I Mean, Really!

OK, so they don't pick up after themselves. The human is willing to gather up all the catnip mice, octopi, etc., even the occasional bat mummy.

But today when she saw the squashed-crickety-thing, and then realized that is was still moving! Guys, if you're going to do these things, at least do them thoroughly!!

Your thoroughly bug-phobic human. (Yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck, etc.)

Crazed?? 

Kittens' foster sister, Katy - Given that genetics can transcend biology, is this where they get "it"? 

She Is So NOT Funny

So, the human comes home in the dark, only to see, at the very end of the headlight beams, a flash of fluffy grey(?) tail disappearing around the corner of the house...
Panic!
Even though it is totally impossible that any of these nine-hundred and twenty-two cats can be outside, the human rushes inside and begins to count. 1, 2... 920, 921, 921, 921... Where is Banshee? (Whose tail is dark and sleek, but still.)
When Banshee fails to be located in any of the usual places, the human reverts to Fancy Feast. First, rattle the plates, and, lo and behold, Banshee!
With her peculiarly human sense of humor, the human says, Fancy Feast is cancelled!
922 cats - including kittens - are not amused. Extra Fancy Feast is called for.
An additional can of Fancy Feast plus water goes out on the porch. Fortunately 922 cats - and kittens - are too busy scarfing up FF to notice....

New Tactic

So, the human is reading in bed. Petunnia is beside her, and Buddy is at the foot of the bed. Buddy wants to be petted, but Petunnia is in the way. In a brilliant maneouvre, Buddy comes up over the human's knees, lands in her lap, and curls up to purr. Petunnia stalks away in utter disgust, as only Petunnia can...

Only semi-crazed... 

I can look crazed, too... 

What is Petunnia disapproving of now? Could it be... kittens?? 

Little rascals, with or without a sugar high... 

KITTENS!!

Possible explanation for kittens' hyperhyperactive morning -
As the human eventually discovered, they had helped themselves to a whole coffee cake!

KITTENS!

There are kittens everywhere, in every room, rumpussing wildly. The bathtub is filled with kittens. But, wait! There are kittens all over the couch!! And then, kittens careening up and down the hallway! Kittens on the dining room table! Kittens in the kitchen! Can there be such a thing as too many kittens? Mathematical kittens pause to explain: To count to too many kittens, you would have to use imaginary numbers...!

Keeping Alert

While everybody else snoozes, self-appointed human-watcher Cyrano hangs out in the kitchen - even though she's only washing dishes, well, you just never know when it might be Fancy Feast time...

Boys: Hanging out... 

Human Wears Petunnia's Blankie To Work

Well, Petunnia was sleeping on it, after all...

Innocent until proven guilty...! 

Cyrrie Semi-Seriously Smacked

Human theorizes: In the course of an extreme rumpus, his sister kicked him in the head (on the nose, to be exact...).
After the fact, human intervenes - with Fancy Feast!

Gorgeous art photo courtesy of Shirley (photographer) and husband Gene (emailer)! 

More paws... 

The Budster, and paw... 

???

Ex-pat Hawaiian kittens and 922s want to know -
What exactly is a squirrel?
922s' human says, smiling, it likes nuts...
What exactly does she mean by that??

An Unfortunate Event

Or, Timing Is Everything...
Toonya, as usual, has the high ground - in the living room, on the "new" couch, the high ground is the back of the couch nearest the vestibule or dining room...
For a fairly long period of time, she is quite tolerant of interlopers - Lucy, Buddy! - even Kitten Cloud are allowed to sit underneath her on the couch proper. Then, disaster!
First, lunatic Cloud decides to play with Petunnia's tail. Petunnia, to her credit, manages not to lose it totally. Then Cyranno - out of nowhere - jumps up and lands on Petunnia's face! Not, not, not a good move...
Both kittens escape unharmed; human - to kitten indignation - comforts Petunnia.

Moves

Petunnia moves through the bedroom like a tiger through a jungle. She crouches low, tail lashing, and sniffs the carpet. She looks behind her. She peers into the darkness under the bed. She checks behind the door, and under the night stand, and finally approaches the bed. Craning her neck, eyes big and intense as searchlights, she scans every inch of every crunple. Satisfied at last, she leaps, then sniffs, then carefully kneads first one spot, then another. You never know what might be lying in wait for the unwary. It could even be... kittens!

Fuming!

Cats - and Kittens - Everywhere!
Do your humans fume you? Do they spray on stinky stuff and then pick you up and hug and kiss you?? And then, way later, do they come home and say, Oh, you smell so good...!

Their Own Entertainment

For reasons of its own, a squirrel spent much of the morning exploring the west wall of the house. Vigilant (wistful?) kittens patrolled the windows. (Were they hoping to add to their collection?)

Despite his now infamous involvement with a bat mummy, here is proof that Cyrrie at least is not a vamkitten... 

Bat Mummy

Grandhuman actually asked: Did you take a picture of it for the blog?

Why couldn't they settle for THIS bat??? 

Human Wants To Know

Why is it that the cats - and kittens - who have the most cat toys in the multiverse, including spare octopi, insist on getting their own from their own dubious sources? The latest?? A mummified bat! A pathetic little bundle of brown fur, black wings and little skeleton feet, which the poor human mistook for a toy mouse and actually picked up with her actual hand!!

Cocky kitten and subjugated octopus... 

Petunnia and mole... 

Bansh disembowling new cordoroy mouse... 

Spring Is Over!

Sunday morning stupor: semi-conscious elongated cats - and kittens - strewn all over the place... On the dresser by the window, on the bare wood in the hall, on the tile in the bathroom.... Reluctant human finally gives in: time for central air to kick in!

Scene In A Crowded Hallway

Banshee and Buddy are passing each other. An acrobatic kitten manages to land on both of them. Amazingly, no one is smacked, and not much bad language is used, either...

Kitten Wars

Cyrano Skywalker? Princess Cloud? Darth... Petunnia?? Um, No. Petunnia says it's Princess Petunnia the Perfect and Precious, and don't you forget it! (There may be some room for Cloud Warrior Princess....)

My Hero

Earlier today: Brave kitten defended older siblings from vicious attack of bubbles. Clearly the Force was with him...

More feather fun... 

Feather fun...