Above and Below

One of Max's very rare awake moments! Look how displeased he looks. :-D

Remember that today is Tummy Tuesday over at Lisaviolet's diary! Here's a picture of Sebastian's tummy when he was just a wee kitten. Everytime I see this picture I laugh. Look at the size of his ears! He looks like he's about to take off at any moment! :-D

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Things have been hectic around here recently and so I haven't been able to take as many photos of my cats as I woul like. And sadly I just don't have the time to regularly keep up this Chat Katze blog. :-(
I'll still try to stop by the blogs in the cat blogosphere every now and then though and will post a picture every now and then here too.

Fortunately, things haven't been at all hectic for Max or for that matter any of my other cats :)

In fact, it's just the same old, same old sleep all day, sleep all night routine for them. They never get tired of that routine so they're all quite happy and content right now.

Max on Man Cat Monday

Man Cat Monday and a Tummy for Tuesday

I love this shot of these two slackers! :) Life must be grand when all you have to do is eat, sleep and look cute!

For more adorable kitties showing off their Tummies for Tuesday, make sure to stop by LisaViolet's Diary. And don't forget to pay a visit to Gattina and the other Cats blogging on Tuesday!

Man Cat Monday with Max

It's so relaxing to just sit and watch Max do what he does most and does best : SLEEP! He's an expert at it. He does it anywhere, anytime, and it doesn't matter how noisy or how quiet it is. He sleeps curled up in a ball or straight out, on his back or on his tummy or on his side. He doesn't care that Sebastian will sometimes come and sleep right on top of him. He doesn't care. I'm sure if he absolutely had to, he'd sleep up side down or standing up! :-D

Of course he gets very angry when, while he's enjoying his favourite...er...activity, Sebastian comes along and decides to start ...uuhhhmm..attacking his tail!

Weekend Cat Blogging

Max & Sebastian NOT drinking out of their water bowl

Our momma's very busy this weekend cleaning up after the storm. Gosh these storm things really are messy and leave a lot of work behind for others to clean up! I sure hope we don't see anymore of them this year!

Stripe

But even though she's pretty busy she still found time to get us ready to board the Friday Ark # 153 over at the Modulator and she's still gonna sign us up for this week's Weekend Cat Blogging! Yeah! This Weekend Cat Blogging is being hosted by BellyTimber.

It's Friday! It's the Weekend!

Yeah! It's the Weekend! And so it's time for another Weekend Cat Blogging, Carnival of the Cats and time to Board the Friday Ark No. 152 over at The Modulator! This Weekend Cat Blogging event is being hosted by Catsynth and Carnival of the Cats will be over at Stranger Ranger on Sunday.

Remember the Blue Bowl? That very bowl that Sebastian always loved to curl up in to sleep ?

Well, last weekend Sebastian broke the bowl. *sigh* He was in the bowl sleeping when something startled him. He jumped out of the bowl, pushing it off the table and it...broke. :-(

So now he just sleeps on the table with Max or sometimes he climbs on top of me and curls up in my lap. :-D

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Tummies & Toes Tuesday

Today is Tuesday and that means lots of happenings in the cat blogosphere.

Over at lisaviolet's diary you can get your fill of soft, furry tummies today while Gattina and the other Cats on Tuesday Bloggers are telling us all about the antics of their lovely kitties.

KC & Max have decided to show off their tummies and their toes today...but they're not in the mood for any hard core partying. They've committed to continue their daily ritual of training for the "sleep your lives away" marathon!

Tuesday Thought : for Megan & Biscuit

Megan over at Bad Kitty Cats has been hurting this week.

Her precious, precious Biscuit Sinatra has been missing now for a week.

Megan has had a very rough year.

We just wanted to take Time Out this Tuesday and

offer her & her family our support & kind thoughts and wishes.

Heart broken

Oh my darling baby Sebastian has not come home for a day and I fear some dreadful thing has befallen him. He has never stayed away from home for any length of time before. He has not been neutered and so I can only hope that he is o.k. and has just gone wandering after some female. But this hope is so very weak. He still acts like a kitten in many ways, takes chances and has no concept of life preservation.

This is the last picture I have of my darling Seb as he stretched out with his best pal Max one evening.

I am utterly heartbroken :-(

Tummy & Tails for Tuesday!

It's Tuesday, which means that Lisaviolet's Diary is featuring lotsa nd lots of tummies today! It's also the day that Gattina and those other Cats on Tuesday Bloggers tell us all about their cute, wacky kitties.

But today BJ and KC wanted to show off not their tummies, but their tails.

The only time these two can be seen this close to each other is when they are hungry and there is food before them both. Once the hunger has been satisfied it's almost as if they suddenly realise how close they are physically to each other, they give each other nasty looks and growls and one of them will usually walk away with a hiss! :-D

Max, on the other hand, has no problem showing off his tummy this Tuesday!

Tummy and Toes for Tuesday

Boy. Cats sure are the experts on the art of sleeping and sleeping well. One such expert is my own Max. This fat boy is famous for his sleeping marathons. He'll get up, stretch, eat, sit for a while in a daze, yawn and then go right back to sleep.

No wonder he's so fat! I wish I could get him more active. And no, he doesn't play with toys. I'll throw a ball or some other fun toy at him and he'll just look at it with utter disdain and turn his head away. The only things he gets excited about are pens and pencils. He'll play quite vigourously with a pen for about...30 seconds and then with a bored yawn flop back down somewhere and off to sleep he will go.

Anyway...here he is, fast asleep. He didn't even notice me as I snapped several shots of his cute white tummy. Make sure to head on over to lisaviolet's diary for the line up of more cute tummy shots today and every Tuesday!

Wordless Wednesday

A contest and Man Cat Monday!

Ooooh Ooooh ! Have you heard ? Have you heard? Have you heard the exciting news?

Astrid, Kashim and Othello have their own website now! Isn't that cool? And what is even cooler is that they're hosting the bestest contest ever! The prize is totally top secret. In fact it's so top secret that I doubt even paulchen knows what it is! Ha!

The contest is a fundraising effort for Elijah’s Rescue and the last date of entry is June 20, 2007 so be sure to enter!

The pictures above from top to bottom :

Max : I had just got my new printer, had just taken it out of the box and was in the middle of setting it up. I saw a flash of black in the corner of my eye and heard some scuffling. When I glanced over, there was Max sitting proudly in his box looking up at me with that oh so surprised look! He does it every single time. :)

BJ : I think this is his cutest picture yet because it's the only one I have that shows up his blue eyes! :-) He was actually staring at a lizard that was perched right below me. I don't think he was pleased when I snapped this picture and scared the lizard away!

Sebastian: Ahh...there are so many pictures of Sebastian that are THE cutest! Ha! How do I choose just one?! I don't know why I chose this one...I just love how his paw is sticking out. ;-)

Sasha : I love this one because I think her colours are so pretty against the green lawn.

Stripe: I just adore this picture of Stripe. He was a kitten at the time and loved playing in this grass.

KC : Doesn't she just look like a perfect little lady? :)

Tummy Tuesday # 46

Well, Miss Rachel, I think your tummy has to be the most beautiful tummy I have ever seen. And no, I don't say that to all the girls.

And since you showed me yours, I wanted to impress you with mine :-D

No those are not tufts of fur...those are my rock hard abs...heh heh ;-)

And now, *sigh*. Dawg Lu decided she wanted to show off her tummy too. I tried to explain to her that Tummy Tuesday is only for us felines. She doesn't know what "felines" is. And since she threatened to hold her breath until I snapped and published her Tummy picture...here it is. I wonder sometimes whether Dawg Lu knows she's a canine.

Make sure to check out the other tummies every Tuesday over at lisaviolet's diary!

It's Man Cat Monday!

A little Tummy on Tuesday

Richie over at lisaviolet's diary is showing off a partial tummy today. So Max decided to join in the fun.

Seven Random Things

We've been tagged by Aloysius to present seven random things about us.

Here are the rules : Each player starts with seven random facts about themselves. Cats who are tagged need to write on their own blog about the seven things and the rules. You need to choose seven cats to tag and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment that they have been tagged and ask them to read your blog!

Here are seven random facts about us :

1. Stripe : I loooooove Roger Federer! I sit and look at my autographed picture of Roger Federer every now and then and say to myself, "Self, in a few more months you will play just like Roger Federer used to play before he got into this silly losing funk."

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2. Sasha : I am a picky eater. I refuse to eat the same thing two days in a row. I will not eat dry food in the morning. I must, MUST, have my gravy in the morning and my dry at night. No, I will not have any gravy in the evenings. That's preposterous. This drives my mom crazy as she has been trying to get us all to eat dry food only, mornings and evenings. I guess she doesn't understand that I am a cat and I must have everything exactly the way I like it. Especially when it inconveniences every human in my life.

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3. BJ : I'm the only kitten who got to stay with my cat-mom Sasha. All my other brothers went to other homes. I'm eight years old and still have not warmed up to humans as yet. I am very suspicious of and do not trust anything that walks on two legs as I truly believe that all humans work for the government and are out to get all of us cats. In fact I'm not so sure I want to be a part of this "meme"...who do you work for? Why do you want to know this information about us? Hmmm...I smell something fishy here...there is a conspiracy afoot! I will not divulge any more about myself as I don't trust your motives! Good bye.

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4. Max : I like drinking water out of every container (toilet bowl water tastes the best actually) other than my designated drinking bowl. I also like to surprise mom by going outside and bringing her all kinds of goodies that I hunt and catch. I especially like catching small mice, and lizards late at night after Mom goes in to bed. I bring them inside to her alive. Once I get them inside though, I quickly lose interest in them, let them go and then usually will try to get some sleep. But Mom gets so excited when she sees the goodies, especially the mice! She jumps onto things and screams and runs around with the broom! I'm usually too tired to join in the fun though so I'll just lay there watching her...happy in the knowledge that I brought her so much joy!

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5. KC : I was not abandoned. I just got thoroughly bored with my previous home and so decided to discard those humans about six years ago. I went in search of a new palace and new subjects who would serve me humbly and eagerly. I ran into BJ and his cat-mom Sasha and decided to check out their subjects and their palace. I liked it so much I decided to stay. No, it never did occur to me to ask the humans if they minded. Their opinion never counts anyway. I do not like to be petted...wait...I do not like to be touched and will growl at you if you insist on that "petting" nonsense. If I like you, and am confident that you will not touch me at all, I will voluntarily jump/climb into your lap and take a nap.

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6. Sebastian : I'm the youngest of them all and have an enormous amount of energy and like to direct most of that energy in chasing...well...just about anything. It doesn't even have to move. I specialise in tails, however. Especially Max's tail. He doesn't like anybody (not even Mom) playing with his tail, so I chase it just to annoy the heck out of him! He's sooooo funny when he's annoyed. Hahahahahahahah!

7. We live with three of these stupid, stupid creatures called 'dawgs' who we all really, really despise.

We will try to tag seven other cat bloggers later as we must go get our cat naps now.

Time Out and a little Tummy for Tuesday

I came home a few nights ago and found Max on top of my Kitchen cupboard. I have never seen him all the way up there before.

How did he get up there? I have no idea. He stayed up there for a while though.

Unfortunately I didn't get to see him come back down. I had to go out for a couple of hours and when I got back home he was on the ground. Well, actually he was safely on my coffee table looking as cool and calm as ever.

So, why did he go up there?

Answer:

You see, there is a certain little fellow named Sebastian. Sebastian is convinced that Max's tail is prey which must be hunted, caught and subdued.

Max will usually play along with Seb for a while, but then Max gets bored and wants to stop. I suspect Max (and his tail!) needed a break and the only place he culd get that break was on top of my kitchen cupboard!

But...well...Sebastian is quite a ...er... persistent little hunter. When he gets in that play zone he will not stop until he gets tired.

Make sure to check out Tummy Tuesday # 42 this week over at lisaviolet's diary.

The Line Up

First there's Sasha, who hates having her picture taken.



Then there's BJ who, I swear, sits around concocting conspiracy theories all day :



KC (she's most definitely "the Boss"!):


Mr. Cool, Max:



Stripe. Yep. That's his permanent, " Get that damn camera outta ma face!" scowl:



And last, but most definitely not least, the baby of the family, Sebastian :