Mancat Monday: Angus

Something soft and reflective lurks within this mess of square angles.

Hello All,

I accidentally took the summer off from posting. Life was quite busy! I have a few posts lined up I'd love to share with you, and gorgeous Angus next to the cat house is one of them. I trust you've all had an eventful summer!

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~MamaLisa

Contemplative Wednesday

Shhhhh....

Fu is thinking.

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~MamaLisa

Mancat Monday with Snafu

Snafu is showing off the latest addition to the cat enclosure.

A cat house!!

It's filled with straw and all the kitties are loving it.

However, as kitties will do, they've been trying real hard to jump on top of the house. 

So, even though this roof took a lot of work to construct, MamaLindy is working on a flat roof so kitties can have yet one more place to hang out!

Pictures coming soon!

Click here to see how our cat enclosure was built.

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~MamaLisa

The Grand Opening!

The cat enclosure was officially closed in January

The piles of snow coming off the roof made it fairly inaccessible

By late last week the piles of snow melted quite a bit

But looking inside, you can see winter had taken it's toll. One ramp snapped in two and the entry ramp pulled down from the window. Several shelf brackets bent forward.

WE WANT OUT!!!

After some shoveling, MamaLindy got to work Friday morning. The first day of her vacation.

By 4:30 that afternoon, it was open for business!

With many new upgrades! More shelves, higher shelves, more ramps and two ladders!

We still have some snow to deal with...

But the new high ramps make great sun bathing spots.

Next year, MamaLindy will put a cover over the enclosure like we did our first year at Marshwood Cottage.

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~MamaLisa

Two Tailless Tabbies with One Annoyed

Sometimes Yukon doesn't want to cuddle and love on Owen.

Sometimes....

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~MamaLisa

Mancat Monday with Owen

Owen with his lightening striped nose

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~MamaLisa

Mancat Monday with Yukon

Yukon is hanging out of the blue cube squashed into the cat tree.

(That's the three-way tunnel underneath him)

Just another Monday around the cottage.

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~MamaLisa

Red Silhouettes

ONE...

TWO...

THREE...

BAAMMMM!

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~MamaLisa

A Purrfect Fit!

Angus fits perfectly in this mason jar box

and he is loving it!

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~MamaLisa

Wizard on Wednesday

Wizard in contemplation...

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~MamaLisa

Two Tailless Tabbies on Tuesday

Just a couple of sleeping cuties

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~MamaLisa

Mancat with a Mark

Some tabbies have the infamous "M" marked on their heads, 

but we noticed the other day that Nick has the symbol of the Goddess!

He must be marked as the Goddess's own!

The Goddess's own floofy boy, that is!

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~MamaLisa

Penny Rolls

Penny rolls for MamaLindy

She just loves MamaLindy and gives her special love bites

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~MamaLisa

Mr Lazy Pants and the Peaceable Kingdom

Such well behaved boys eating on the table!

And then there's Mr. Lazy Pants!

Snafu doesn't eat this way all the time, but he does eat separated from the others (as does Penny). 

A peaceable kingdom is our goal.

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~MamaLisa

Now and Then

You may have seen this post on The Dodo via Facebook with pictures of cats recreating pictures from their kittenhood.

I thought it was really sweet, but then the other day, Yukon and Nick gave me a wonderful example!

After seven years I guess Nick still makes a good pillow.

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~MamaLisa

Flashback Friday: Snafu

Snafu as a young kitten one month old.

Those eyes, though now green, still stare at me the same way.

I thought surely I reposted this picture recently, but I couldn't find it.

You can read Snafu's rescue story written when he was a year old right here.

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~MamaLisa

Flashback Friday: Flying Kitties

Flashback 2007

This video was taken when
Yukon and Angus were juvvies 
and Owen and Snafu weren't born.




If you can't play the video, here is the link Flying Kitties.

It was way before Marshwood Cottage, 
when we are living in our (spacious) mobile home.

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~MamaLisa

Yukon - Close to the Fire

Yukon - staying warm.

Here's to you staying close to your fire this new year!

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~MamaLisa

Snafu's Kissable Snout

I love to touch my nose to Snafu's nose...

He loves it too and will ask for three in a row!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

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~MamaLisa

Yukon the Mancat Hunter!

Yukon ALWAYS catches da-Bird or da-Mouse...

but then he won't let it go!

If you let him hang onto it for too long, he starts huffing, then meowling, then growling. It takes coaxing and some jaw prying to make him give it up.

Thanks for stopping by!

~MamaLisa