Pierre

Pierre has been hanging around more and more.

 Like father,

Oliver

Like son.

Pierre

I've noticed lately that somedays Pierre has been sleeping away in Oliver's heated house. Oliver doesn't seem to mind, in fact the other day they both shared the space together.

I love seeing Pierre hang around during the day more. And notice his tail, straight up in the air, like he owns the place!

Over the weekend while I was working out in the garage, Pierre popped in, looked at me and then started exploring inside. He didn't seem freaked that I was there as he checked out the new environment.

I'm still hoping that someday this year I'll get to give Pierre some tummy rubs!

Mr Hershey gets a tower!

I recently heard from Mike, Hershey's new human. It sounds like everything is going quite wonderfully!! Hershey has a new cat tower that he just LOVES!!

Along with the pictures, here's the update Mike sent:

Hershey loves his cat tower, keeping an eye on the neighborhood is one of his new hobbies. I leave the blinds open for him in the morning so he can sit up there all day to his heart's content and watch. On President's Day I had the day off and there was a bird of prey flying around our neighborhood and he was absolutely transfixed by that, he spent all afternoon in that window staring out. When I come home, if I stand at the right place in the parking lot I can see into that window,and he's always up in that tower now when I come home. Otherwise he's just looking to socialize and play after I get home and being a great cat and my best friend! Unfortunately I don't have a good play photo since he's so active and feisty he doesn't stay still!

Yea!! I'm so happy for Hershey and Mike - glad they found each other!

motoring

Oliver has quite the purr when he's completely relaxed. Here's a short sample.

Enjoy.

Oliver is a very clever cat. He recently has learned to open the front porch screen door by pushing against it. We place an old shoe and rug against the door to keep it from opening easily but those things are no match for a determined Oliver.

Once he gains access, the door closes behind him and he's trapped until I let him back out. There are days when I come home from work to find Oliver camped out on the front porch.

I'm still working on a fix to this. We have the ability to latch the door to secure it but the problem is the mailbox is on the inside of the porch, so the door must be unlatched during the day so the post-person can deliver the mail.

wordless Willow Wednesday

full moon play

I've been waiting for a dry, semi-clear night to be able to take the camera outside and play. Last night was the night and bonus for me, it happened to coincide with a full moon!

I went out to the side yard to get these. 

Oliver, Pierre and MK kept me company.

Pierre

Taking pictures of the cats in near total darkness was quite the challenge. The flash worked well to illuminate them all, but trying to compose the photo in the dark was fun!

Family portrait - take 1

Family portrait - take 2

Family portrait - take 3

I give up, MK is just not going to cooperate! Back to the heavens...

The inside cats were keeping an eye on me too.

Painting with light while playing chase the red dot with Oliver and Pierre. 

Pierre

Playing with the camera was lots of fun! Summer time will even be more fun, when it's warmer! What a joy to share the yard with Pierre, MK and Oliver.

birds, Nora and pics!

Da Bird toys are quickly becoming one of the favorites here. Nahum goes bonkers over them and the all the others love them too! Nahum even found the extra bird I had stashed away.

It didn't take him long to free da bird from it's plastic prison.

In other exciting news, Nora made an appearance last night!! I haven't seen her in months and was starting to wonder if something may have happened to her. I'm glad to see she's ok!

My photography class is now over. I learned a lot about how to use my camera, so hopefully the pictures in will only continue to improve! Here are a few from my last class:

how much is that cat in the window?

I've shared many times how much I worry about Oliver's well-being. Anytime he doesn't show up when expected I really begin to worry.

Yesterday morning was one of those mornings. Oliver is always around for his breakfast of warmed wet food. Pierre and MK were present as they typically are but Oliver was unusually missing. All morning I kept watching for him but no sign. As the hours passed my worry escalated.

My mind raced back to the last time I saw him, which would have been sometime Monday afternoon. When I arrived home late on Monday night, I saw two black cats in the alleyway. I watched in horror as the smaller black cat ran away from my car and was about to dart out across the busy street but put on it's brakes just in time to avoid an approaching car. The other cat ran behind my garage. I couldn't be sure but I think the cat that went behind the garage may have been Oliver.

Anyway, before leaving for work, I thought I might take a stroll around the neighborhood and look for him. I started by going out the back door and I didn't get very far before I saw this:

Oliver was in the garage window, meowing at me to get my attention! "Hey!! Over here!!!" He had somehow managed to squeeze between the sheet metal curtain and the glass. I would have never thought to look in there, so it was good he was in the window.

After I got home for work Monday night, I had popped into the garage for a few seconds, just enough time to turn off the light that had been left on and apparently was all the time he needed to run in. Poor guy, being locked away for the night! 

I'm so thankful all the horrific scenarios that had been coming to mind earlier in the morning didn't come true. He'll be getting extra loves this morning to make up for the one's he missed.