Tama-Chan Tuesday

 

Tama-Chan: As you know, our Christmas tree is now up, although not the other decorations yet. I do love the Christmas tree. I took the time to count, and this is the 17th Christmas I am spending with #1. That is more than a kitty's total number of paws, although I have fewer as I am missing some. So many wonderful Christmas memories... I am so happy to be here with #1 and I hope that my meds continue to work and I continue to do well for a while longer.

As you know, #1 is off to Paree today and she won't be back until Friday. You know how much I hate it when she is gone, but we are so lucky to have Mr. G who takes great care of us, and #1 does deserve a little time off. I shall just nap my way through the next few days. On the subject of napping, guess what happened the other day?

Yep. He sat right next to me and he didn't bother me. You could have knocked me over with a feather!

This is me helping #1 with her work. I love to lean on her hand or arm as she is typing, to provide proper guidance.

I'll miss you, #1, but have a great time and come back as early as you can on Friday!

Momo's Manly Monday

 

Momo-Chan: It's me, your Manly host Momo, aka Fluff Puff! #1 has been complimenting me lately on my increased involvement in the various activities around the house! I'm beginning to realise that I won't be caught and eaten after all! So, now I can begin to relax.

Mr. G caught a couple of shots of me in my sky hammock up in the study.

And he got a couple of nice portraits of Ollie!

We have further proof of Ryū-Chan's love of bathrooms:

As well as his love for the window hammock in the living room:

Here I am again, hanging out with my bro, Benny:

And here is Benny at rest on #1's bed:

Last but not least, we have a nice video of The Big V being led by Mr. B into his comfortable stable for the night:

This is going to be another busy week for #1. It's become a bit of a tradition for her to go up to Paris for a few days in December to see her cousins and enjoy the Christmas lights. She is leaving on Tuesday afternoon and hopes to be back early Friday afternoon, although she is a little worried by looming railway strikes. Queen Tama will post tomorrow and we will then take a little break until she gets back, unless #1 wants to post some Paree pics.

Snuggles on Sunday

 

Tama-Chan: Hello, Dear Friends, and welcome to our SoS post! I think we have a pretty good line-up of pics today, helped by the fact that Mr. G and Ms. N came by yesterday to help #1 decorate our Christmas tree.

Let me start with this nice one of me and #1:

And here is a fun one of Ms. N with Benny:

#1 snagged this one of me and Benny with Mr. G. As you can see, Mr. G is making sure that Benny does not interfere with me eating my meal.

Next, we have a sweet one of Momo and Ryū:

And an even sweeter one of Ollie with Ryū-Chan:

We also have Momo enjoying morning snuggles with #1:

And Benny enjoying evening snuggles with her!

And, to wrap things up, a couple of  nice ones of #1 with Ollie:

Sei-Chan's Souvenir Saturday

 

Sei-Chan: Hello, Everyone! It's been a while! In fact, it's been more than a month since we had a souvenir post, and I am very glad to be back with all of you! I hope you are all well and enjoying the looming festive season. Things are good at the Bridge. We know how to celebrate in style!

I have a full line-up of pics for you this week, so let's start without further ado. Here is a photo from 2003, of the first among us, Ikkyu. It was taken in Prince Edward Island, Canada, where #1 had a summer cottage for many years. When she lived in Chicago, she and Ikkyu would the 3-day drive together and then stay 6-8 weeks. Great memories!

Next up, we have Sen-Chan who came to the Bridge when he was only 18 months old. He is such a sweetie and, just like me, he is a red Aby with pink pawpads!

Here is little Genji displaying a dangle that my sis, Tama, would be proud of!

And we have handsome Yuu-Chan, another red boy who made his journey to the Bridge at only 15 months, in 2010. #1 says she still misses him so much, as she does all of us.

Next up is... ME!!! I really loved that hammock by the radiator!

And on to the one and only Tommy, the best woofie ever! He was quite the sportsdog!

The beautiful Hotesse is such a joy to have among us here. #1 is really pleased because one of her great-grand-daughters is going to her good friends in Scotland!

Da Beebs.... one of a kind. He is still #1's cellphone pic. Here he is on one of his "Houbibi" escapades:

And last but not least, the gorgeous Trav who is enjoying having at the Bridge the family he never truly had before.

And that's all of us. I hope you enjoyed the pics and perhaps we may be back next Saturday. Did you know that once upon a time, they were called "SEIturday" and were my special day?

Feline Friday

 

Momo: I hope you don't mind me hosting twice in a week! #1 said it would be OK. Our tree arrived today and, even though it won't get lights and ornaments until Saturday, I went and investigated:

I was gentle in my investigations, unlike some other nameless cats who got sprayed... The first thing that #1 does when the tree is in place is attach it to the ceiling with transparent wire. She knows what she's doing.

I've become a lot more interactive of late and offered to help her with her work too.

She says my whiskers are awesome!

Benny decided to indulge in some "sinking":

Benny and Ryū are definitely into bathrooms!

And here is our little dragon, Ryū-Chan, pretending to be a really good boy:

I'm not sure Queen Tama would agree with that... or she would definitely agree with the "pretending" bit!

She is happy as long as #1 doesn't forget any of her meals!

Thankful Thursday

 

Benny: The weather has been really dreary. Yesterday, we had thick fog almost all day. We miss the sunpuddles! On the other hand, we are thankful for our nice, cozy and warm home!

Here are a couple of cozy pics of me:

Ollie says he is thankful that Mr. G and family love him so much, and that he even gets to spend time at their house when #1 is away. Here are some pics that Mr. G took of him there.

And, even though she left us, we are thankful that #1 had a good time with her friends last weekend. They have the cutest little 8-month old Aussie Shepherd girl called Vaiana:

Whole Lot on Wednesday

 

Benny: All four of us kitties are in this photo! Can you find us all?

Ollie Update: Dr. C wasn't overly concerned with Ollie's, ahem, inflammation. She emptied his anal glands, made sure there was nothing peripherally nasty lurking, and gave #1 instructions to continue washing the area with Betadyne twice a day.

Tama-Chan Tuesday

 

Tama-Chan: It's been a very buy week since my last post, and of course #1 was away for a bit at the weekend, but she's home now and that's all that counts.

She brought me a gift that her friends carried over from Scotland. You can't see it well in this photo, but it's a Bioflow magnetic cat collar. It's supposed to help with arthritis and she also bought a sports wristband for herself. I hope they work. We could both use some relief on that score!

On the subject of shopping, she has also picked our Christmas tree and our nice neighbour will collect it and bring it home for us during the week. Then, Mr. G and Ms. N will help us put it up and decorate it on Saturday.

#1 got a couple of pics of me that she describes as "kittenish". What do you think?

And I've also been doing some dangling! It was pretty dark, so the pics are a little blurry, for which we apologise.

Oh, and may I ask for a few more purrs for our bro, Ollie? He is going back to Dr. C this afternoon as his bum is still not quite right. Poor lad.

Momo's Manly Monday

 

Momo-Chan: Waves Paws...Hello Everyone! Remember us? We're back and we're glad! #1 has been all over the place but things should be quieter this week, ansd we hope to be posting regularly.

We did get a bunch of deliveries which, of course, came in boxes! Ryū-Chan was the first one is:

Quickly followed by Benny!

I was too busy enjoying my nap to be bothered!

Yesterday, Ollie spent most of the day with his pal, Paddie. Those two always have a great time together!

We even got some pics from The Big V of his hooficure appointment!

We wish all of you a good week ands happy month of December.