Closer

 Kitties! What a week so far...and it will continue thusly.  Tomorrow I get the mani- pedi and I hope no one is just cutting the points, as a friend said happens with his cats.  I agree,  It does no good whatever and I will say that is what they did last time I was in there. Mom has plenty of bloody and painful scratches to prove it.  We'll see if she can catch me. She is tired of ALL the appointments and doings these past several months.  Mom's OK...that's not it..just there is business to attend to, things that must be done-- and so on.  

Lady Bianca, aka Admiral. 

Ain't I purty?

I won Leopard over! 

A Lady at her Bath

Mani-pedi coming up

 Kitties, I am going in on Thursday to have my mani-pedi.  Mom can NOT make them cut my claws short.  This time, after only 2 weeks, I have sliced and diced Mom pretty badly on both legs, just leaving her lap. I keep asking, they keep not doing it.  Going to get my ears cleaned too.  I will make an appointment while there with the Vet to assess how I am doing with my methimazole.  That requires a blood test.  I know Mom is not used to having such a long time go by with no check, though I seem to be doing well.   

With Admiral, the Vet had her back in 10 days, and again in three months to see if the levels were right. 

You know what Mom is going to make a friend who will be here on Friday?  Cherry shortcake.  She said she'll have strawberries too in case Cherry doesn't please.  And it's not pie-filling.  She has been on a roll for 5 months baking delicious stuffs for visitaters! 

Now I lay me down to sleep...

Yeah, and the horse you rode in on!!!!

Exciting Day

 Kitties!  We, Mom and I had a good first part of the day.  One of my human brothers, Dad to my Client got here early with his camera, and an assortment of lenses along with the tripod, and set up out on the deck to wait for the Red Headed Woodpecker that Mom saw within 30 ft. of the house two times this past week.  She alerted her son, and as he too, just as me and mom, hadn't had the pleasure of seeing a Red Headed Woodpecker. He packed up a bunch of stuff and stood out there for close to three hours.  (he's used to it.  He goes on Photo tours and does plenty on his own.  He's the son who does Astral photography as well as Nature.  

The picture I am including is one of his "throwaways".  It's not good enough to post to his several photographic sites, but he is letting me use this one for the blog.  He'll send the good ones for me to see as well.  I always ask if I can share.  Usually, he saves them for show and display, however.

He asked if Mom wanted him to sell two older Nikons and various lenses,  and the close-up is the one most used for Mom's macroes. An extra flash that's tiltable for on top of the camera. to use instead of the forward facing one.  Quite a few things.  One thing going with brother is Mom's first ever Nikon.  A D40.  She used that camera to death.  Her next one as well.  The third Nikon was used moderately.  We'll sell them and invest in another. 

Mom excels in macro photography of insects and flowers.  That's her most favorite subject.  She takes landscapes too.   Very few human photos, and quite a few cat ones.    She posts her best to Flickr.  

Here's Woody.  He was a good football field away in distance, and my brother wasn't thinking he would do much more than take identifying pics today.  He'll be back.  

 

Birds, Cat's and motorcycles, oh MY!

A hard working cat in a pet supply store.  He was a fast meower and always got me to spend more than I intended.  

 

A gorgeous burglar in his mask, but he didn't fool me. 

A flirty Goldfinch girl!  Hussy. 

Prove to me this isn't true! 

Oh, My Goodness, What a Treasure

 💗This baby looks so sweet and just so perfect, who could not love her to the ends of the earth?💗

I would tell that baby every single day!  

Picking my Puddle.

 Kitties, I am in  all but one room throughout the day as I rotate from one sunpuddle to the next!  I hope I can get Kat to come over...maybe bring Rocky and Cali and we'll all enjoy stretching out and doing our yoga in ur favorite sunpuddle.  We'll vote on it.   Mom is going thither and yon these past several weeks. I hope that calms down very soon.  

A very rapidly yapping dog next door..and Mom nor I  have ever heard one bark that rapidly...woke us both up at 5,  I hope that it doesn't get to be a habit.  People with dogs like that don't care~ and asking for a break never accomplishes anything.  So, here we go I guess.  

Sunny day out there, but quite chilly.  I am soaking sun up by the hour.  

Oh MY!

 Katie and I spent some time in our small bathroom last night.  There was a tornado in town.  Mom and I were watching the weatherman on TV for half an hour or so until it was 11 minutes away.  The sound was really loud when it did get to town...and according to the weatherman, it was headed for the main street.  For us, we had 2 1/2 inches of rain in about 20 minutes.  The winds were, of course, the scariest part, and the hail was quarter-sized this time.  Another tornado,  probably about 12 years ago gave us baseball-sized hail.  Mom picked up a couple of those and saved them in the freezer for several years. Haven't yet heard of damage in town. 

Mom said I need to quit dictating and allow her to go get ready for my brushies and meds.  Guess I will!  Humph!