Cats Need Heroes and Role-models Too!

These two pictures were in my Facebook feed in this order and I thought it was super cute!

 

Some day this kitty will grow up to be a sparkly superhero too. :)

Black Animals Are The Best: MOnday



Black cats are the best!  I ♥ my sweet Frankie.

Advocacy:
♦Black dog syndrome: black dogs are often overlooked and have higher rates of euthanasia. More info: Black Pearls, Start Seeing Black Dogs
♦Cats have the same issue, so here are 13 reasons to adopt a black cat. Black cats are one of my favorites, I would have a heard of them if I had the room and $$$.
♦Keep your body comments to yourself! Dissecting the terrible things said to Fiona Apple at a recent concert.

Art:
♦Amazing satellite photos They look unreal!

Awesome:
♦Catster has a list of cat themed time wasters. Examples: a cat kaleidoscope,  cats snowflakes...
♦The most bad-ass cowboy ever. Hands down! [Trigger warning: homophobic slurs]

Beauty:
♦Nic Cage eye shadow....even weirder that it sounds! They also have an eye shadow set called Badger Mushroom Snake If you are unfamiliar here is the  Badger mushroom meme (Sound is on auto-play)

DIY:
♦Glamorous floral headband I recently found this blog, and I love it. She has great style, and her photos are gorgeous! She is all about over the top glamour.
♦Balm to protect sensitive ears. This is great if you have metal allergies, or just can't wear cheap earrings.
♦Drink can butterflies, would be cool as bats, or flowers. Oh hey, here is a how too for the flowers!

Fashion:
♦Another fashion gem: Style Crone. This gorgeous little pixie has wild and fun style. The best part is her extensive and amazing hat collection.

Feminism:
♦Indigenous womens' thoughts on how American men react to bear breasts. This is spot on!

Halloween:
♦30 gross Halloween treats [A note of caution, some of these are REALLY gross looking. You have been warned!]
♦Cool spooky weather-vane
♦Bloody broken glass cupcakes

Lol:
♦Fact: corgis have laser-eyes*
♦If you need a laugh...this cat will help


Noms:
♦Frico grilled cheese. Smitten Kitchen is genius!
♦Chocolate and pumpkin truffles
♦Homemade gnocchi OMG! Yum!


Are you working on your Halloween costumes? I am. ;)
Have a great week!

*Not true, thankfully or we would serve our fluffy over-lords!

Mid-Summer Update (Photo heavy post)

My Rue playing in his new "cat fort"

 

Some gorgeous lilies from my mom's garden! (Thanks mom!) 

 

 My kiddos by new herb garden. This was a spring bulb/rose garden. I managed to kill all of the roses. Boo! So this year I ripped almost everything out and planted herbs. This garden is right by the kitchen, perfect spot to plant herbs. The smell is awesome too!

 

(Fun tip: use the wine bottles to keep the delicate plants hydrated. Instead of buying water-globes) Although I do get teased for having an alcoholic garden. Ha ha ha!

 

 I trained the morning glories to grow over my alligator.

 

 I feel lucky, I never planted these they just show up every year. (I think these may have be a result of bird droppings. Yay for re-seeding plants!)

I had planted two varieties of clematis back in spring. Unfortunately they didn't survive. (Bugs, heat and rabbits.)

 

 I have been really busy! I dug this entire garden out. It was full of over grown hostas and half-dead irises. I split all of the annuals...which left me with tons of plants. I decided to add some more colorful  and fun textured foliage.

 

 These didn't get as tall as I had hoped. They will be moved up front next year.

 

 I loooove the colors! They also have such fun frilly edges.

 

 

 I fell in love with this vine flower the first time I saw them. The dark center makes me think of a black-hole. (Yeah...I'm a bit odd. Ha!)

 

I ended up planting two of these.

 

My first kohlrabi of the season. Yum! (Notice the Buddy bum on the left. Cute!)

 

 My sweet little gardening girl! She always stays close and wants to investigate the garden.

 

 The cabbage patch. (Please ignore all of the weeds. Its been too damned hot to be weeding.)

 

Cucumber vines.

 

 Zucchinis or butternut squash-to-be. (I forgot which...they look the same.)

 

 Green pepper blossoms. Yessss! This is the first year they have survived. The animals have always eaten them. Boo!

 

Garden tip: For repelling animals pests, I use a three prong approach: Liquid fence, smelly compost and cat litter. Yes, you read that right.

I put soiled cat litter into plastic bags and place them around the garden.(Double and triple bag it to prevent contaminate your soil/veggies.) When they don't stink anymore I throw them away.

This have been the most effective pest repellent for me.

 

 A funky bug on a volunteer sunflower. (Another gift from the birds)

 

 Pumpkin blossom. I thought it would be fun to try mini-pumpkins.

 

 Tomatoes. YUM!
 

 

 Thank you for pollinating my tomatoes little bee/bug thing!

 

 Nature's jewels: rain drops. (Brussels sprouts)

 

 Lovely purple cabbage.

 

 The cabbage head is beginning to form. Yay!

 

 Ha! Cabbage head made me think of the Kids In The Hall skit... (Cabbage head is such a creep!)

 

 Bud guarding the raspberries.

 

 Boy, the birds were good to me this year! They gave blackberries this year too! We ended up with 7 volunteer black berry canes. Awesome!

 

Raspberries. They are big this year!

 

 

 Blossoms form the mock-orange tree.

 

 

 A cool cucumber tendril.

 

I hope you enjoyed the tour through my gardens.

 

Too Cute! On Tuesday.

 

A little bit of funny on a gloomy and rainy day.

 

Thankful For Kitty Nap Cuddles

Source

♥Had an awesome nap with one of the cats curled up behind my knees.
♥Made sweet potato salad. (chopped cooked sweet potatoes, craisins, and celery.)
♥The snow is almost gone. (Still need to do poo pick up...)
♥Was craving chicken pot-pie. So, that is what I made for dinner. Yum.
♥Found my Sark books. Rereading them is very uplifting.
♥Rasputin had a great review for work.  Yay honey, proud of you!
♥We are going to make a raised bed for our garden this year.


Hope you all have a great week.
Be kind to yourselves.
:)

Cat's Outta' The Bag

My poor Frankie had a bad night.

Around midnight I woke to quite a surprise! I vaguely remember seeing sparks… followed by a thud.

Then there was a bunch of plastic-crinkling…and Frankie squawking.

Horrified I turned the light on to find  Frankie suspended in a plastic shopping bag* hanging from the bed post!

I plucked the flailing terrified cat out of the bag…literally! I set her down on my pillow to see how she was. She seemed to be in shock. I help her for quite awhile till she calmed down.

Fortunately she was not hurt. She just very scared.

What I am guessing happened was that the poor dear received a static shock. Or, rather several shocks. Which startled her so much she fell off the bed into the bag.

So keep my poor dear in your thoughts.

*I keep an old shopping bag there for used tissues. Darn sinus and all...

Cats Be Thumpin'

Wow, and I thought my kids be annoying in the morning!

Mori Style (Maybe)

I have always been a fan of a certain style of clothes. I didn't know that it is a specific genera in fashion. The other day I stumbled upon Mori. 

There is a great Tumblr for Mori wear.

So I thought I would try out the style with some pieces I have:

I realize that I should have another longer layer underneath, and that the colors are darker than true Mori.  This is what I had to work with.

 (I love the squinty look on Cici's face.)

Sorry for the repetitive backgrounds. This is the only place in our house with good light. 

(During the winter that is.)

Check out the blurry corgi parade!

I tried to have Frankie join us, she wasn't interested. Rufus didn't mind.

 

Details:

Striped shirt ~ Target 

Green Floral Dress ~ Katmandu Trading

Brown skirt ~ Katmandu as well

Walnut Necklace ~ Made by me

Belt ~ Stolen from Rasputin (Sorry honey!!)

Tights ~ Target

Socks ~ Smart Wool

Shoes Liz Claiborne (From Lynn)

Hair ~ Bonnie (I had a hair appointment today.)

Bonus outtake:

Kitty Teaches Proper Grooming Habits

Gimme dat brush!

Animal Crackers

My co-workers call this my animal-crackers-skirt.

Details:
Sweater ~ Urban Outfitters
T-shirt ~ Mossimo
Skirt ~ The Goodwill
Shoes ~ Liz Clayborne (From Mum's garage sale)
Necklaces ~ Made by me. : )

Cici modeling my necklaces. Such a patient girl!

Rue gave it a try. He looks like he is meditating.

I love the little hover-paw!

It has been snowing here, and really cold. What is worse, is that it rained yesterday so there is ice under it all.      Boo!

Such a handsome boy!

Zoom!

Most of the gang, cozy and warm. (Ignore our messy den.)

Snow Cat

Fluffle the cat meets snow.

Remember it doesn't take long to get frostbite. Limit the time your pets are outside. Preferably stay out with them...when its too cold for you its definitely too cold for them!


Wiki frostbite info

Stay warm, keep your fluffy friends warm too. Cuddling is fun and shares the warmth.

Greatful For Soup On A Cold Day

I ♥ this so much! Source

 

♥Skiing with Raspi was fun.

♥We attended a fun, mellow New Year's party, and ate waaaaay too much.

♥It is wonderful that people will do so much for animals they love.

♥We bought 3 kinds of cheese from the deli and had amazing grilled cheese sandwiches.

♥Our friend D. is engaged to his lovely girlfriend S.

♥Alli and her Spousal Unit are getting fur babies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cats Being Cute With Paper and Snow

To counter the intense post of before...

Rookie magazine has a fantastic (and amusing) post about cats and wrapping paper.

If that isn't enought cute for you...here is a kitty rolling in paper:

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Bonus cute:

For best viewing, turn the sound off. The owner talking is very distracting.

 

Old Is Gold

Cool stuff doesn't always have to be new.

All of my clothes today have been with me a looong time.

I thought I would go with a sort-of punky look.

Reminds me of my highschool days.

I will be so sad when those jeans finally bite the dust.

I was having a bad hair day. I decided to just go with it.

 Rue wanted a picture take with me. He has been super cuddly lately. Aww!

Purple tank top ~ ???
Jeans ~ Shopko (a million years ago! They are practically disintegrating. The more shredded they get, the more I love them!)
Tights ~ Target
Hoodie ~ Target (I added the skull patches, and the heart patch, which is hard to see)
Boots ~ The Goodwill*
Necklace chain ~ hardware store
Charms on necklace ~ Gift from Mum, and Raspi (They are a motorcycle, a bullet, and a snake)

*If you have been a thrift-er for awhile you sort of get a sixth sense about shopping. Suddenly you get the idea to hit up a store you have been to in a while. Then BAM! Amazing finds!

Years ago, I had this crazy desire for odd cowboy boots, bordering on obsession. I decided to go to a local thrift store, but was on auto-pilot while driving. Instead I found myself at the good will. I walked in and headed straight to the shoes. There were my crazy vintage cowboy boots!