Paws, again... 

Lucy on the boring couch... 

How (Not) To Calm Down A Crazed Kitten

When Cyrrie embarks on an extreme rumpus this morning - rugs flying, even more than usual - crashes into tables, lamps teetering - etc. - his human corners him in the bathtub and carries him to a rocking chair for a nice calming cuddle... For some reason, it just doesn't work. ??

B&W, Cont.

At 5:30 this morning, the human awoke to a strange "plinking" noise. Then she realized that Cloud and Cyrrie were looking out the bedroom window, and, sure enough, there was our little friend - not only perched on the window ledge, but actually picking at the screen...! (The kittens seemed cool with it, just interested; Banshee got shooed out the the room by her worried human, but of course she came back, so the human had to hold her on the bed until he finally went away, but at least there was no gacking...)

Nominated!

Human got turned on to this website this morning, and submitted a pic of Cyrrie plus octopus...
Cyrano says, Is Fancy Feast going to be involved??
Cloud says, What about me???

http://www.dailykitten.com/

Contest: This is the kittens' Christmas Tree - So, how many times have they dumped it over to date?? 

Vampire Squirrels?

Yesterday morning the human put left-over garlic crackers on the windowsill; this morning - she just noticed - they're still there!

B&W Back, But

When the cat-siren went off early this morning, the human pulled the curtains closed...

Tiny little Cloud on the big boring vouch... 

They Out-Kitten Themselves

I mean, really – multiple nukings? Two bowls of crunchies nuked in one run through the kitchen? It’s a good thing the vacuum cleaner was still out (having been used to sweep up yesterday’s nuked crunchies...).

When the human put the dining room chair cushions [temporarily] on the rocking chair, EVERYONE took a turn... 

Ethereal kitten... 

Cloud, Lucy... (Petunnia in background) 

Finessed

When the human is paying bills at the dining room table, and Lucy is being way too helpful, the human puts a new blanky across the table from her work spot...

B&W Update

When the b&w cat showed up again early this morning, the human put out a bowl of crunchies (good crunchies, though, not health crunchies). When she left the house at noon, there was the bowl of crunchies, completely un-touched, proving thereby that the little b&w cat is not even temporarily homeless. To his human/s: Please, keep him in!

Environmental Conflict

We work so hard to get the couch just the way we like it: we jostle the cushions, and ruck up the covers, creating a whole landscape of comfy hollows and cozy nests... Then, just when it's nearly perfect, she comes along! Our couch is now neat and tidy and booorinnnnng!!

Gross Post Warning

Petunnia has a big, nasty zit on her chin. Will she let her human comb off the black stuff? No. Will she let her human wash her chin?? Of course not! It's times like this that make you realize that even one cat - or kitten - totally out-numbers a human...

"Buddies..." 

Highly Recommended

The January 23/30 cover of The New Yorker...

Oh, Dang (Or Similar)

Cat-siren just went off, b&w cat on windowsill, FF for all, including b&w, who was strongly admonished to go home...!

Good Morning

Much better! (Waking up to the alarm clock rather than Banshee's cat-siren...)

Looking the other way... 

Looking askance...? 

Cyrrie and Buddy at the window that was visited last night... 

Interesting Morning

And only yesterday the human was complaining about cats and kittens taking boring pills...
First the back story -
For the last couple of years, but really very infrequently, a black and while male cat has visited our porch. He would roll at our human's feet, and try to come in our front door, but he was clean and well fed looking, and so she'd give him a pet, but not worry about him being homeless.
This week, he came back, and while Cyrrie watched indignantly, our human petted him again as she left for work. Not to worry, she said to Cyrrie through the window.
To worry: The next day, when she started her car, the black and while cat ran our from under it and into the back yard...
Oh dear.
This morning, around 5:30, the human awoke to a Wooooooooo, Woooooooooooo, Woooooooooooooooooooo... Fearing a smacking incident, she got up quickly, saying, as usual, Be good, be sweet, while (blindly) looking around for the guilty party/ies.
She finally found Banshee in the all time favorite window spot (back of the "new" couch) looking out and defending her turf, Woooooooooo...
And outside, in the dark, on the window sill, was, not the usual squirrel, but the black and while cat, nose to the glass.
Well!
First things first: Banshee - Would this trigger an asthma attack? So the human pulls her away from the window for sweet/calm talk and petting. No good, though, Bansh is obsessed as well as outraged.
So then it's quick to the kitchen to pop the tops of Fancy Feast cans - and for the first time ever, the kittens do not come running. They do come, eventuality, all of them, and while they are having their earlier-than-usual breakfast, the human slips a plate of FF out to the porch, hoping that the b&w cat will also have breakfast, and then go home! Then she goes back to bed.
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
This time she picks Banshee up and totes her to the bedroom, closing the door.
But you know what a closed door is to a cat, so eventually the human gives up on sleeping.
The b&w cat is still on the windowsill, this time being watched by Cloud and Cyrano. With kittens on guard, Banshee seems to relax for a while. So the human starts to make coffee, etc.
Wooooooooooooooooo...
This time Banshee and the b&w cat are looking at each other through the dining room window. And this time, the human's fears are realized when Banshee starts to gack. Amazingly, she stops when picked up and petted (and this is after a 2 day boycott of medicine).
But, Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
Little b&w cat - Where is your home, and why aren't you there??
And you know what they say about interesting times!

"A Fate Worse Than Fate"

Human says to Cyrano, You are just getting cuter and cuter! Cyrrie, aghast, says, But I don't want to get cuter! It means more sweet talk, more hugs and kisses, and more having to play hard to get...!

Nuked!

Alas!! It was a perfectly good china saucer (aka food bowl)... Even worse, it still had a cup!!! Even even worse, it was the human's fault!!!!!

Not So Logical

This morning the human saved Lucy from a smacked nose, at the very least. When a crabby Petunnia swung at (and missed) Cyrano as they both passed the platform rocker, Lucy would have jumped her from above/behind. No sneak attacks! cried the human. Lucy desisted, but sulked...

A Very Logical Kitten

When the grandhuman's computer mouse disappears and the foster kitten is the chief suspect, the human is called in to investigate. She successfully locates the computer mouse behind the computer desk, in the company of 2 catnip mice and 1 faux furry...

Togetherness

Cloud and Cyrrie licking yoghurt fruit dip from the same finger at the same time...

TASW!

Why, with a vast array of toys at his disposal, does Cyrrie insist on having the crinkly wrap from a bottle of mouthwash, which he then carries proudly from room to room, tossing it about the dining room, wrestling it in the hall, until, of course, he forgets all about it...

"Nice"

Would we be so nice if we knew we were being nice? It has come to our attention that shipments of Fancy Feast and toys have gone down the street to a formerly homeless kitten being fostered by our Grandhuman... Hmm.

Yo, Christy!

Not just cute, adorable! 

And available to a good home! 

Cute, aren't I? 

ADA, Kitty Version

In order top insure equal access to the dining room table top, the human decides to leave one chair halfway pulled out... (Think seniority, asthmatic, plumpkins...)

What is Lucy looking at...? 

Memo To Self

Dear Human - Please do not engage in any further toe fights with Cloud - where she has claws, you have stockings... Sincerely, Me/Us/Whatever.

Profile... 

Close-up... 

A cloudling... 

Another Thing About Fancy Feast

To do it justice, a human really needs to have 922 arms...

Sigh Of Relief

Well, thank goodness, we finally found the cable to the charger for the digital camera batteries - it was, of course, in the first place we looked (and where we had looked repeatedly, as well, but never mind...). (Cats and kittens say, Oh no - time to take ugly pills again!)

Infidelity?

When their human spends an evening with a strange kitten, it takes a lot of treats to buy her way back into favor... (And the psychic little psychics knew before she even got in the door!) (His name could be Seven-of-Seven...)

Social Secretary... 

Nicknames!

This evening, Cyrano/Cyrie/Cyrrie became, also, Le Petit Prince!

How We Spent Our Xmas Vacation

Flamboyant Banshee - I tried out my new visibility cloak, and was actually seen on 2 separate occasions...
Finicky Cyrano - I liked the Godiva chocolate ice cream...
Wall-Flower Cloud - We had the extreme catnip for New Year's Eve!
Buddy the Trickster - I found this really cool wardrobe...
Lazy Lucy - I helped wrap the presents...
Petunnia the Woefully Under-Assertive - I got my own way (most of the time)...