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Weird Box

A couple of days ago I removed the bowl of water I keep on the P43 to help release humidity into the dry winter air. In the last week, spring has brought a lot of natural humidity to the air, so additional help isn't needed. I washed the bowl out and then set it on a counter as a visual reminder for me to take it downstairs for storage until next heating season.

Well, the Destructo Duo have taken over it like it was a weird box. First it was Spot (Friday pictures)

Then yesterday it was Rainey

Yes, the kittens moved in and started running the house - they are the first cats I've NOT been insistent that they stay off the counters (unless I am actually preparing food). If they had joined this household the first year or two that I was here, when I did more food preparation, I would have been more insistent. But since food prep has dropped to almost nil, and only takes a minute or two in 99% of situations, I really can't be bothered to care that much.

Rita has never shown an inclination to jump on the counter, so obviously her previous owners trained her better :)

Cute Kitty & Bird Photos

It was National Pet Day some time last week, so here are some photos.

Rainey Chilling on 4/10/19

Next pics were taken 4/12

Birdie

Ziva

Yesterdeay was in the 70's so I had some windows and doors open. While I was out on the back porch repotting a house plant, Rita was meowing thru the storm door, so I let her out for a bit. First time this season.

Today it is back in the 40's and more rain (at least it isn't snow / sleet that we had 3 days last week), so it will be a while before Rita gets to go outside again..

Kitties and Boxes and Olives, Oh My

I got a delivery in a small box the other day. Yesterday morning Rainey and Spot decided to try it out. Rainey had first go at it

Spot finally got her turn

Last night I was on the computer eating some olives. Spot showed interest so I gave her a slice, never expecting her to eat it

I'm a Cruel Kitty Mother

I tend to buy toys that are not infused with catnip for my cats. Which means there is a very limited amount of cat toys available - mostly bouncy balls. But never fear, cats don't know when they are getting dog toys instead so enjoy them just the same. This is a new toy I brought home from TSC today.

Bookends

Got up to refresh my coffee this morning, and this is what I saw - perfect bookends

Then their attention shifted, what could they be seeing?

Oh look, it's Spot, who had been winding herself around my feet while I was on my cooffee run. Had to take several pictures before I got one that wasn't all blurry from her moving around.

Nap Disturber

Disturbed the kitties taking a nap on the bed when I put the laundry basket up there. Their look is of the "How dare you interupt?" variety

 

Cats Hate Boxes :)

Well, we all know about cats and boxes. I hardly got turned around from breaking down some boxes Friday night before Spot proved she could still get into one of them - thus the meme expression "if it fits, I sits"

Then this morning, I broke down an even smaller box and Spot was once again in that one. This time Rainey seems to be jealous.

Survived Snowmaggedon

Forecast was for up to 2', got about 10". Just got in from snow blowing. However, it has started dropping sleet. Hopefully the 1/2" of snow left from the "shoes" on the snowblower (for blowing on dirt) will soak it up. If not, I got 3 buckets of sand from the dump yesterday. Those, along with the bucket I already have should take care of slick areas.

On another note, one of the kittens managed to do irreparable damage first thing this morning (I don't know which one since all I saw was a flash of gray streaking by the office door right after the crash) . She knocked one of the door/mirrors off the repurposed medicine cabinet I have been using for essential oils. That cabinet is sitting on a counter in the craft room but that particular door lost its hinges so was just leaned up against it. Guess it doesn't matter that I couldn't find replacement hinges anymore.

So, at 6 am I was picking up pieces of broken mirror, then vacuuming the daylights out of that rug. I also taped up the rest of the glass so it wouldn't drop any more shards between now and when I can take it to the dump next weekend.

Hopefully I got all the glass since I am always barefoot in the house, and I would really prefer that a cat paw not get "bitten".

First Pictures of Kittens 2019

On the first day of the new year I was on my desktop computer, sitting Indian style on my chair, when Spot came up an laid right behind my butt. As my legs started going to sleep, I unfolded them and scooted up a bit on the chair. Which Spot took full advantage of. I leaned forward to get something at the front of the desk and actually slid off the chair. When I tried to scoot back up there, there was a cat in my way. As I turned around to pick up Spot and put her in my lap, I understood why the chair had seemed so crowded.

Yeah, Spot was still curled up next to where I had been sitting, but Rainey had slid in behind :).

It Was Only a Matter of Time

The gig is up - the basement is no longer off limits to the kittens. Oh, not by choice, well not by MY choice anyway. I blame do myself though.

See, yesterday I was talking to Cop Car on the phone and was sitting at the top of the stairs (best reception area for long distance calls). To sit there I had the partially gate open, but I thought I had it blocked with my body. The last thing my mother got for conversation was this, "Spot, what the hell are you doing down there?" and the explanation of why it was a surprise. I'm assuming Spot went behind my back as I was leaning against the door frame.

I retrieved Spot and closed the gate and all was well. Until a while ago. I went downstairs to start a load of laundry. Shortly after coming back upstairs I saw Spot looking thru the gate on the wrong side. I assumed she had slipped by me as I was taking the laundry down the stairs. BUT, then when I went to change the wash to the dryer, I made extra effort to make sure no cats got thru the gate and the gate was closed. Coming back up the stairs, there was Spot. She turned back up the stairs and climbed the gate - argh!

The reason I blame myself is that she probably would not have climbed the gate if she hadn't gotten by me yesterday and got the lay of the land of what was on the other side. Rainey has not figured out the climbing part, but was trying to open the gate by sticking her paw thru and pushing/pulling while Spot was on the other side. Decided to just open the gate to keep it from being damaged.

Not happy as they are still small enough, and naïve enough to get into lots of trouble down there. But, don't want to put the door in place as it is a major PITA for the workings of the house. The bright side is that I should be able to transition them to using the litter boxes downstairs which does 2 things;

• Keeps the smell down there when they do their business
• I don't have to clean both morning and night (only one litter box upstairs for all 3 cats but there are two for downstairs),

Anyway, here is the culprit taunting Rainey as Rainey is reaching her paw thru

Rainey trying to figure it out - Spot is on the second stair down on the very left - she is descending so unless you know what you are looking for, you can't tell. Rainey always figures it out once Spot has shown the way (yes, Spot is usually the trouble starter), so now I have an open border house :).