled quite far --
                                     Off to the Bridge to be no more alone.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

More Awards

Thoughts for Paws and Boy gave me this delightful award. Thank you so much. Here are the rules:

“LOVE YA” award-winner… These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I would like to pass this award along to:

Black Cat
Daisy the Curly Cat
Princess and Pierro
LC, Ayla and Iza
Grrreta
Samantha and Mr. Tigger
Whicky, Angel, Oliver and Gerry
Barb, Gandalf and Grayson

Roxy gave me this really neat award because she thinks that I am very creative. Thank you so much Roxy. Here are the rules:

List 6 things that make you happy. Pass the award on to 6 bloggers for Kreativ. Link to the blogger who gave you the award. Link to the blogs receiving the award. Notify the recipients.

Here are six things that make me happy:

1. The wonderful friends I have made while blogging.
2. Sunshine and blue skies.
3. Reading a good book.
4. Writing my limericks.
5. Cooking something that my Mom really likes.
6. Flowers.

I would now like to pass this award on to:

Zoolatry for the wonderful images that they make.
Diamond Emerald-Eyes, also for wonderful images.
HoTMBC for the invention of the nip ravioli, one of the best cat toys ever.
DKM for her great snuggles and the invention of the squiggle, also one of the best cat toys ever.
Forty Paws for their great hammocks.
Opus for all the work he has done to make CCSI so good and the adventures on the Magic Flying Bus.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Award


I am way behind in posting about the awards I have been given lately. I got this nice award from the House of (Mostly) Black Cats and Jan's Funny Farm. Thank you all very much Here are the rules:

"This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight kitties who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

I give this award to:

Diamond
The Chesney Cats
Kimo and Sabi
China Cat
Sunny, Rascal and Olive Oyl
Theo, Diego-san and Thompson
Faz
all the cats at Forty Paws