What a beautiful morning to have breakfast on the patio. The weather is nice, the birds are singing and… Frankie has his butt on our table.
Photo Friday: Perfect Morning
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Author Archives: Charles Huss
The Importance of a Cat Count
We have been living with cats for many years and on a few occasions we have come home from work to find one of our cats shut in a closet or some other small place. Once Abbey was stuck in the armor squeezed in next to the television. Fortunately I discovered her just before walking out the door.
Because of these traumatic events, I have developed a habit of doing a “cat count” before leaving for work. We now have three cats so it is quick and easy but we did have six cats a few years ago.
Yesterday morning I did my usual cat count and then we went to work. When we got home I followed my standard routine. I fed them (first, of course), swept the litter, cleaned the litter box and took a shower. I then folded the clothes that were in the dryer while Rose showered and then we ate dinner, watched a little television and went to bed. Aren’t you jealous of our exotic lifestyle?
The next morning I fed the cats (first, of course) but Frankie wasn’t there to eat. That was unusual because he and Puck are always there before me. After a search of the house we found him shut in the laundry room.
I felt so bad that I not only missed him going into the laundry room, I was awake for two hours before going to bed and did not realize he was missing. From now on I will have to do a cat count before going to bed as well.
Photographer’s Assistants
Rose and I have been trying to sell a few things on eBay these last couple of weeks and my job has been to take the photographs. I remembered I had a couple of white boards for matting photographs and thought I would use those for a background. I laid one flat and propped the second one at a 90 degree angle. Once I did that the cats were all over it like I just introduced them to a new kind of catnip.
Of course there was competition and conflict.
After a couple of weeks I needed to take more pictures and I was hoping the novelty would have worn off and they would let me do my work. For a moment, I forgot whose house I was living in.
Photo Friday: The Investigators
I cannot open the laundry room door or any closet door without one or more cats wanting to go inside to perform a thorough investigation. Recently both Chris and Frankie were investigating a closet but I have yet to get their full report.
This is my investigation Chris! Find your own closet.
Calm down Frankie. I just want to smell your face.
Let’s call a temporary truce… Okay, agreed.
Look Frankie! This is where I buried your predecessor. Ha, ha, ha… Just kidding.
I think there might be a secret stash of mice in here. If I only had opposable thumbs.
Okay Frankie, I’m bored. What do you want to investigate now?
Caption This: Cat Plumber
This is Frankie and Puck in our bathtub. See if you can come up with a funny caption and then click here to see what I came up with.
Who’s Afraid of the Vacuum?
I used to think that all cats were afraid of the vacuum, I even created a design related to that (see here). Sure, Chris was not afraid, but Chris has never been an ordinary cat. Last year I posted a video of Chris ignoring me while I vacuumed around him. At the time I thought it was impressive because cats run and hide when the see the vacuum cleaner. Don’t they? I’m not so sure anymore.
Recently I was vacuuming the patio and both Chris and Frankie seemed completely oblivious to the noisy vacuuming going on around them.
Where was Puck while this was going on? Under the bed. Maybe it’s a gold cat thing.
Photo Friday: That’s Close Enough
These days it seems like Puck is attacking Frankie more than Chris is, but this is not really a bad thing. When Puck attacks there is no growling or hissing. Just good old fashioned cat play.
This and That
Today I just want to catch up on a few things that are each too small to dedicate a blog post to.
First, I entered a photo in Bailey Boat Cat’s photo contest on his Facebook page to promote his new book that is coming out on Thursday and I shamelessly need your help. Please go to facebook.com/baileyboatcat and then scroll down until you see this photo:
Once you find it just click the “like” button. You could also leave a comment if you want to. Also, while you are on Facebook, you can go to Facebook.com/badcatchris and like Chris’s page.
Okay, now that the important stuff is out of the way I want to mention that Chris’s e-book “Bad Cat Chris: The Baddest Cat You’ll Ever Love” is only 99 cents for a limited time. I actually lowered the price a while ago and had a senior moment forgot to mention it so I will keep it this price for another couple of weeks. The link above is for Amazon Kindle but you can also get it at Barnes and Noble, Smashwords and other retailers.
Finally, Frankie got out the other day on another “Big Adventure.” (Read about his first adventure here.) He ran out the door as we were coming in despite our best efforts to contain him. This time he went in more of a straight line and brought us even farther from home than last time. I thought we were going to lose him when he went into the fenced back yard of a condo building where we could not follow. Fortunately he came back out and we eventually got him when he hid under a car. I think he just gave up from exhaustion.
Happy Easter Everyone
Chris and family would like to wish you all a happy and safe Easter.
Photo Friday: Living on the Edge
Frankie has virtually taken over the ledge between the kitchen and dining room. He is even sleeping there now.
