It's been a very sad weekend for My Human and Me. Her cousin Avi, whom we wrote about the week before last, crossed the Rainbow Bridge. I, purr-sonally, didn't really know Avi very well, but when Mummy is sad, it makes Me sad also. Besides which, it's up to Me to comfort Mummy. That's part of the job description for us Furbabies. I do know that when Avi crossed the Bridge, he found a little, four-legged friend waiting for him, his woofie-pal, Sheba, who left for the Bridge a few months earlier. She must have been very happy to see him again so soon - but it made Mummy so very, very unhappy. I hate it when Mummy's eyes start leaking. I don't always know what to do to make that stop. I shall go and snuggle up with her. She likes that. I can always get a smile that way - even if, as now, it's a very small, sad smile...
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Purrs and Prayers
Greetings, Fellow Felines, C-a-n-i-n-e-s and Humans!
Mummy would like to ask all of you - and your Human Mummies and Daddies - to please purr-ay very hard tonight for her (human) cousin Avi who is very, very sick. He has something badly wrong with his blood and the chemotherapy has now damaged his kidneys also, and if a miracle doesn't happen, he may have to leave for the Rainbow Bridge. She has written about this on her own blog.
So please, everybody, remember Avraham ben Dvorah in your purrs and prayers tonight.
Possum
Mummy would like to ask all of you - and your Human Mummies and Daddies - to please purr-ay very hard tonight for her (human) cousin Avi who is very, very sick. He has something badly wrong with his blood and the chemotherapy has now damaged his kidneys also, and if a miracle doesn't happen, he may have to leave for the Rainbow Bridge. She has written about this on her own blog.
So please, everybody, remember Avraham ben Dvorah in your purrs and prayers tonight.
Possum
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Shabbat Treats
Greetings, Fellow Felines (and C-A-N-I-N-E-S and Humans too)!
It's still ever so hot, I have no energy for anything, but I make an effort now and then because I know my Human gets Really, Really Worried when I just flop down and don't move for hours. To tell the truth, Kitties, it is often an effort just to get up or, if I'm already up, to sit down. I'm waiting for her now, to come and take her Shabbat afternoon nap and then I can feel comfortable, knowing she is safely snuggled up beside me.
She gave me some extra culinary treats today. She let me lick out the last of the goats' milk cream cheese in the tub and just now, she let me lick out her dessert bowl. She said it was something called "ice cream" and to hear her, you would have thought it was something really special. But I didn't care for it much, so I left it after only about three licks and demanded some proper food. That means Fancy Feasties, Fellow Felines (et al.) and this time, it was Tender Liver and Chicken - one of my favourites.
The Paparazzi have been very busy this past week, so Mummy and I had quite a hard time deciding which was the best picture of Moi to show you, but we eventually chose this one, because, as Mummy was quick to point out, it displays my beautiful pink and white toesies to best advantage.
It's still ever so hot, I have no energy for anything, but I make an effort now and then because I know my Human gets Really, Really Worried when I just flop down and don't move for hours. To tell the truth, Kitties, it is often an effort just to get up or, if I'm already up, to sit down. I'm waiting for her now, to come and take her Shabbat afternoon nap and then I can feel comfortable, knowing she is safely snuggled up beside me.
She gave me some extra culinary treats today. She let me lick out the last of the goats' milk cream cheese in the tub and just now, she let me lick out her dessert bowl. She said it was something called "ice cream" and to hear her, you would have thought it was something really special. But I didn't care for it much, so I left it after only about three licks and demanded some proper food. That means Fancy Feasties, Fellow Felines (et al.) and this time, it was Tender Liver and Chicken - one of my favourites.
The Paparazzi have been very busy this past week, so Mummy and I had quite a hard time deciding which was the best picture of Moi to show you, but we eventually chose this one, because, as Mummy was quick to point out, it displays my beautiful pink and white toesies to best advantage.
I see Mummy is ready, at last, to take her nap, so I shall go and lie down next to her, so as to guard her and keep her safe from any possible Intruders. Have a lovely weekend, Fellow Felines (etc)!
But before I go, Mummy would like to invite your Human Mummies and Daddies to take a look at her own blog. She worked very hard on it and she thinks they would like it.
Felinemarshall Sir Possum MagnifiCatus, Captain of the Guard, KCB (Knight of the Cat Blogosphere)
Friday, August 3, 2012
The Intruder
Greetings, Fellow Felines (and C-a-n-i-n-e-s amd Humans too)!
We had a nasty surprise the other evening. My Human was reading in bed, quietly minding her own business, when I heard a slight click. Instantly on the alert, I bounded down from the bed and took up my position in the hall, before the front door. And then I saw it - a great, big, ugly, brown
c-o-c-k-r-o-a-c-h scuttling out of the kitchen, across the hall and into the bedroom. Mummy looked up, saw it racing across the floor and started screaming. I know I should have deaded it, but, kitties - it was too quick for me. I'm not as young as I used to be and I can't run so fast now. However, My Human proved herself to be a Highly Efficient Assassin. That horrible Creepy Crawly ran under the bed - but then it turned and ran right out again and Mummy was ready and waiting for it with her shoe and she hit it and hit it, over and over again, till it was deaded and squashed into Mummy's nice, pink bedroom carpet. That was when She finally stopped screaming and said the "S" word (several times, in fact - MOL), because it's not easy to clean bits of squashed roach out of a thick pile carpet!
That's the trouble with Humans - they have no patience. If Mummy had waited a minute, I would have arrived and pounced on it as it emerged from under the bed and I would have deaded it quickly and cleanly. As it was - Mummy had to get up and start trying to clean the carpet. And then she got out a big yellow spray can and sprayed evil-smelling gas all over the house, and that meant she had to move my food and water out of their usual place, so as not to poison me. I hate it when things aren't where they're supposed to be!
So you see, Fellow Felines (et al.), it's been quite an exhausting week and I am very glad that it's Friday and tomorrow is Shabbat and Mummy will be home with me all day, and we can rest from our labours.
Shabbat Shalom to you all :-)
Possum the MagnifiCat.
We had a nasty surprise the other evening. My Human was reading in bed, quietly minding her own business, when I heard a slight click. Instantly on the alert, I bounded down from the bed and took up my position in the hall, before the front door. And then I saw it - a great, big, ugly, brown
c-o-c-k-r-o-a-c-h scuttling out of the kitchen, across the hall and into the bedroom. Mummy looked up, saw it racing across the floor and started screaming. I know I should have deaded it, but, kitties - it was too quick for me. I'm not as young as I used to be and I can't run so fast now. However, My Human proved herself to be a Highly Efficient Assassin. That horrible Creepy Crawly ran under the bed - but then it turned and ran right out again and Mummy was ready and waiting for it with her shoe and she hit it and hit it, over and over again, till it was deaded and squashed into Mummy's nice, pink bedroom carpet. That was when She finally stopped screaming and said the "S" word (several times, in fact - MOL), because it's not easy to clean bits of squashed roach out of a thick pile carpet!
That's the trouble with Humans - they have no patience. If Mummy had waited a minute, I would have arrived and pounced on it as it emerged from under the bed and I would have deaded it quickly and cleanly. As it was - Mummy had to get up and start trying to clean the carpet. And then she got out a big yellow spray can and sprayed evil-smelling gas all over the house, and that meant she had to move my food and water out of their usual place, so as not to poison me. I hate it when things aren't where they're supposed to be!
So you see, Fellow Felines (et al.), it's been quite an exhausting week and I am very glad that it's Friday and tomorrow is Shabbat and Mummy will be home with me all day, and we can rest from our labours.
Shabbat Shalom to you all :-)
Possum the MagnifiCat.
Friday, July 27, 2012
It's Been a Hard Day's Night...
...and I've been working like a d-o-g!
Yes, I have! My Human keeps going out and leaving me on guard and although I have now been promoted to Captain of the Guard, and have delegated responsibility to the ladies of her porcelain doll collection, I still have to supervise them. You can't expect a China Doll to display the same level of alertness as a Fighting Feline, such as Moi!
What makes it especially hard is the heat. My Human says the temperature is above average for July. It makes Me so very, very sleepy.
So - I sleep with one eye open (most of the time) and allow myself a brief cat nap now and then:
Yes, I have! My Human keeps going out and leaving me on guard and although I have now been promoted to Captain of the Guard, and have delegated responsibility to the ladies of her porcelain doll collection, I still have to supervise them. You can't expect a China Doll to display the same level of alertness as a Fighting Feline, such as Moi!
What makes it especially hard is the heat. My Human says the temperature is above average for July. It makes Me so very, very sleepy.
So - I sleep with one eye open (most of the time) and allow myself a brief cat nap now and then:
However, at least we've now got rid of those horrid hornets and so we can have all the windows open again, to catch the slightest breeze.
Anyway, it's the Weekend at last, so I can have some time off from guard duty.
Mummy will be home with me all day and I will get extra Fancy Feast in honour of Shabbat :-)
Have a lovely weekend, Fellow Felines (and C-a-n-i-n-e-s and Humans too)!
Friday, July 13, 2012
Friday the Fur-teenth
Greetings, Fellow Felines (and C-a-n-i-n-e-s and Humans too)!
It has been Very, Very, Very Hot all week and I am completely exhausticated! To make matters worse, my Human has been closing the bedroom window during the daytime, because we think there is a hornets' nest right outside it. We haven't actually seen the nest but we sure as *&^% have seen the hornets and they look really Big and Mean. My Human says she's going to have to get a Professional in to deal with the problem. In the meanwhile, we are having to rely on the air conditioning. But because of the extreme heat, everyone else is also leaving their air conditioning on and there have been power cuts all over the country.
Today is my human grandpa's birthday. He is 85 years old. Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!! Speaking of birthdays - thanks to all of you who came to celebrate My Birthday with Me last week. As I mentioned in my previous post, tomorrow would have been Pixie's birthday. I wonder if they celebrate birthdays at the Bridge. I don't suppose they do - because, after all, at the Bridge, nobody gets older, one stays fur-ever young.
The paparazzi were out in full force this past week, and because it was so hot, I didn't have the energy to run and hide from them. All I could do to foil their nefarious schemes was to turn my head just as the shutter clicked. I have a sixth sense which tells me exactly when to do that (heh-heh-heh). Still, even I get caught napping on occasion, as you can see:
Right, I have to go now, Fellow Felines (etc.) and help Mummy prepare tonight's supper. It's very hard work, kitties, having to watch her and supervise and make sure she prepares everything exactly as We like it.
Shabbat Shalom to you all! Have a lovely weekend.
Possum the MagnifiCat
It has been Very, Very, Very Hot all week and I am completely exhausticated! To make matters worse, my Human has been closing the bedroom window during the daytime, because we think there is a hornets' nest right outside it. We haven't actually seen the nest but we sure as *&^% have seen the hornets and they look really Big and Mean. My Human says she's going to have to get a Professional in to deal with the problem. In the meanwhile, we are having to rely on the air conditioning. But because of the extreme heat, everyone else is also leaving their air conditioning on and there have been power cuts all over the country.
Today is my human grandpa's birthday. He is 85 years old. Happy Birthday, Grandpa!!! Speaking of birthdays - thanks to all of you who came to celebrate My Birthday with Me last week. As I mentioned in my previous post, tomorrow would have been Pixie's birthday. I wonder if they celebrate birthdays at the Bridge. I don't suppose they do - because, after all, at the Bridge, nobody gets older, one stays fur-ever young.
The paparazzi were out in full force this past week, and because it was so hot, I didn't have the energy to run and hide from them. All I could do to foil their nefarious schemes was to turn my head just as the shutter clicked. I have a sixth sense which tells me exactly when to do that (heh-heh-heh). Still, even I get caught napping on occasion, as you can see:
Right, I have to go now, Fellow Felines (etc.) and help Mummy prepare tonight's supper. It's very hard work, kitties, having to watch her and supervise and make sure she prepares everything exactly as We like it.
Shabbat Shalom to you all! Have a lovely weekend.
Possum the MagnifiCat
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Anticipation
Greetings, Fellow Felines (and C-A-N-I-N-E-S and Humans too)!
I just wanted to remind you all that next Wednesday, July 4th, is My Birthday! I will be 17 years young. My Human has been sorting our her old photos and she found some pictures of Me when I was a really tiny little kitten, which she would like to share with you all.
Here is the first - she thinks she took this one on the very day my human grandma and grandpa brought me to her. They thought I was a little girl kitty but my new Mummy took one look and set them right about that (MOL).
And here is another one from those very early days - Mummy says I always had "a bit of a tummy"...
I just wanted to remind you all that next Wednesday, July 4th, is My Birthday! I will be 17 years young. My Human has been sorting our her old photos and she found some pictures of Me when I was a really tiny little kitten, which she would like to share with you all.
Here is the first - she thinks she took this one on the very day my human grandma and grandpa brought me to her. They thought I was a little girl kitty but my new Mummy took one look and set them right about that (MOL).
And here is another one from those very early days - Mummy says I always had "a bit of a tummy"...
And now comes one that makes me sad, Kitties - because it reminds me that this will be the first birthday I celebrate without Pixie being here to share it with me. Pixie would have celebrated her own 17th birthday ten days after mine, on July 14th - only the Great Cat in the Sky called her to Him and she flew away to the Bridge on December 23rd last year.
It looks like this was one of the few times Pixie got the upper hand over Me in a wrestling match. I don't remember that happening very often. I must have let her win...
Didn't we both have big ears? And eyes?
Anyway, what I wanted to say was, you are all invited to My Birthday Party. Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. Israel time...My Human has promised that besides Birthday Cake, there will be Fancy Feast in all my Favourite Flavours.
And maybe Smoked Salmon too and possibly Anchovies...Oh, and of course, plenty of cottage cheese. I am very partial to cottage cheese. In fact, if you look closely on the first of the photos above, you might just be able to see some on my nose (MOL).
So don't forget! I'm looking forward to seeing you all and to opening .....
(Okay, okay, Mummy! I know it's Bad Form to ask for Presents. I was not going to do that.
No, truly. I was not...)
As I was saying - See you all on Wednesday ;-)
Felinemarshall Sir Possum MagnifiCato KCB (Knight of the Cat Blogosphere)
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